Camargo, Illinois.
Typical home $197,604 (+9.5% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$598 (+136%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $17,194 +10%
- $180,410$197,604 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $61,141 +45%
- $136,462$197,604 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.
- Camargo$1,037
- Illinois$1,553
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 9 years.
Typical home values in Camargo, IL rose 9.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Camargo, Douglas County, Illinois
Camargo is a village of 452 people in Douglas County. 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 people in Douglas County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Camargo is a small village in Douglas County, Illinois, and most people here know one another by name. Homes cost less than in much of the country, and the share of adults with a four-year degree is lower than in many places. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and snow comes through the season. Summers are warm, and July is the hottest stretch, with a fair amount of rain across the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and the building trades also providing jobs. Across Douglas County, some of the largest employers are The Libman Company, a broom maker, Tuscola CUSD 301, a school district, and Haven of Tuscola, a skilled nursing facility. Commutes are a bit longer than a quick trip across town, and only a small number of people work from home. Jobs in the county slipped slightly last year, while unemployment has eased compared with a year earlier.
Things to do. Walnut Point State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away and suits a walk or a quiet afternoon outdoors. For a bigger outing, Krannert Art Museum and Robert Allerton Park, a botanical garden, are each a longer drive away. Those who like live performance can head to the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, a theatre that is also a longer drive.
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- 196households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What people in Douglas County 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, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Douglas County
- The Libman CompanyBrooms, hand and machine, manufacturing680
- Herff Jones - ArcolaPants, waterproof outerwear, cut and sewn from purchased fabric262
- Haven of TuscolaSkilled nursing facilities162
- Tuscola CUSD 301School district148FTE
- Arthur CUSD 305School district147FTE
- Haven of ArcolaSkilled nursing facilities144
- Arcola CUSD 306School district142FTE
- Tri-County WeldingErecting structural steel97
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 19 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,021 people in all across the county; Camargo has none of its own. 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
- HailVery high
- Strong windVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Camargo’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 Douglas County.
Camargo home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Camargo$197,604
- Illinois$295,943
- United States$366,157
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.
Zip codes with a Camargo address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Camargo — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.