Zip lookup · IL

62526
Decatur, Illinois.

Decatur, Macon County, IL · Decatur, IL metro · population 30,483

What it costs per month · 62526 $518/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$282 (+120%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $3,443 +4%
$95,154$98,597 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $25,311 +35%
$73,286$98,597 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 62526 $518 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 62526$518
  • 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 62526 rose 3.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $994 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $98,597 as of Sep 2026
+3.6%year on year

Asking rent — 62526

Against the Decatur, IL metro and the national benchmark.

$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2026 62526 $994 Decatur $1,059 United States $1,932
$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2026
  • 62526$994
  • Decatur$1,059
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 62526

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 62526 $98,597 Decatur $124,660 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 62526$98,597
  • Decatur$124,660
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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2.0 62535 Forsyth 3,502 — $314,821
5.3 62573 Warrensburg 1,147 — $170,848
5.9 62522 Decatur 15,185 $1,036 $89,665
6.9 62521 Decatur 32,665 $1,139 $121,325
7.1 62554 Oreana 1,832 — $180,262
9.1 61756 Maroa 2,542 — $159,389
9.5 62551 Niantic 820 — $135,757
10.0 62501 Argenta 2,324 — $196,795
11.3 62549 Mt Zion 6,454 — $200,476
13.5 62544 Macon 1,668 — $152,300
14.0 62539 Illiopolis 1,412 — $147,933
14.5 61818 Cerro Gordo 1,560 — $163,981
14.5 61749 Kenney 653 — $136,524
14.8 61925 Dalton City 1,182 — $204,971
15.1 62513 Blue Mound 1,391 — $150,894
15.7 61830 Cisco 510 — $216,769
16.2 62548 Mount Pulaski 2,090 — $157,636
16.6 62547 Mount Auburn 574 — $147,530
17.0 61727 Clinton 9,033 — $157,354
18.9 61882 Weldon 777 — $137,961

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