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The median home value in Bureau County, IL is $154,318 as of 2026-07-31, up 6.52% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$154,318
Year-over-Year
+6.52%
National Rank
#2533 of 3071
Bureau County ranks 58th out of 102 counties in IL by median home price, and is -34.2% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IL, the typical county has a median home value of $160,090, making Bureau County -3.6% below the IL state median.
Households here earn a median of $69,257 a year against a typical home value of $154,318 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.2×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 8% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Bureau County recorded a violent crime rate of 7 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 1,123 per 100,000.
Based on 3 reporting cities covering 14,516 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Bureau County is $154,318. That's up 6.52% from a year earlier. That is about 34.2% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Bureau County the 58th most expensive of 102 counties in Illinois.
Median household income here is $69,257, so a typical home costs about 2.2× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Bureau County recorded 7 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 14,516 residents across 3 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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