Anna, Illinois.
Typical home $139,918 (+2.4% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$319 (+77%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,324 +2%
- $136,593$139,918 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $22,792 +19%
- $117,126$139,918 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.
- Anna$734
- Illinois$1,553
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.
Typical home values in Anna, IL rose 2.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Anna, Union County, Illinois
Anna is a city of 4,303 people in Union County. Half its households earn more than $33,137 a year and half less, against $55,728 across Union County; 34% of its people live below the poverty line. 59% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 41% are rented. Unemployment in Union County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 2.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Anna is a small city in southern Illinois, in Union County. Household incomes here run well below the county's, and a larger share of residents live below the poverty line than most places would expect. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with some snow, and summers get hot, with a good deal of rain across the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, with government and transport also employing a good number. Among the largest workplaces in Anna are Walmart, the Anna CCSD 37 Schools and Chamness Care. Unemployment across Union County is lower than it was a year ago, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. Trail of Tears State Forest and Union Lookout are both a short drive away, the first a protected woodland area and the second a tourist attraction. For a longer outing, Giant City State Park is a protected area a longer drive away, and Lake of Egypt offers a lake to spend a day beside.
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- 1,916households
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 34%below the poverty line
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Union County had 5,238 jobs in 2025, 2.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 45° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 10 inches of snow and 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Anna Nne weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Anna
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters184
- JR's CentreWorkshops for persons with disabilities161
- Anna CCSD 37School district100FTE
- Chamness CareGroup homes, intellectual and developmental disability81
- Anna Jonesboro CHSD 81School district69FTE
- Kroger Louisville KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores66
- Union County Hospital DistrictCritical access hospital56FTE
- City of AnnaPublic property management services, government42
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 642 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- Heat wavesVery high
- EarthquakesVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Anna’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Union County.
Anna home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Anna$139,918
- Illinois$295,943
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Anna listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Anna16.60%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Anna26
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Anna7
Zip codes with a Anna address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Anna — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.