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The median home value in Effingham County, IL is $224,314 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.99% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$224,314
Year-over-Year
+2.99%
National Rank
#1675 of 3071
Effingham County ranks 20th out of 102 counties in IL by median home price, and is -4.3% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IL, the typical county has a median home value of $160,090, making Effingham County +40.1% above the IL state median.
Households here earn a median of $80,404 a year against a typical home value of $224,314 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.8×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 20% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Effingham County recorded a violent crime rate of 189 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,698 per 100,000.
Based on 3 reporting cities covering 16,377 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Effingham County is $224,314. That's up 2.99% from a year earlier. That is about 4.3% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Effingham County the 20th most expensive of 102 counties in Illinois.
Median household income here is $80,404, so a typical home costs about 2.8× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Effingham County recorded 189 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 16,377 residents across 3 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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