Zip lookup · IL

62912
Buncombe, Illinois.

Buncombe, Union County, IL · Carbondale-Marion, IL metro · population 1,515

What it costs per month · 62912 $942/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$337 (+56%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $2,988 -2%
$182,520$179,532 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $104 +0%
$179,429$179,532 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 62912 $942 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 62912$942
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.

Typical home values in zip 62912 fell 1.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Johnson County, IL 59% · Union County, IL 41%

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

Typical home value $179,532 as of Sep 2026
-1.6%year on year

Typical home value — 62912

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 62912 $179,532 Carbondale $151,421 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 62912$179,532
  • Carbondale$151,421
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.0 62939 Goreville 2,958 — $199,354
8.3 62906 Anna 7,329 — $140,087
9.1 62926 Dongola 1,998 — $138,428
9.4 62995 Vienna 6,339 — $172,643
10.7 62958 Makanda 2,103 — $193,571
11.8 62920 Cobden 2,959 — $190,261
13.0 62972 Ozark 1,056 — $200,226
14.2 62902 Carbondale 4,135 — $195,190
14.9 62956 Karnak 1,172 — $77,371
15.0 62908 Belknap 440 — $155,317
15.8 62922 Creal Springs 2,608 — $197,422
16.5 62952 Jonesboro 2,852 — $133,699
16.6 62941 Grand Chain 639 — $141,316
17.8 62959 Marion 27,793 $1,112 $183,400
18.1 62943 Grantsburg 428 — $164,628
18.7 62903 Carbondale 2,666 — $198,490
18.8 62905 Alto Pass 779 — $162,818
19.2 62985 Simpson 1,128 — $187,533

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