housing costs · Illinois
Housing costs in Lee 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 | $894 | ± $50 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $853 | ± $45 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $806 | ± $54 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $722 | ± $39 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $154,600 | ± $7,304 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $155,100 | ± $8,765 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $147,100 | ± $7,749 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $127,700 | ± $7,924 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 25.5 % | ± 3.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 24.5 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 26.9 % | ± 2.9 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 26.2 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Lee County is $894, 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.