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The median home value in Monticello, IL is $283,460 as of 2026-06-30, up 5.47% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$283,460
Year-over-Year
+5.47%
Population
6,041
Monticello ranks #166 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 11.0% below the state's city median of $318,423. It sits in Piatt County, where the county-wide median is $229,717.
Monticello police recorded a violent crime rate of 0 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 232 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 Monticello is $283,460. That's up 5.47% from a year earlier. That is about 11.0% below the typical county in Illinois.
Homes in Monticello are more expensive than Piatt County as a whole, where the median is $229,717 — a difference of about 23.4%.
Monticello police reported 0 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,041. 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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