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Wayne County, Illinois

Single-family vs. condo trends, market pressure signals, and 5-year price history. Source: Redfin.

Low transaction volume. Wayne County, Illinois averaged 1 sale in the latest reporting month, so YoY price moves can swing wildly between months and don't necessarily reflect market direction. Inventory + DOM + price-drop signals stay informative; the % change badges are suppressed below 10 monthly sales.
Median Sale Price
$65,000
low-volume — YoY suppressed
Active Inventory
8
Days on Market
1 days
Price Drops
62.5%

Single-Family vs. Condo

Source: Redfin (property-type breakdown)
Single-Family Median
$65,000

Buyer vs. Seller Market Indicators

Latest month — Redfin
Months of Supply
8.0 mo
Buyer market

Inventory ÷ monthly sales. Below 3 = strong seller market; 3-6 balanced; above 6 = buyer market.

Sale-to-List Ratio
100.0%
Bidding-war territory

Median closing price ÷ original list price. Above 100% = homes routinely closing above asking.

% Sold Above List
0%
Buyer-favorable

Share of closed sales priced above asking. The single cleanest read on bidder competition.

Rent + invest vs. buy + own — backtested

15-yr rolling history · S&P 500
Property type:
Upfront capital committed (both paths): $15K = 20% down + 3% closing on a $65K home
BUY + OWN
Median ending wealth $57K $35K real
Net gain on $15K upfront: $42K
Range: $57K → $57K
Wealth = home value (appreciated at 3%/yr) − remaining mortgage − 6% selling cost. Gain = wealth − upfront. Leveraged appreciation on full $65K asset comes from the 20% down.
RENT + INVEST
Median ending portfolio $-126K $-92K real
Net gain on $15K contributed: $-141K
Range: $-193K → $-52K
Same upfront cash + each year's (own − rent) surplus invested in S&P 500 at actual annual returns. Median renter contributed $15K total.
Median wealth delta: $183K in favor of BUY + OWN
What if you'd started in a recent year? (most-recent 15yr window: 2011–2025)
WindowBuy wealthBuy gainRent wealthRent gainWealth delta
2011–2025$57K$42K$-134K$-149K$191K buy
2010–2024$57K$42K$-135K$-150K$192K buy
2009–2023$57K$42K$-112K$-127K$169K buy
2008–2022$57K$42K$-145K$-160K$202K buy
2007–2021$57K$42K$-193K$-208K$250K buy
2006–2020$57K$42K$-160K$-175K$217K buy
2005–2019$57K$42K$-149K$-164K$206K buy
2004–2018$57K$42K$-121K$-136K$178K buy

Educational tool, not investment or real-estate advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Backtests use actual annual total returns including dividends from S&P 500 (Damodaran (NYU Stern) annual total return (with dividends), 1957-present.).

Buyer model: 30-yr fixed mortgage, P&I + property tax + insurance + maintenance (1% of value/yr) + HOA. Selling cost = 6%. Investor model: down payment + annual cashflow surplus invested in the chosen index at that calendar year's actual return.

Tax model: pre-tax comparison. Toggle "after-tax mode" to apply MID, SALT, LTCG, and the Sec 121 capital-gains exclusion.

This calculator does not adjust for: PMI (assumed 20%+ down), differential transaction costs by state, lifestyle factors (commute, schools, kids), illiquidity / forced-sale risk, or insurance availability constraints (e.g., FL/CA wildfire). Consult a fiduciary advisor and tax professional before acting on any of this.

Market Pressure Signals

Derived from Redfin trend
Inventory vs. Long-Term Avg
+24.7%
surplus — buyer leverage
DOM vs. 24-Mo Avg
-98.7%
currently 1 days
Long-Term Avg Inventory
6
Long-Term Avg DOM
77 days

Mortgage & Price Stress

State HPI + national delinquency
State HPI YoY
+6.4%
positive — appreciating
State HPI vs. Peak
0.0%
at or near peak peak 2025-10-01
National Mortgage Delinquency
1.89%
benchmark — 2026-01-01 county-grain delinquency requires paid data

State-grain HPI YoY + drawdown from peak is the cleanest free price-stress proxy. The national delinquency rate gives the macro mortgage-stress backdrop. True county-level mortgage delinquency lives in paid datasets (MBA NDS, CoreLogic LP).

Value Ratios

Median home price ÷ county median income
Value / Income
1.2×
bargain
Median Household Income
$53,107
Census ACS B19013

Historically affordable markets sit at 3–4× income; over 5× is stretched, over 6× is severely overvalued. Lower ratios point to bargain opportunities.

Housing Stock & Owners

Census ACS 5-year (B19013, B01003, B25002, B25003, B25034, B25007)
Population
15,994
total residents
Total Housing Units
7,699
all units, occupied + vacant
Vacancy Rate
11.0%
elevated
Homeownership Rate
78.9%
of occupied units owner-occupied
Boomer Owners (65+)
28.2%
of homeowner households
Millennial / Gen-X Owners (35-54)
10.0%
of homeowner households
Pre-1949 Housing Stock
24.6%
structures built before 1949

When boomer-owner share is high, expect more inventory hitting the market over the next decade as homes transition. High vacancy + high old-stock often signals deferred-maintenance markets where buyers can negotiate.

Net Migration (IRS Tax Returns)

IRS Statistics of Income — Migration Data
Net Migration
+11
gaining people (2022–2023)
Inbound Returns
100
187 people moved in
Outbound Returns
82
176 people moved out
Net Returns
+18
household-filer basis

Top 5 Origins (where movers came from)

  1. Clay, Illinois — 46 returns
  2. Jefferson, Illinois — 33 returns
  3. White, Illinois — 21 returns

Top 5 Destinations (where movers went)

  1. Clay, Illinois — 29 returns
  2. Jefferson, Illinois — 27 returns
  3. White, Illinois — 26 returns

IRS Statistics of Income tracks county-to-county migration via tax-return change-of-address. Net migration uses the exemption count (a proxy for people, including dependents). True net flow can lag by 1–2 years vs. real-time movements.

Who's Moving In (Census ACS)

Source: Census ACS B07001 (5-year)
Inbound Movers (1 yr)
698
4.41% of pop. — moved here from outside the county
From Other States
248
1.57% of pop. — interstate inbound
From Abroad
61
moved into the county from outside the U.S.
Same House 1 Year Ago
88%
stable residents

Census ACS asks where people lived 1 year ago, so this counts inbound movers but does not show outbound — true net migration would require IRS SOI parsing.

Trends

Up to 5 years of monthly data

Median Sale Price

Trailing 12 months

Active Inventory

Trailing 12 months

Days on Market

Trailing 12 months

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