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Homer village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Homer village is a Census village of 1,245 people across 0.98 square miles of land, in Champaign County. Median household income is $85,875, 79.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $150,000.
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Homer
What Homer is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area0.98 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,271 plus or minus 265
- County holding the largest share of its areaChampaign County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Homer
How many people live in Homer
- Population1,245 plus or minus 260
- Median age33.1 plus or minus 8.9
- Population under 18302 plus or minus 88
- Share under 1824.3 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over142 plus or minus 38
- Share 65 and over11.4 percent
- Households485 plus or minus 100
- Family households304 plus or minus 78
- Share of households that are families62.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Homer
Income and work in Homer
- Median household income$85,875 plus or minus $21,779
- Per capita income$57,648 plus or minus $25,431
- Civilian labor force661 plus or minus 163
- Employed647 plus or minus 162
- Unemployed14 plus or minus 13
- Unemployment rate2.1 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over784
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.5 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.7 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Homer
Housing in Homer
- Housing units525
- Occupied units485 plus or minus 100
- Vacant units40 plus or minus 33
- Vacancy rate7.6 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Owner occupied383 plus or minus 77
- Renter occupied102 plus or minus 68
- Ownership rate79.0 percent plus or minus 22.7
- Median owner-occupied home value$146,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$979
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.7 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Single family units449
- Share single family85.5 percent plus or minus 22.8
- Units in buildings of two or more57 plus or minus 51
- Share in buildings of two or more10.9 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Mobile homes19 plus or minus 26
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Homer
How Homer gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute586 plus or minus 163
- Commuting under 15 minutes107 plus or minus 38
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.3 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more320 plus or minus 131
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.6 percent plus or minus 16.4
- Drove alone88.3 percent
- Carpooled3.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home7.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Homer
SBA loans in Homer (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$150,000
- Average approval$150,000
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$150,000
- Largest approval$150,000
- Jobs supported6
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Homer
SBA loans in Homer (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$604,000
- Average approval$604,000
- Median approval$604,000
- Largest approval$604,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Champaign County, not Homer
Champaign County context, not Homer figures
These are Champaign County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Homer measurements.
- Establishments in Champaign County4,237
- Employment at those establishments, Champaign County73,261
- Covered employment, Champaign County94,777
- Average annual pay, Champaign County$64,216
- Average weekly wage, Champaign County$1,235
- Housing units permitted, Champaign County565
- Of those, single family, Champaign County196
- County product, 2024, Champaign County$15,449,512,000
- County product change over the prior year, Champaign County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Champaign County$54,503
Every figure in this section is published for Champaign County as a whole and is not a measurement of Homer. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Homer questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Homer, Illinois?
1,245, in 485 households. Homer village covers 0.98 square miles of land, which is 1,271 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Homer in?
Champaign County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Homer?
$85,875. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $146,200. Median gross rent is $979 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Homer businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $150,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $604,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Homer, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Homer borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Homer. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Homer figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Champaign County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Homer.
Is zoning published for Homer?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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