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The median home value in Marion County, IL is $126,429 as of 2026-07-31, up 6.66% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$126,429
Year-over-Year
+6.66%
National Rank
#2811 of 3071
Marion County ranks 78th out of 102 counties in IL by median home price, and is -46.1% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IL, the typical county has a median home value of $160,090, making Marion County -21.0% below the IL state median.
Households here earn a median of $61,240 a year against a typical home value of $126,429 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.1×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 5% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Marion County recorded a violent crime rate of 360 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,068 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 7,491 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Marion County is $126,429. That's up 6.66% from a year earlier. That is about 46.1% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Marion County the 78th most expensive of 102 counties in Illinois.
Median household income here is $61,240, so a typical home costs about 2.1× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Marion County recorded 360 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 7,491 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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