Home values, rents and more in Braidwood, IL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Braidwood compares
The typical home in Braidwood, IL is worth about $287,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Braidwood are 19% below the typical value in the Chicago metro area ($356,000) and 22% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Braidwood rose 4.3%, compared with +5.0% in the Chicago metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $82,202, against $90,887 in the Chicago metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 6,062 people live in Braidwood (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Braidwood has the 87th-lowest typical home value of the 326 cities in the Chicago metro area and the 277th-highest of 1,005 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Will County, IL · Chicago metro area · Illinois
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.