Rock Island, IL Housing


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Rock Island, IL is a great place to live for those looking for affordable housing. The median value of a house in Rock Island is $112,200, which is significantly lower than the US median value of $338,100. While the US one-year house appreciation rate is 8.27%, the one-year appreciation rate in Rock Island stands at 6.99%. Although it may not be as high as the national average, potential homebuyers can still benefit from investing in Rock Island real estate and enjoy low housing prices while being part of a growing local economy.

The median home cost in Rock Island is $112,200. Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 34.4%. Home Appreciation in Rock Island is up 8.3%.

Average Age of Homes
- The median age of Rock Island real estate is 67 years old
The Rental Market in Rock Island
- Renters make up 29.4% of the Rock Island population
- 2.6% of houses and apartments in Rock Island, are available to rent

DID YOU KNOW
Buying a home is the biggest single purchase most people make during their lives. The second largest is most often an automobile.

Median Monthly Rent by Number of Bedrooms

   Housing by Year Built

  HousingRock Island, IllinoisUnited States
  17,214.0139,647,020.0
  7142
  $112,200$338,100
  8.3%16.6%
  28.5%57.0%
  34.4%101.1%
  $24.85$10.98
  $2,642$2,690
  54.3%57.4%
  11.2%11.2%
  34.5%31.4%
  Vacant Housing
  2.6%1.9%
  0.1%0.4%
  0.9%0.7%
  0.2%0.4%
  0.7%3.6%
  6.8%4.1%
  Value of Owner-Occupied Housing
  2.5%2.6%
  2.8%2.4%
  6.6%2.8%
  15.5%3.9%
  17.4%4.5%
  31.9%11.3%
  12.7%13.0%
  7.0%20.1%
  2.3%13.6%
  0.4%8.3%
  0.4%9.7%
  0.2%3.9%
  0.1%2.2%
  0.1%0.8%
  0.0%1.1%
  Housing Units by Year Structure Built
  0.0%0.2%
  3.4%13.6%
  3.4%13.6%
  2.8%13.6%
  5.4%13.2%
  9.2%14.8%
  2.8%13.6%
  17.0%10.0%
  13.9%4.7%
  36.6%12.2%
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Over 16 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 18 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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