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Housing costs in Douglas 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 | $848 | ± $50 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $818 | ± $59 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $748 | ± $52 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $718 | ± $52 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $150,400 | ± $8,144 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $142,600 | ± $8,313 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $137,100 | ± $9,715 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $119,800 | ± $5,573 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 22.5 % | ± 4.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 24.0 % | ± 4.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 26.0 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 26.5 % | ± 5.9 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Douglas County is $848, above 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.