Metcalf, Illinois

Population

Down 2.9% since 2020.

135

people, the 1185th-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 8% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$665

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

Census ACS 5-year, 2010-2014 (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 $218.

A $218 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Edgar County.

• $729 Tract 704
• $947 Tract 703

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

Room to build

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

$234–$352

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $665 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2018 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2010-2014. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 98% 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

Units needed

None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.

0

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2018 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 79% less than Illinois's.

$55,000

median home value in Metcalf.

• $55,000 Metcalf
• $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