Home values, rents and more in Waukegan, IL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Waukegan compares
The typical home in Waukegan, IL is worth about $247,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Waukegan are 30% below the typical value in the Chicago metro area ($356,000) and 32% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Waukegan rose 6.9%, compared with +5.0% in the Chicago metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,660 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 23% below the Chicago metro area ($2,163) and 14% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.7% over the past year.
The median household income is $71,919, against $90,887 in the Chicago metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 89,076 people live in Waukegan (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Waukegan has the 53rd-lowest typical home value of the 326 cities in the Chicago metro area and the 355th-highest of 1,005 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Lake 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.