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The median home value in Edgar County, IL is $113,878 as of 2026-07-31, down 1.47% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$113,878
Year-over-Year
-1.47%
National Rank
#2903 of 3071
Edgar County ranks 88th out of 102 counties in IL by median home price, and is -51.4% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IL, the typical county has a median home value of $160,090, making Edgar County -28.9% below the IL state median.
Households here earn a median of $59,941 a year against a typical home value of $113,878 — 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.)
Reporting agencies in Edgar County recorded a violent crime rate of 569 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 1,371 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 8,608 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Edgar County is $113,878. That's down 1.47% from a year earlier. That is about 51.4% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Edgar County the 88th most expensive of 102 counties in Illinois.
Median household income here is $59,941, so a typical home costs about 1.9× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Edgar County recorded 569 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 8,608 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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