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The median home value in Perry County, IL is $117,768 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.23% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$117,768
Year-over-Year
+0.23%
National Rank
#2878 of 3071
Perry County ranks 85th out of 102 counties in IL by median home price, and is -49.7% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IL, the typical county has a median home value of $160,090, making Perry County -26.4% below the IL state median.
Households here earn a median of $62,118 a year against a typical home value of $117,768 — 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 Perry County recorded a violent crime rate of 96 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 349 per 100,000.
Based on 3 reporting cities covering 11,452 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Perry County is $117,768. That's up 0.23% from a year earlier. That is about 49.7% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Perry County the 85th most expensive of 102 counties in Illinois.
Median household income here is $62,118, so a typical home costs about 1.9× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Perry County recorded 96 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 11,452 residents across 3 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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