Home values, rents and more in Lake County, IL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Lake County, IL compares
The typical home in Lake County, IL is worth about $398,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Lake County, IL are 12% above the typical value in the Chicago metro area ($356,000) and 9% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Lake County, IL rose 6.0%, compared with +5.0% in the Chicago metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,255 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 4% above the Chicago metro area ($2,163) and 17% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $110,416, against $90,887 in the Chicago metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 719,339 people live in Lake County, IL (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Lake County, IL has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 13 counties in the Chicago metro area and the 2nd-highest of 102 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Chicago metro area · Illinois
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Nearby counties
Cities in Lake County, IL
- Waukegan, IL $247,000
- Buffalo Grove, IL $444,000
- Mundelein, IL $387,000
- North Chicago, IL $224,000
- Gurnee, IL $381,000
- Highland Park, IL $802,000
- Round Lake Beach, IL $259,000
- Vernon Hills, IL $456,000
- Zion, IL $256,000
- Grayslake, IL $373,000
- Libertyville, IL $624,000
- Lake Zurich, IL $503,000
- Deerfield, IL $656,000
- Lake Forest, IL $1,265,000
- Round Lake, IL $329,000
- Antioch, IL $358,000
- Lindenhurst, IL $360,000
- Beach Park, IL $307,000
- Wauconda, IL $349,000
- Fox Lake, IL $259,000
- Gages Lake, IL $338,000
- Hawthorn Woods, IL $752,000
- Lake Villa, IL $384,000
- Long Grove, IL $958,000
- Lincolnshire, IL $742,000
- Round Lake Park, IL $230,000
- Park City, IL $287,000
- Volo, IL $381,000
- Winthrop Harbor, IL $320,000
- Lake Bluff, IL $675,000
- Lake Barrington, IL $552,000
- Highwood, IL $498,000
- Kildeer, IL $870,000
- Riverwoods, IL $1,018,000
- Deer Park, IL $776,000
- Wadsworth, IL $463,000
- Hainesville, IL $295,000
- Long Lake, IL $264,000
- North Barrington, IL $860,000
- Round Lake Heights, IL $312,000
- Fox Lake Hills, IL $304,000
- Forest Lake, IL $471,000
- Port Barrington, IL $437,000
- Bannockburn, IL $1,370,000
- Third Lake, IL $424,000
- Tower Lakes, IL $663,000
- Indian Creek, IL $580,000
- Mettawa, IL $1,012,000
ZIP codes in Lake County, IL
- 60002 · Antioch $359,000
- 60010 · Barrington $732,000
- 60015 · Deerfield $730,000
- 60020 · Fox Lake $267,000
- 60030 · Grayslake $358,000
- 60031 · Gurnee $379,000
- 60035 · Highland Park $802,000
- 60040 · Highwood $498,000
- 60041 · Fox Lake $309,000
- 60044 · Lake Bluff $676,000
- 60045 · Lake Forest $1,231,000
- 60046 · Lindenhurst $362,000
- 60047 · Kildeer $663,000
- 60048 · Libertyville $628,000
- 60060 · Mundelein $391,000
- 60061 · Vernon Hills $457,000
- 60064 · North Chicago $224,000
- 60069 · Lincolnshire $700,000
- 60073 · Round Lake $281,000
- 60083 · Wadsworth $390,000
- 60084 · Wauconda $367,000
- 60085 · Waukegan $240,000
- 60087 · Waukegan $270,000
- 60089 · Buffalo Grove $444,000
- 60096 · Winthrop Harbor $321,000
- 60099 · Zion $272,000
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.