Carbondale, IL Housing


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Carbondale, IL is a great place to live, with a median housing value of $116,200. This is significantly lower than the US House Median Value of $338,100. Despite this difference in value, Carbondale has seen a similar appreciation rate of 8.05% in the last year compared to the 8.27% national appreciation rate for housing. This makes Carbondale an attractive place to live and invest in, offering potential owners a great opportunity to start their home ownership journey or increase their real estate holdings with strong growth potential.

The median home cost in Carbondale is $116,200. Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 35.3%. Home Appreciation in Carbondale is up 14.3%.

Average Age of Homes
- The median age of Carbondale real estate is 42 years old
The Rental Market in Carbondale
- Renters make up 56.9% of the Carbondale population
- 8.6% of houses and apartments in Carbondale, 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

  HousingCarbondale, IllinoisUnited States
  12,757.0139,647,020.0
  4342
  $116,200$338,100
  14.3%16.6%
  35.0%57.0%
  35.3%101.1%
  $20.04$10.98
  $3,187$2,690
  21.3%57.4%
  20.1%11.2%
  58.7%31.4%
  Vacant Housing
  8.6%1.9%
  2.4%0.4%
  0.6%0.7%
  0.0%0.4%
  1.0%3.6%
  7.5%4.1%
  Value of Owner-Occupied Housing
  6.0%2.6%
  3.9%2.4%
  2.8%2.8%
  11.8%3.9%
  14.9%4.5%
  26.6%11.3%
  14.9%13.0%
  11.0%20.1%
  1.1%13.6%
  5.0%8.3%
  2.0%9.7%
  0.0%3.9%
  0.3%2.2%
  0.0%0.8%
  0.0%1.1%
  Housing Units by Year Structure Built
  0.0%0.2%
  13.7%13.6%
  13.7%13.6%
  13.9%13.6%
  12.7%13.2%
  18.3%14.8%
  13.9%13.6%
  9.5%10.0%
  2.9%4.7%
  7.0%12.2%
Reviews for Carbondale
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I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 16 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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