Fidelity, Illinois

Population

Down 4.0% since 2020.

96

people, the 1233rd-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 58% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,008

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 $524.

A $524 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Jersey County.

• $651 Tract 105
• $1,175 Tract 103

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

55% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 55% 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 66% less than Illinois's.

$90,800

median home value in Fidelity.

• $90,800 Fidelity
• $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