Arthur, Illinois.
Typical home $193,492 (+7.2% in a year). Charleston-Mattoon, IL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$565 (+125%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $12,937 +7%
- $180,556$193,492 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $56,839 +42%
- $136,653$193,492 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.
- Arthur$1,016
- Illinois$1,553
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Arthur, IL rose 7.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Arthur, Douglas County, Illinois
Arthur is a village of 2,231 people in Douglas County. Half its households earn more than $54,907 a year and half less, against $77,320 across Douglas County; 19% of its people live below the poverty line. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Douglas County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Arthur is a small village in Douglas County, Illinois, where most homes are lived in by their owners and a typical home costs less than in many parts of the country. Household incomes run below the county's, and a good share of residents live below the poverty line. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in much of the country. Winters are cold, with January highs hovering around freezing and snow through the season, and summers are warm. Rain and melted snow bring a fair amount of moisture across the year.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in restaurants and hotels. Among the largest workplaces in Arthur are Masterbrand, which makes kitchen cabinets, Arthur CUSD, the school district, and Tri-County Welding, which erects structural steel. Commutes are short, and some people work from home. Unemployment across Douglas County is lower than it was a year earlier, though the county had slightly fewer jobs last year than the year before.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Robert Allerton Park is a botanical garden and Fox Ridge State Park is a protected natural area, and both are a longer drive away. Krannert Art Museum is a museum, also a longer drive away, for a day indoors. Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site is a protected historic area that is likewise a longer drive from town.
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- 1,034households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 19%below the poverty line
- 15 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Douglas County had 7,574 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 65°. About 17 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tuscola weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Arthur
- MasterbrandKitchen cabinets, stock or custom wood, manufacturing505
- Arthur CUSD 305School district147FTE
- Tri-County WeldingErecting structural steel97
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 602 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- Inland floodingVery high
- HailVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- TornadoesVery high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Arthur’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 Douglas County and the Charleston-Mattoon, IL metro.
Arthur home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Arthur$193,492
- Illinois$295,943
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Arthur9
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Arthur4
Zip codes with a Arthur address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Arthur — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.