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The median home value in Alton, IL is $105,039 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.64% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$105,039
Year-over-Year
+5.64%
Population
24,809
Alton ranks #276 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 67.1% below the state's city median of $319,026. It sits in Madison County, where the county-wide median is $200,352.
Median household income in Alton is $54,568, so the typical home value is about 1.9× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Alton police recorded a violent crime rate of 963 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,668 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Alton, that value is $105,039. That's up 5.64% from a year earlier. It is about 67.1% below the typical Illinois city tracked here.
Homes in Alton are cheaper than Madison County as a whole, where the median is $200,352 — a difference of about 47.6%.
Median household income here is $54,568, so the typical home value is about 1.9× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Alton police reported 963 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 24,809. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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