housing costs · Illinois
Housing costs in Jefferson 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 | $885 | ± $31 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $862 | ± $44 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $838 | ± $26 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $753 | ± $31 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $126,000 | ± $6,496 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $118,400 | ± $3,997 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $115,000 | ± $4,404 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $102,200 | ± $5,543 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 26.9 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 24.8 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 25.5 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 24.6 % | ± 1.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Jefferson County is $885, 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.
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