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The median home value in Whiteside County, IL is $150,218 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.61% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$150,218
Year-over-Year
+4.61%
National Rank
#2568 of 3071
Whiteside County ranks 60th out of 102 counties in IL by median home price, and is -35.9% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IL, the typical county has a median home value of $160,090, making Whiteside County -6.2% below the IL state median.
Households here earn a median of $67,500 a year against a typical home value of $150,218 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.2×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 8% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Whiteside County recorded a violent crime rate of 381 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,839 per 100,000.
Based on 3 reporting cities covering 26,486 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Whiteside County is $150,218. That's up 4.61% from a year earlier. That is about 35.9% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Whiteside County the 60th most expensive of 102 counties in Illinois.
Median household income here is $67,500, so a typical home costs about 2.2× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Whiteside County recorded 381 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 26,486 residents across 3 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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