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The median home value in Clay County, IL is $112,001 as of 2026-07-31, up 6.35% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$112,001
Year-over-Year
+6.35%
National Rank
#2914 of 3071
Clay County ranks 90th out of 102 counties in IL by median home price, and is -52.2% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IL, the typical county has a median home value of $160,090, making Clay County -30.0% below the IL state median.
Households here earn a median of $60,417 a year against a typical home value of $112,001 — a price-to-income ratio of 1.9×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 3% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Clay County is $112,001. That's up 6.35% from a year earlier. That is about 52.2% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Clay County the 90th most expensive of 102 counties in Illinois.
Median household income here is $60,417, so a typical home costs about 1.9× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
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