What is the median rent in Southern View, IL?

Name: Median rent in Southern View, IL, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Southern View, IL is $1,240 (±$167) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 281 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Southern View, the median gross rent went from $957 in 2015–2019 to $1,240 in 2020–2024 (+29.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,240 (±$167)
Rented homes: 281 (±89)
$2,000 or more: 4.7%
Since 2015–2019: +29.6%

How much rent costs in Southern View

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Southern View	Sangamon County	Illinois	United States
Less than $500	3.2% (±5.4 points)	7.5%	7.0%	6.3%
$500 to $999	18.1% (±9.6 points)	44.8%	23.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	46.6% (±14.0 points)	35.9%	32.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	27.4% (±17.6 points)	7.0%	18.7%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	3.6% (±5.3 points)	2.9%	9.6%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±12.5 points)	0.4%	4.1%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	1.1% (±1.5 points)	1.5%	4.4%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 46.6% of renting households.

4.7% of rented homes in Southern View cost $2,000 or more a month.

Southern View against Sangamon County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Southern View	Sangamon County	Illinois	United States
Median gross rent	$1,240 (±$167)	$983 (±$18)	$1,274 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	281 (±89)	23,521 (±1,077)	1,587,238 (±10,609)	42,849,984

In Southern View, median gross rent is higher than in Sangamon County ($983).

It is not measurably different from Illinois ($1,274).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Sangamon County, Southern View ranks 9 of 43 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 412 of 2,063.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Southern View has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$957 (±$44)	$1,240 (±$167)	+29.6%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	24.2% (±6.3 points)	35.8% (±8.0 points)	+11.6 percentage points	Measurable increase
Rental vacancy rate	8.2% (±9.7 points)	0.0% (±12.1 points)	−8.2 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Southern View

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Southern View
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Southern View	—	$1,240 (±$167)	—
Jerome	1.7 mi	$951 (±$75)	Lower
Woodside Township	1.8 mi	$1,069 (±$58)	Not measurably different
Leland Grove	2.4 mi	$1,261 (±$218)	Not measurably different
Springfield	2.5 mi	$975 (±$21)	Lower
Capital Township	2.5 mi	$975 (±$21)	Lower
Grandview	4.7 mi	$1,069 (±$121)	Not measurably different
Chatham	6.0 mi	$1,256 (±$112)	Not measurably different
Curran Township	6.2 mi	$1,287 (±$676)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Jerome, IL ($951), Springfield, IL ($975), Capital Township, IL ($975).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Sangamon County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
3	Rochester Township	$1,326 (±$501)
4	Rochester	$1,288 (±$448)
5	Curran Township	$1,287 (±$676)
6	Chatham Township	$1,281 (±$108)
7	Leland Grove	$1,261 (±$218)
8	Chatham	$1,256 (±$112)
9	Southern View	$1,240 (±$167)
10 (tie)	Pleasant Plains	$1,079 (±$80)
10 (tie)	Cartwright Township	$1,079 (±$80)
12 (tie)	Grandview	$1,069 (±$121)
12 (tie)	Woodside Township	$1,069 (±$58)
14	Williams Township	$1,045 (±$396)
15 (tie)	Divernon	$1,034 (±$411)

Showing 13 of 43 places in Sangamon County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Southern View

What is the average rent in Southern View, IL?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Southern View is $1,240 (±$167) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Southern View?

In Southern View, the median gross rent went from $957 in 2015–2019 to $1,240 in 2020–2024 (+29.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Southern View cost more than $2,000 a month?

4.7% of rented homes in Southern View have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 3.2% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Southern View higher than in Sangamon County?

In Southern View, median gross rent is higher than in Sangamon County ($983).

It is not measurably different from Illinois ($1,274).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Southern View village, Illinois (place:70759, in state:17).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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