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Housing costs in Putnam 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 | $851 | ± $53 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $804 | ± $62 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $766 | ± $33 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $689 | ± $50 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $172,700 | ± $10,245 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $167,800 | ± $9,053 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $161,500 | ± $10,543 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $138,600 | ± $9,124 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 19.6 % | ± 2.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 23.1 % | ± 4.4 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 23.3 % | ± 3.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 25.3 % | ± 5.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Putnam County is $851, 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.