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Housing costs in Shelby 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 | $814 | ± $91 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $762 | ± $79 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $768 | ± $108 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $695 | ± $78 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $137,100 | ± $8,548 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $130,400 | ± $8,485 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $125,200 | ± $7,879 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $106,800 | ± $6,683 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 22.3 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 21.7 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 22.2 % | ± 3.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 22.3 % | ± 4.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Shelby County is $814, 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.