Galesburg, IL Housing


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Galesburg, IL is a great place to live with its housing median value of $79,100. Although it is significantly lower than the median value of the United States as a whole at $338,100, it still boasts an impressive one year house appreciation rate of 7.76%. Despite slightly lagging behind the national one year house appreciation rate at 8.27%, Galesburg offers affordability and stability for potential homebuyers.

The median home cost in Galesburg is $79,100. Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 28.7%. Home Appreciation in Galesburg is up 8.9%.

Average Age of Homes
- The median age of Galesburg real estate is 64 years old
The Rental Market in Galesburg
- Renters make up 37.7% of the Galesburg population
- 2.0% of houses and apartments in Galesburg, are available to rent

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Median Monthly Rent by Number of Bedrooms

   Housing by Year Built

  HousingGalesburg, IllinoisUnited States
  14,499.0139,647,020.0
  6942
  $79,100$338,100
  8.9%16.6%
  29.0%57.0%
  28.7%101.1%
  $21.31$10.98
  $1,656$2,690
  50.8%57.4%
  13.4%11.2%
  35.8%31.4%
  Vacant Housing
  2.0%1.9%
  0.2%0.4%
  1.1%0.7%
  0.5%0.4%
  0.4%3.6%
  9.2%4.1%
  Value of Owner-Occupied Housing
  3.3%2.6%
  5.6%2.4%
  16.5%2.8%
  28.0%3.9%
  16.3%4.5%
  18.5%11.3%
  6.3%13.0%
  2.6%20.1%
  1.6%13.6%
  0.4%8.3%
  0.6%9.7%
  0.3%3.9%
  0.0%2.2%
  0.0%0.8%
  0.0%1.1%
  Housing Units by Year Structure Built
  0.0%0.2%
  2.0%13.6%
  2.0%13.6%
  5.8%13.6%
  4.0%13.2%
  13.7%14.8%
  5.8%13.6%
  19.0%10.0%
  4.4%4.7%
  40.9%12.2%
Reviews for Galesburg
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I returned home, this town, a little over 3 years ago. This is not for you if you are not 16-25 or unskilled. Unless you are one of the two, good luck landing a job of  More

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Over 16 years ago

Pros: 1. Low crime rate 2. Good school system 3. Extremely low cost of living and housing 4. Affordable place to live 5. A good place to live and raise a  More

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