The story of this market
The typical home in Greene County, Illinois sells for about $92,375, or $69 per square foot.
Prices are down 19.67% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 10 days to sell, which is fast. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 32% since 2000. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $965 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $965 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2004 (+8.1%). Worst: 2018 (-12.3%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+5.4%
IL · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,196
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 4 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
54
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $6,062,326.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
75.9%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 271 | 158 | 75.9% | 16.2% | $95,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Greene County, Illinois
Greene County's housing market is characterized by a significant year-over-year decline in median home prices and a contracting population base. While inventory remains moderate, the overall economic outlook is constrained by rural agricultural dependence and long-term demographic contraction.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 2.9% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 19 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0.35% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.2% · poverty 12.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 7 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Greene County, Illinois — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 5.7%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 62017 | Carrollton | $165,000 | $112 | +3.1% | 48 | 97.5% | 12% | 3.2 | 14 | $838 | researched Sep 20 |
| 62044 | Greenfield | $58,750 | $65 | -4.2% | 112 | 96.5% | 12% | 8.4 | 30 | $869 | researched Sep 20 |
| 62045 | Hamburg | $249,000 | $109 | 0% | 97 | 100% | — | 1 | 1 | $1,060 | researched Sep 20 |
| 62063 | Medora | $187,000 | $103 | +13% | 67 | — | — | — | 18 | $636 | researched Sep 24 |
| 62082 | Roodhouse | $121,000 | $125 | -2.4% | 85 | 94.5% | 15% | 6.5 | 26 | $706 | researched Sep 24 |
| 62092 | White Hall | $79,400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $644 | researched Sep 24 |
| 62649 | Hettick | $174,000 | $77 | -13.5% | 119 | — | — | — | 62 | $732 | researched Sep 20 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
The county is a small, agriculture-oriented rural area experiencing ongoing population decline and a contracting economic base.
The economy is primarily agriculture-oriented with a contracting base and a GDP per capita of $26,908.
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- Morgan County Fairground4.423.8 mi
- Jellystone Park™ Pittsfield4.327.8 mi
- George's Pub & Grill4.519.8 mi
- The Stadium Theatre4.719.7 mi
- Goetten Oasis Restaurant4.38.2 mi
- Prairieland Heritage Museum4.722.6 mi
- Macoupin County Historical Society4.627.2 mi
- Dolan City Park4.419.7 mi
- Lone Oak Golf Course4.58.4 mi
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Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data sourced from US Census Bureau QuickFacts and ACS profiles.
Property is assessed at 33 1/3% of its fair cash value. The tax bill is calculated by multiplying the equalized assessed value (EAV) by the aggregate tax rate of the local taxing districts. Exemptions, such as the homestead exemption, reduce the EAV before the tax rate is applied.
35 ILCS 200/9-145
Sellers must provide a written disclosure report to prospective buyers detailing material defects in the property as defined by 765 ILCS 77/35.
765 ILCS 77/1 et seq.
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.