Pay and cost of living in Jasper County, IL
Jasper County, IL is part of the East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area labor market, and this page summarizes 1 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $31,200 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Cashiers at $31,200, and the lowest is Cashiers at $31,200.
A one-bedroom apartment in Jasper County, IL has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $725 a month and a two-bedroom $948. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $15,717 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $25,794 a year, and every one of the 1 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Jasper County, IL or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Jasper County, IL
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Jasper County, IL, set beside the Illinois and national medians.
Median household income in Jasper County, IL is $74,755, 10% below the Illinois median of $83,390 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($8,700) equals 11.6% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $31,200, is 58% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Jasper County, IL pay a median of $2,448 a year in real estate taxes, 54% below the Illinois median of $5,298. With a median home value of $125,500, 52% below the Illinois median of $263,300, the ratio of the two medians is 1.95% a year.
Renters in Jasper County, IL pay a median gross rent of $793 a month in the Census survey, 38% below the Illinois median of $1,274. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $725; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Jasper County, IL who travel to a workplace spend an average of 28.1 minutes each way, 1% above the Illinois average of 27.8. 8.2% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.