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Housing costs in Union 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 | $648 | ± $52 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $658 | ± $64 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $710 | ± $56 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $651 | ± $55 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $131,700 | ± $11,589 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $131,700 | ± $8,860 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $129,300 | ± $8,914 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $109,500 | ± $11,372 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.8 % | ± 7.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.6 % | ± 5.4 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.4 % | ± 4.7 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.2 % | ± 5.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Union County is $648, 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.