Zip lookup · IL

62321
Carthage, Illinois.

Carthage, Hancock County, IL · Fort Madison-Keokuk, IA-IL-MO metro · population 3,576

What it costs per month · 62321 $655/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$291 (+80%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $3,828 +3%
$120,928$124,756 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $15,814 +15%
$108,942$124,756 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 62321 $655 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 62321$655
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 26 years.

Typical home values in zip 62321 rose 3.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $124,756 as of Sep 2026
+3.2%year on year

Typical home value — 62321

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 62321 $124,756 Fort Madison $125,210 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 62321$124,756
  • Fort Madison$125,210
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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10.6 62341 Hamilton 3,433 — $116,263
11.3 62330 Dallas City 1,472 — $95,303
13.3 61450 La Harpe 1,812 — $101,311
14.2 62354 Nauvoo 1,447 — $158,628
14.6 62367 Plymouth 1,294 — $111,367
14.6 62358 Niota 525 — $127,290
15.3 62326 Colchester 2,236 — $99,897
15.8 61420 Blandinsville 968 — $93,190
17.7 52632 Keokuk 11,711 — $83,148
18.6 62379 Warsaw 1,854 — $115,253

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