Home values, rents and more in the Springfield metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Springfield metro compares
The typical home in the Springfield metro area is worth about $201,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Springfield metro are 32% below the typical value in Illinois ($296,000) and 45% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Springfield metro rose 7.4%, compared with +5.3% in Illinois and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,207 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 38% below Illinois ($1,958) and 38% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.7% over the past year.
The median household income is $75,895, against $83,390 in Illinois and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 206,033 people live in the Springfield metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Springfield metro has the 256th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 8th-highest of 28 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Illinois
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Springfield metro
Cities in the Springfield metro
- Springfield, IL $174,000
- Chatham, IL $308,000
- Sherman, IL $340,000
- Auburn, IL $181,000
- Rochester, IL $299,000
- Riverton, IL $198,000
- Pawnee, IL $188,000
- Petersburg, IL $216,000
- Athens, IL $233,000
- Jerome, IL $162,000
- Southern View, IL $133,000
- Leland Grove, IL $345,000
- New Berlin, IL $197,000
- Williamsville, IL $262,000
- Grandview, IL $95,693
- Divernon, IL $165,000
- Greenview, IL $149,000
- Illiopolis, IL $147,000
- Pleasant Plains, IL $263,000
- Spaulding, IL $267,000
- Loami, IL $210,000
- Mechanicsburg, IL $211,000
- Dawson, IL $235,000
- Oakford, IL $159,000
- Cantrall, IL $306,000
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.