Zip lookup · IL

61540
Lacon, Illinois.

Lacon, Marshall County, IL · Peoria, IL metro · population 2,753

What it costs per month · 61540 $743/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$418 (+129%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $12,370 +10%
$129,247$141,617 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $41,249 +41%
$100,368$141,617 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 61540 $743 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 61540$743
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.

Typical home values in zip 61540 rose 9.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $141,617 as of Sep 2026
+9.6%year on year

Typical home value — 61540

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 61540 $141,617 Peoria $174,845 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 61540$141,617
  • Peoria$174,845
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.4 61375 Varna 989 — $225,472
7.3 61565 Sparland 1,262 — $175,382
7.4 61570 Washburn 1,503 — $140,059
8.6 61537 Henry 2,743 — $131,413
10.4 61545 Lowpoint 722 — $204,798
11.2 61523 Chillicothe 10,203 — $192,495
11.5 61369 Toluca 1,594 — $116,408
11.7 61560 Putnam 477 — $223,738
14.7 61548 Metamora 12,037 — $295,388
14.8 61526 Edelstein 1,105 — $297,062
14.8 61327 Hennepin 1,442 — $229,936
16.6 61334 Lostant 738 — $172,236
16.7 61516 Benson 627 — $164,083
17.0 61561 Roanoke 2,393 — $182,806
17.1 61552 Mossville 51 — $133,091
17.1 61377 Wenona 1,441 — $124,667
17.9 61326 Granville 1,953 — $174,950
18.4 61421 Bradford 1,231 — $132,145
18.5 61368 Tiskilwa 1,273 — $145,631
18.8 61491 Wyoming 2,230 — $145,126
19.7 61525 Dunlap 12,357 — $386,667
19.7 61760 Minonk 2,226 — $161,878

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