Home values, rents and more in the Chicago metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Chicago metro compares
The typical home in the Chicago metro area is worth about $356,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Chicago metro are 20% above the typical value in Illinois ($296,000) and about the same as the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Chicago metro rose 5.0%, compared with +5.3% in Illinois and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,163 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 10% above Illinois ($1,958) and 12% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $90,887, against $83,390 in Illinois and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 9,434,123 people live in the Chicago metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Chicago metro has the 225th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the highest of 28 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Chicago metro
- Cook County, IL $340,000
- DeKalb County, IL $295,000
- DuPage County, IL $438,000
- Grundy County, IL $323,000
- Jasper County, IN $301,000
- Kane County, IL $384,000
- Kendall County, IL $395,000
- Lake County, IL $398,000
- Lake County, IN $251,000
- McHenry County, IL $368,000
- Newton County, IN $222,000
- Porter County, IN $330,000
- Will County, IL $376,000
Cities in the Chicago metro
- Chicago, IL $334,000
- Aurora, IL $323,000
- Naperville, IL $618,000
- Joliet, IL $268,000
- Elgin, IL $340,000
- Waukegan, IL $247,000
- Cicero, IL $278,000
- Schaumburg, IL $357,000
- Hammond, IN $177,000
- Evanston, IL $491,000
- Arlington Heights, IL $493,000
- Bolingbrook, IL $369,000
- Gary, IN $87,485
- Palatine, IL $390,000
- Skokie, IL $427,000
- Des Plaines, IL $356,000
- Orland Park, IL $411,000
- Oak Lawn, IL $299,000
- Berwyn, IL $318,000
- Mount Prospect, IL $449,000
- Tinley Park, IL $335,000
- Wheaton, IL $507,000
- Oak Park, IL $480,000
- Hoffman Estates, IL $404,000
- Downers Grove, IL $503,000
- Glenview, IL $692,000
- Plainfield, IL $429,000
- Elmhurst, IL $635,000
- Lombard, IL $386,000
- Buffalo Grove, IL $444,000
- Romeoville, IL $323,000
- Crystal Lake, IL $382,000
- Bartlett, IL $439,000
- Dekalb, IL $261,000
- Carol Stream, IL $382,000
- Streamwood, IL $333,000
- Park Ridge, IL $593,000
- Wheeling, IL $316,000
- Portage, IN $266,000
- Carpentersville, IL $296,000
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.