Casey, Illinois.
Typical home $136,309 (+10.0% in a year). Charleston-Mattoon, IL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$388 (+119%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $12,369 +10%
- $123,940$136,309 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $32,137 +31%
- $104,172$136,309 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.
- Casey$715
- Illinois$1,553
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Casey, IL rose 10.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Casey, Clark County, Illinois
Casey is a city of 2,404 people in Clark County. Half its households earn more than $48,074 a year and half less, against $72,927 across Clark County; 13% of its people live below the poverty line. 75% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 25% are rented. Unemployment in Clark County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Casey is a small city in Clark County, Illinois, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run well below the county's, and homes here cost less than in many parts of the country. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and some people work from home. Winters are cold, with January highs near freezing and some snow, and summers turn warm in July, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, professional and business services, and shops also employing many. Among the largest workplaces in Casey are Casey-Westfield CUSD 4C, Casey Rehab and Nursing, and the City of Casey. Across Clark County, jobs slipped slightly last year, and unemployment is a little lower than it was a year ago.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site is a protected historic area a longer drive away. Fox Ridge State Park is a protected area, also a longer drive away. Lake Charleston is a reservoir, likewise a longer drive from town.
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- 1,151households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 13%below the poverty line
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Clark County had 4,304 jobs in 2025, 2.0% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 66°. About 12 inches of snow and 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Casey weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Casey
- Casey-Westfield CUSD 4CSchool district159FTE
- Casey Rehab and NursingSkilled nursing facilities75
- City of CaseyExecutive offices, federal, state, and local40
- Total Grain Marketing - CaseyGrain elevators merchant wholesalers grain25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 140 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
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Casey’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Clark County and the Charleston-Mattoon, IL metro.
Casey home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Casey$136,309
- Illinois$295,943
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Casey 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.
- Casey28.90%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Casey23
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Casey7
Zip codes with a Casey address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Casey — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.