Oglesby, Illinois.
Typical home $169,993 (+3.5% in a year). Ottawa, IL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$482 (+118%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,689 +3%
- $164,304$169,993 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $42,757 +34%
- $127,236$169,993 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.
- Oglesby$892
- Illinois$1,553
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Oglesby, IL rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Oglesby, LaSalle County, Illinois
Oglesby is a city of 3,712 people in LaSalle County. Half its households earn more than $76,189 a year and half less, against $73,045 across LaSalle County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 71% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in LaSalle County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Oglesby is a small city in LaSalle County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run a little above the county's. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while July brings warm summer days; rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than in many places, and very few people work from home.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and government also employing many. Among the largest workplaces in Oglesby are Illinois Valley Community College, a two-year college, and UNFI, a wholesale grocery distributor. Across LaSalle County, unemployment is lower than a year ago, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. Starved Rock State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away, as is Buffalo Rock State Park. Matthiessen State Park sits in or beside town, along with the Vermilion River and the Little Vermilion River. For a look at the area's past, Grand Village of the Illinois, an archaeological site, is also a short drive away.
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- 1,549households
- 26%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 2%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. LaSalle County had 38,720 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 63°. About 28 inches of snow and 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Peru weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Oglesby
- Illinois Valley Community CollegeTwo-year college351
- GTI- GTI Clinic Holdings LLC- 110 E 4th Rd. OglesbyRaw farm products merchant wholesalers212
- UNFI - OglesbyGeneral-line groceries merchant wholesalers123
- John's Service & SalesPlumbing and heating contractors97
- Wire MeshMesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 792 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). 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
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Oglesby’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 LaSalle County and the Ottawa, IL metro.
Oglesby home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Oglesby$169,993
- 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.
- Oglesby16
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Oglesby7
Zip codes with a Oglesby address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Oglesby — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.