Zip lookup · IL

62501
Argenta, Illinois.

Argenta, Macon County, IL · Decatur, IL metro · population 2,324

What it costs per month · 62501 $1,033/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$548 (+113%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $11,670 +6%
$185,126$196,795 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $51,131 +35%
$145,664$196,795 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 62501 $1,033 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 62501$1,033
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.

Typical home values in zip 62501 rose 6.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $196,795 as of Sep 2026
+6.3%year on year

Typical home value — 62501

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 62501 $196,795 Decatur $124,660 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 62501$196,795
  • Decatur$124,660
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.7 62554 Oreana 1,832 — $180,262
5.6 61818 Cerro Gordo 1,560 — $163,981
6.9 61830 Cisco 510 — $216,769
8.5 62535 Forsyth 3,502 — $314,821
10.0 62526 Decatur 30,483 $994 $98,597
10.4 62521 Decatur 32,665 $1,139 $121,325
11.0 61756 Maroa 2,542 — $159,389
11.5 62549 Mt Zion 6,454 — $200,476
12.2 61929 Hammond 672 — $166,640
12.8 61882 Weldon 777 — $137,961
13.2 61813 Bement 2,043 — $208,838
13.6 61856 Monticello 8,226 — $289,154
14.2 62573 Warrensburg 1,147 — $170,848
14.3 61925 Dalton City 1,182 — $204,971
14.6 62522 Decatur 15,185 $1,036 $89,665
15.4 61937 Lovington 1,782 — $159,669
16.6 61839 De Land 558 — $178,787
16.9 61727 Clinton 9,033 — $157,354
17.7 62544 Macon 1,668 — $152,300
19.1 61735 Dewitt 360 — $187,501
19.1 61913 Atwood 1,300 — $147,308
19.3 62551 Niantic 820 — $135,757
19.6 61749 Kenney 653 — $136,524

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