Fastest-Appreciating ZIP Codes in Bloomington, IL (2026)

Ranked by 5-year compound annual growth in home values. Fast growth and strong cash flow rarely appear in the same ZIP — this is the other side of that trade.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 61842 Farmer City, IL $180,501 $1,089 4.71% 9.0%
2 61701 Bloomington, IL $180,383 $1,149 4.97% 8.2%
3 61744 Gridley, IL $211,603 $882 3.25% 8.1%
4 61728 Colfax, IL $178,516 $954 4.17% 7.7%
5 61732 Danvers, IL $253,732 $1,305 4.01% 7.7%
6 61704 Bloomington, IL $332,466 $1,516 3.56% 7.5%
7 61774 Stanford, IL $183,752 $1,278 5.42% 7.5%
8 61752 Le Roy, IL $216,732 $927 3.34% 7.3%
9 61722 Arrowsmith, IL $202,854 $1,314 5.05% 7.2%
10 61770 Saybrook, IL $171,389 $1,044 4.75% 7.0%
11 61745 Heyworth, IL $268,464 $1,170 3.40% 6.9%
12 61736 Downs, IL $327,050 $1,233 2.94% 6.8%
13 61748 Hudson, IL $314,870 $882 2.18% 6.6%
14 61776 Bloomington, IL $275,976 $1,134 3.21% 6.3%
15 61761 Normal, IL $269,750 $1,267 3.66% 6.3%
16 61754 McLean, IL $191,109 $1,350 5.51% 6.3%
17 61705 Bloomington, IL $391,613 $1,458 2.90% 6.2%
18 61753 Lexington, IL $239,615 $963 3.13% 6.1%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →

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