housing costs · Illinois
Housing costs in Marion 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 | $794 | ± $40 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $771 | ± $32 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $734 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $684 | ± $35 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $103,000 | ± $5,381 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $100,100 | ± $4,848 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $96,200 | ± $4,143 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $83,700 | ± $3,116 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 27.1 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.6 % | ± 2.7 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 26.3 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.0 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Marion County is $794, 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.