Zip lookup · IL

61285
Thomson, Illinois.

Thomson, Carroll County, IL · population 2,728

What it costs per month · 61285 $822/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$485 (+144%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,515 +6%
$148,080$156,595 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $49,509 +46%
$107,086$156,595 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 61285 $822 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 61285$822
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 9 years.

Typical home values in zip 61285 rose 5.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Thomson, IL — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $156,595 as of Sep 2026
+5.8%year on year

Typical home value — 61285

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 61285 $156,595 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 61285$156,595
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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9.8 52070 Sabula 990 — $220,246
9.9 61252 Fulton 5,437 — $163,212
10.0 61014 Chadwick 1,067 — $152,691
10.2 61074 Savanna 3,962 — $93,475
10.4 52732 Clinton 25,880 $775 $135,185
10.4 61053 Mount Carroll 2,590 — $149,363
12.1 61270 Morrison 6,912 — $173,151
13.1 52727 Bryant 398 — $353,984
13.9 52064 Miles 685 — $211,760
16.1 61046 Lanark 2,794 — $332,752
16.4 61051 Milledgeville 1,469 — $151,453
16.4 52750 Goose Lake 654 — $300,858
17.6 61251 Fenton 377 — $233,186
18.1 61230 Albany 1,039 — $168,821
18.5 52069 Preston 1,743 — $236,066
18.8 52757 Low Moor 242 — $159,830
19.6 61261 Lyndon 656 — $123,254
19.8 52730 Camanche 4,776 — $209,299

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.