Mold Removal Cost And Risk In Monroe County, IL

A typical professional mold job in Monroe County runs about $1,450 to $5,700 before rebuild, using the St. Louis, MO-IL price level. Below are the 8 ZIP code neighborhoods, the age of the homes, FEMA's water hazard ratings and Illinois rules.

1990Median year homes were built

41%Homes built before 1980

16%Homes rented, not owned

$265,600Median home value

14,665Housing units

34,969People

Housing figures from Census ACS 2019 to 2023. Remediation workers here earn a median $32.22 an hour, BLS May 2025 wage survey.

Half the homes in Monroe County were built before 1990, and 41 percent went up before 1980. Older plumbing, roofs and window seals are where slow leaks start, and slow leaks are the mold most home policies leave out. About 16 percent of homes in Monroe County are rented, so most households here carry an owner's policy on the building itself.

Housing age swings by neighborhood. ZIP 62248 has the oldest homes here, a median year of 1965, and ZIP 62279 the newest, 2011.

Typical Prices In Monroe County

JobSizeNational RangeMonroe County Estimate
Mold Remediationa typical professional job$1,500 to $6,000$1,450 to $5,700
Mold Remediationan attic$2,000 to $7,500$1,900 to $7,150
Mold Inspection and Testinga visual inspection$200 to $600$200 to $550
Mold Inspection and Testingan inspection with samples$300 to $1,000$300 to $950
Mold Inspection and Testinga clearance test$300 to $800$300 to $750

Estimate is the national range times 95.1 divided by 100, the price level for St. Louis, MO-IL, rounded to $50. National ranges from Remediational cost guide, price level from BEA Regional Price Parities 2024.

The standard limited fungi endorsement caps mold at $5,000. Against a typical job here of up to $5,700, that cap falls short by about $700 at the top of that range. Read the form

Water Hazards FEMA Rates Here

FEMA rates none of the water hazards below as high for Monroe County.

HazardFEMA Risk Rating
Inland floodingVery Low
Coastal floodingNot Applicable
HurricaneVery Low
Cold waveRelatively Low
Winter weatherRelatively Low

Source FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025, county level.

ZIP Code Neighborhoods In Monroe County

ZIPAreaMedian Year BuiltBuilt Before 1980Median Home Value
62236Monroe County199136%$300,300
62244Monroe County198946%$207,000
62248Hecker196578%$153,700
62256Maeystown199329%$154,200
62278Monroe County197851%$181,500
62279Monroe County201127%$271,400
62295Monroe County199822%$196,500
62298Monroe County199043%$263,200

ZIP areas are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, placed in the county that holds most of their land, per the Census 2020 ZIP relationship files.

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