The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 62471 sells for about $99,000, or $107 per square foot.
Homes take about 226 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $811 a month.
ZIP 62471 — Vandalia
The housing market in 62471 (Vandalia, IL) is characterized by a low median listing price of $99,000 and a high median days on market, suggesting a slow-moving, affordable rural market. Inventory remains limited, and there is little evidence of significant price volatility or rapid development activity. The area serves as a stable, low-cost residential base for the surrounding Fayette County region.
Median prices moved sideways 0.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 226 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a slower-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 3.6% · poverty 15.3% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
ZCTA 62471, Fayette County, IL
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
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 US Census Bureau data.census.gov ZCTA 62471 profile.
Key-figure check: median price corroborated by the prior refresh cycle (within 12.5%).