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Home values, rents and more in Crete, IL

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$303,000
Metro: $356,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+4.3%
Metro: +5.0% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
8,386
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$97,147
Metro: $90,887 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Crete, IL, shaded by typical home valueCrete604176047560466
  • Under $180k
  • $180k–$190k
  • $190k–$240k
  • $240k–$310k
  • $310k+
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ZIP codes around Crete, IL, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Crete is outlined.

How Crete compares

The typical home in Crete, IL is worth about $303,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Crete are 15% below the typical value in the Chicago metro area ($356,000) and 17% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Crete rose 4.3%, compared with +5.0% in the Chicago metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $97,147, against $90,887 in the Chicago metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 8,386 people live in Crete (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Crete has the 106th-lowest typical home value of the 326 cities in the Chicago metro area and the 242nd-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.

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