The story of this market
The typical home in Whiteside County, Illinois sells for about $155,000, or $112 per square foot.
Prices are up +6.52% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 45 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 54% since 2000. Last year 12 of 19 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $945 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $945 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+1%
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: 2022 (+10%). Worst: 2014 (-2.8%). 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
$1,237
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
+1%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 19 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
51
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $24,605,315.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
80.9%
2019 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1191 | 707 | 77.2% | 5.3% | $115,000 |
| 2019 | 1474▲ | 884▲ | 80.9%▲ | 8.8%▲ | $115,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Whiteside County, Illinois
Whiteside County's housing market shows steady price appreciation with a 6.52% year-over-year increase in median listing prices. Inventory remains constrained with 113 active listings, and homes are moving at a median pace of 45 days on market. The market is characterized by moderate growth and limited supply.
30 distress filing(s) on the ARED verified county foreclosure ledger. Key-figure check: median price corroborated by the prior refresh cycle (within 12.5%).
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Median prices moved up 6.5% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 45 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.2% · poverty 11.5% — a stable, low-distress profile.
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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| 61042 | Harmon | $179,402 | $118 | +12.1% | 10 | 100% | 38.5% | 0.6 | 247 | $796 | researched Sep 24 |
| 61051 | Milledgeville | $185,000 | $112 | +27.6% | 48 | 97.5% | 15% | 3.2 | 12 | $550 | researched Sep 24 |
| 61064 | Polo | $185,000 | $140 | +6.3% | 34 | 101.3% | 10% | 0.6 | 312 | $878 | researched Sep 24 |
| 61231 | Aledo | $141,200 | $92 | +2.1% | 85 | 97.5% | 12% | 4.8 | 42 | $815 | researched Sep 24 |
| 61285 | Thomson | $145,000 | $105 | +3.2% | 42 | 97.5% | 12.5% | 3.8 | 185 | $903 | researched Sep 24 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Illinois) — Property Tax Assessment (Fair Cash Value): 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.
Data retrieved from data.census.gov
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.
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
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.