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Housing costs in Mercer 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 | $786 | ± $55 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $757 | ± $61 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $759 | ± $41 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $692 | ± $53 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $146,700 | ± $7,887 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $139,300 | ± $8,449 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $131,000 | ± $7,196 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $116,300 | ± $4,952 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 25.1 % | ± 4.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 25.8 % | ± 3.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 26.5 % | ± 3.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 26.9 % | ± 3.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Mercer County is $786, 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.