Calhoun, Illinois

Population

Down 3.8% since 2020.

153

people, the 1165th-largest of Illinois's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Illinois's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

Rent

Median rent is up 32% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$692

a month. Illinois's median is $1,274.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $343.

A $343 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Richland County.

• $611 Tract 9779
• $954 Tract 9783

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 89% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Home value

A median home costs 80% less than Illinois's.

$53,400

median home value in Calhoun.

• $53,400 Calhoun
• $263,300 Illinois
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year