Vermilion County, IL real estate

What the numbers say

Vermilion County, IL real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Vermilion County listed for $127,000, up 0.3% from a year earlier. That is 61% below the Illinois median of $324,950.

Homes spent a median of 53 days on the market, slower than 48 days a year ago. That makes Vermilion County the #28 fastest-selling of 32 Illinois counties we track.

Homeowners in Vermilion County pay a median of $1,757 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $97,200, an effective rate of about 1.81%. The Illinois average is 2.01%, which makes Vermilion County the #52 lowest-tax of 102 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $838 a month, and $851 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 13 times a year's rent, which generally favors buying.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $127,000 home here comes to about $937 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $40,000 a year (the median household here earns $56,877).