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The median home value in Putnam County, IL is $194,216 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.86% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$194,216
Year-over-Year
+2.86%
National Rank
#2001 of 3071
Putnam County ranks 28th out of 102 counties in IL by median home price, and is -17.1% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IL, the typical county has a median home value of $160,090, making Putnam County +21.3% above the IL state median.
Households here earn a median of $75,590 a year against a typical home value of $194,216 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.6×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 15% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Putnam County is $194,216. That's up 2.86% from a year earlier. That is about 17.1% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Putnam County the 28th most expensive of 102 counties in Illinois.
Median household income here is $75,590, so a typical home costs about 2.6× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
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