Zip lookup · IL

61532
Forest City, Illinois.

Forest City, Mason County, IL · population 347

What it costs per month · 61532 $548/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$116 (+27%) since Feb 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,331 +9%
$96,126$104,457 since Sep 2025
5 years
Down $8,029 -7%
$112,487$104,457 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 61532 $548 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 61532$548
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.

Typical home values in zip 61532 rose 8.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $104,457 as of Sep 2026
+8.7%year on year

Typical home value — 61532

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 61532 $104,457 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2020 2022 2024 2026
  • 61532$104,457
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.2 61546 Manito 3,849 — $146,403
8.8 61534 Green Valley 1,725 — $178,290
9.8 62682 San Jose 684 — $109,910
10.4 62664 Mason City 2,922 — $124,808
13.0 61564 South Pekin 936 — $112,054
14.0 62644 Havana 4,615 — $91,236
14.9 61734 Delavan 2,443 — $156,369
16.3 61563 Saint David 383 — $69,722
16.6 61533 Glasford 2,441 — $200,573
16.7 61554 Pekin 40,577 $901 $142,113
17.4 61542 Lewistown 3,280 — $126,391
17.5 61520 Canton 16,291 — $118,769
18.3 62635 Emden 661 — $150,444
18.4 61547 Mapleton 3,562 — $284,582
18.5 62642 Greenview 1,396 — $157,686
19.4 62673 Oakford 361 — $153,537

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