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Home values, rents and more in Winthrop Harbor, IL

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

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Typical home value
$320,000
Metro: $356,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+15.0%
Metro: +5.0% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
6,559
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$95,690
Metro: $90,887 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Winthrop Harbor, IL, shaded by typical home valueWinthrop Harbor
  • Under $300k
  • $300k–$330k
  • $330k–$380k
  • $380k–$420k
  • $420k+
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ZIP codes around Winthrop Harbor, IL, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Winthrop Harbor is outlined.

How Winthrop Harbor compares

The typical home in Winthrop Harbor, IL is worth about $320,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Winthrop Harbor are 10% below the typical value in the Chicago metro area ($356,000) and 13% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Winthrop Harbor rose 15.0%, compared with +5.0% in the Chicago metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $95,690, against $90,887 in the Chicago metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 6,559 people live in Winthrop Harbor (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Winthrop Harbor has the 127th-lowest typical home value of the 326 cities in the Chicago metro area and the 208th-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.

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