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The median home value in Metropolis, IL is $118,025 as of 2026-06-30, up 7.48% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$118,025
Year-over-Year
+7.48%
Population
5,726
Metropolis ranks #265 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 62.9% below the state's city median of $318,423. It sits in Massac County, where the county-wide median is $112,844.
Metropolis police recorded a violent crime rate of 279 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,275 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Metropolis is $118,025. That's up 7.48% from a year earlier. That is about 62.9% below the typical county in Illinois.
Homes in Metropolis are more expensive than Massac County as a whole, where the median is $112,844 — a difference of about 4.6%.
Metropolis police reported 279 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 5,726. 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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