Atlanta, Illinois.
Typical home $166,545 (+3.3% in a year). Lincoln, IL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$417 (+91%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,339 +3%
- $161,206$166,545 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $28,524 +21%
- $138,021$166,545 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.
- Atlanta$874
- Illinois$1,553
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.
Typical home values in Atlanta, IL rose 3.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois
Atlanta is a city of 1,669 people in Logan County. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Logan County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 3.1% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Atlanta is a small city in Logan County, Illinois, where nearly all the homes are lived in by their owners, a far higher share than in most places. Incomes in the county run somewhat above what many rural areas see, and fewer residents live below the poverty line than across the country as a whole. Winters are cold, with January highs around the freezing mark and a fair amount of snow, while July brings warm, hot days; the year brings plenty of rain and melted snow as well.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in other services, and in transport, warehouses and utilities. Across Logan County, some of the largest workplaces are Eaton, Lincoln Memorial Hospital and Ameren Illinois. The commute is a middling one, and a good number of people work from home. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country, and the county has lost some jobs over the past year.
Things to do. The Heritage in Flight Museum is a short drive away. Farther afield, Weldon Springs State Park is a protected area for outdoor time, and Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington is a longer drive but a good outing for families. The Sangamon River is also a longer drive for anyone who likes to be near the water.
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- 733households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 19%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Logan County had 7,636 jobs in 2025, 3.1% 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 86° and lows near 64°. About 19 inches of snow and 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lincoln weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Logan County
- EatonEaton742
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters287
- Cresco Labs - LincolnHydroponic crop farming258
- Lincoln Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital253FTE
- Ameren IllinoisElectric power transmission, control, and distribution200
- Lincoln ESD 27School district192FTE
- Sysco Central IllinoisGeneral-line groceries merchant wholesalers190
- Precision ProductsLawn and garden equipment manufacturing136
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 18 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,736 people in all across the county; Atlanta has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts 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
- DroughtRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Atlanta’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Logan County and the Lincoln, IL metro.
Atlanta home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Atlanta$166,545
- 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.
- Atlanta5
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Atlanta4
Zip codes with a Atlanta address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Atlanta — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.