Home values, rents and more in the Ottawa metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Ottawa metro compares
The typical home in the Ottawa metro area is worth about $186,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Ottawa metro are 37% below the typical value in Illinois ($296,000) and 49% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Ottawa metro rose 5.5%, compared with +5.3% in Illinois and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,154 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 41% below Illinois ($1,958) and 40% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.7% over the past year.
The median household income is $72,230, against $83,390 in Illinois and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 145,902 people live in the Ottawa metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Ottawa metro has the 192nd-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 11th-highest of 28 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Illinois
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Ottawa metro
Cities in the Ottawa metro
- Ottawa, IL $216,000
- Streator, IL $127,000
- Peru, IL $183,000
- La Salle, IL $140,000
- Princeton, IL $178,000
- Mendota, IL $176,000
- Spring Valley, IL $146,000
- Marseilles, IL $200,000
- Oglesby, IL $170,000
- Sheridan, IL $299,000
- Seneca, IL $255,000
- Earlville, IL $245,000
- Granville, IL $167,000
- Ladd, IL $152,000
- Walnut, IL $153,000
- North Utica, IL $218,000
- Leland, IL $280,000
- Wyanet, IL $142,000
- Hennepin, IL $222,000
- Sheffield, IL $136,000
- Tiskilwa, IL $150,000
- La Moille, IL $178,000
- Dalzell, IL $167,000
- Tonica, IL $227,000
- Ohio, IL $156,000
- Naplate, IL $155,000
- Grand Ridge, IL $248,000
- Lostant, IL $179,000
- Ransom, IL $214,000
- Serena, IL $333,000
- Dana, IL $225,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.