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The median home value in Lee County, IL is $188,791 as of 2026-07-31, up 7.22% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$188,791
Year-over-Year
+7.22%
National Rank
#2081 of 3071
Lee County ranks 32nd out of 102 counties in IL by median home price, and is -19.4% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IL, the typical county has a median home value of $160,090, making Lee County +17.9% above the IL state median.
Households here earn a median of $70,292 a year against a typical home value of $188,791 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.7×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 18% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Lee County recorded a violent crime rate of 180 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 411 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 17,266 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Lee County is $188,791. That's up 7.22% from a year earlier. That is about 19.4% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Lee County the 32nd most expensive of 102 counties in Illinois.
Median household income here is $70,292, so a typical home costs about 2.7× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Lee County recorded 180 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 17,266 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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