Zip lookup · IL

62461
Shumway, Illinois.

Shumway, Effingham County, IL · Effingham, IL metro · population 625

What it costs per month · 62461 $1,110/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$564 (+103%) since Feb 2021.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $7,207 +4%
$204,295$211,502 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $46,256 +28%
$165,246$211,502 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 62461 $1,110 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 62461$1,110
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.

Typical home values in zip 62461 rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Effingham County, IL 71% · Shelby County, IL 29%

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

Typical home value $211,502 as of Sep 2026
+3.5%year on year

Typical home value — 62461

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 62461 $211,502 Effingham $218,377 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2022 2024 2026
  • 62461$211,502
  • Effingham$218,377
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.2 62444 Mode 623 — $236,314
6.7 62463 Stewardson 1,103 — $167,416
8.2 62401 Effingham 19,273 — $234,554
8.3 62414 Beecher City 1,783 — $187,056
9.6 62411 Altamont 4,249 — $166,492
10.3 62465 Strasburg 806 — $185,440
11.2 62462 Sigel 971 — $225,437
11.6 62422 Cowden 926 — $152,365
13.5 62438 Lakewood 238 — $197,219
13.8 62473 Watson 1,264 — $161,661
13.8 62467 Teutopolis 3,710 — $274,914
14.6 62447 Neoga 3,210 — $175,895
15.4 62458 Saint Elmo 2,176 — $133,651
16.2 62565 Shelbyville 7,559 — $152,335
16.9 61957 Windsor 1,707 — $155,676
17.1 62431 Herrick 717 — $174,913
17.2 62443 Mason 1,609 — $182,416
19.0 62445 Montrose 986 — $189,505
19.7 62571 Tower Hill 1,269 — $158,261
19.9 61928 Gays 776 — $194,722

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