Home values, rents and more in Illinois
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Illinois compares
The typical home in Illinois is worth about $296,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Illinois are 19% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Illinois rose 5.3%, compared with +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,958 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.4% over the past year.
The median household income is $83,390, against $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 12,719,141 people live in Illinois (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Illinois has the 17th-lowest typical home value of the 51 states in the United States with Zillow figures.
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Nearby states
Metro areas in Illinois
- Bloomington, IL $261,000
- Burlington, IA-IL $143,000
- Canton, IL $121,000
- Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $226,000
- Carbondale, IL $151,000
- Centralia, IL $125,000
- Champaign-Urbana, IL $239,000
- Charleston-Mattoon, IL $151,000
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $356,000
- Danville, IL $101,000
- Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $195,000
- Decatur, IL $125,000
- Dixon, IL $189,000
- Effingham, IL $218,000
- Freeport, IL $161,000
- Galesburg, IL $120,000
- Jacksonville, IL $130,000
- Kankakee, IL $227,000
- Lincoln, IL $143,000
- Macomb, IL $101,000
- Marion-Herrin, IL $158,000
- Mount Vernon, IL $147,000
- Ottawa, IL $186,000
- Paducah, KY-IL $173,000
- Peoria, IL $175,000
- Pontiac, IL $172,000
- Quincy, IL-MO $189,000
- Rochelle, IL $238,000
- Rockford, IL $222,000
- Springfield, IL $201,000
- St. Louis, MO-IL $273,000
- Sterling, IL $147,000
- Taylorville, IL $136,000
Counties in Illinois
- Adams County, IL $186,000
- Alexander County, IL $59,675
- Bond County, IL $164,000
- Boone County, IL $286,000
- Brown County, IL $166,000
- Bureau County, IL $156,000
- Calhoun County, IL $199,000
- Carroll County, IL $162,000
- Cass County, IL $98,765
- Champaign County, IL $238,000
- Christian County, IL $136,000
- Clark County, IL $151,000
- Clay County, IL $106,000
- Clinton County, IL $225,000
- Coles County, IL $145,000
- Cook County, IL $340,000
- Crawford County, IL $136,000
- Cumberland County, IL $171,000
- De Witt County, IL $164,000
- DeKalb County, IL $295,000
- Douglas County, IL $161,000
- DuPage County, IL $438,000
- Edgar County, IL $110,000
- Edwards County, IL $119,000
- Effingham County, IL $218,000
- Fayette County, IL $155,000
- Ford County, IL $157,000
- Franklin County, IL $112,000
- Fulton County, IL $121,000
- Gallatin County, IL $89,782
- Greene County, IL $124,000
- Grundy County, IL $323,000
- Hamilton County, IL $119,000
- Hancock County, IL $115,000
- Hardin County, IL $101,000
- Henderson County, IL $125,000
- Henry County, IL $172,000
- Iroquois County, IL $159,000
- Jackson County, IL $132,000
- Jasper County, IL $171,000
- Jefferson County, IL $147,000
- Jersey County, IL $204,000
- Jo Daviess County, IL $246,000
- Johnson County, IL $184,000
- Kane County, IL $384,000
- Kankakee County, IL $227,000
- Kendall County, IL $395,000
- Knox County, IL $120,000
- LaSalle County, IL $195,000
- Lake County, IL $398,000
- Lawrence County, IL $102,000
- Lee County, IL $189,000
- Livingston County, IL $172,000
- Logan County, IL $143,000
- Macon County, IL $125,000
- Macoupin County, IL $144,000
- Madison County, IL $198,000
- Marion County, IL $125,000
- Marshall County, IL $144,000
- Mason County, IL $105,000
- Massac County, IL $117,000
- McDonough County, IL $101,000
- McHenry County, IL $368,000
- McLean County, IL $261,000
- Menard County, IL $209,000
- Mercer County, IL $176,000
- Monroe County, IL $322,000
- Montgomery County, IL $137,000
- Morgan County, IL $136,000
- Moultrie County, IL $186,000
- Ogle County, IL $238,000
- Peoria County, IL $166,000
- Perry County, IL $119,000
- Piatt County, IL $242,000
- Pike County, IL $121,000
- Pope County, IL $160,000
- Pulaski County, IL $96,562
- Putnam County, IL $189,000
- Randolph County, IL $152,000
- Richland County, IL $141,000
- Rock Island County, IL $157,000
- Saline County, IL $92,182
- Sangamon County, IL $200,000
- Schuyler County, IL $160,000
- Scott County, IL $94,533
- Shelby County, IL $165,000
- St. Clair County, IL $178,000
- Stark County, IL $143,000
- Stephenson County, IL $160,000
- Tazewell County, IL $190,000
- Union County, IL $151,000
- Vermilion County, IL $101,000
- Wabash County, IL $137,000
- Warren County, IL $118,000
- Washington County, IL $168,000
- Wayne County, IL $125,000
- White County, IL $118,000
- Whiteside County, IL $147,000
- Will County, IL $376,000
- Williamson County, IL $158,000
- Winnebago County, IL $211,000
- Woodford County, IL $236,000
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.