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Housing costs in Clay 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 | $735 | ± $41 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $709 | ± $52 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $706 | ± $41 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $662 | ± $35 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $97,400 | ± $10,728 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $94,300 | ± $9,272 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $103,600 | ± $9,928 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $93,700 | ± $9,861 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 19.4 % | ± 4.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 21.1 % | ± 3.7 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 19.5 % | ± 3.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 19.5 % | ± 4.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Clay County is $735, 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.