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Housing costs in Brown County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $698 | ± $227 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $724 | ± $119 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $625 | ± $201 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $578 | ± $192 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $150,300 | ± $16,538 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $142,200 | ± $19,435 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $122,100 | ± $19,187 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $106,200 | ± $15,393 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 26.3 % | ± 5.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 24.4 % | ± 3.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 22.0 % | ± 3.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 22.2 % | ± 4.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Brown County is $698, below the Illinois median of $811 across 102 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.