Cheapest suburbs of Chicago
Typical home value, September 2026 · Zillow ZHVI (Sep 2026) · updated 2026-11-15
Gary, IN has the lowest typical home value of the 234 suburbs ranked in the Chicago area: $87,485, 75% below the figure for the metro area as a whole ($356,000).
The 10 lowest run from $87,485 to $164,000; the highest of all 234 is $1,937,000, 22.1 times the lowest.
126 of the 234 suburbs are below the U.S. typical home value of $366,000; the median suburb in the Chicago area is at $357,000.
The typical home value in Chicago itself is $334,000.
Cheapest suburbs of Chicago: the first 30 of 234
| Rank | City or town | Typical home value | Home values, 1-year change | Typical rent (monthly) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary, IN | $87,485 | −0.9% | $1,367 |
| 2 | Harvey, IL | $107,000 | +3.0% | $1,696 |
| 3 | Riverdale, IL | $119,000 | +6.5% | $1,232 |
| 4 | East Chicago, IN | $130,000 | −3.7% | $1,040 |
| 5 | Calumet City, IL | $155,000 | −1.7% | $1,536 |
| 6 | Markham, IL | $156,000 | +1.8% | – |
| 7 | Dolton, IL | $157,000 | +4.9% | $2,327 |
| 8 | Park Forest, IL | $160,000 | +5.4% | $1,857 |
| 9 | Lake Station, IN | $160,000 | +1.5% | – |
| 10 | Sauk Village, IL | $164,000 | +8.3% | – |
| 11 | Steger, IL | $171,000 | −1.8% | – |
| 12 | Chicago Heights, IL | $175,000 | +3.0% | $1,462 |
| 13 | Hammond, IN | $177,000 | +1.8% | $1,512 |
| 14 | Calumet Park, IL | $177,000 | +6.9% | – |
| 15 | Hazel Crest, IL | $183,000 | +4.2% | $2,725 |
| 16 | University Park, IL | $198,000 | +2.6% | – |
| 17 | Lansing, IL | $201,000 | +1.7% | $1,637 |
| 18 | Posen, IL | $203,000 | +5.9% | – |
| 19 | Crestwood, IL | $204,000 | −2.9% | – |
| 20 | Blue Island, IL | $208,000 | +5.9% | $1,420 |
| 21 | Country Club Hills, IL | $216,000 | +6.0% | $3,125 |
| 22 | Glenwood, IL | $219,000 | +6.0% | $2,034 |
| 23 | North Chicago, IL | $224,000 | +8.5% | $1,822 |
| 24 | Richton Park, IL | $228,000 | +7.5% | $1,722 |
| 25 | Round Lake Park, IL | $230,000 | +6.5% | – |
| 26 | South Holland, IL | $231,000 | +0.7% | – |
| 27 | Midlothian, IL | $239,000 | +4.6% | – |
| 28 | Merrillville, IN | $242,000 | +1.4% | $1,562 |
| 29 | Hobart, IN | $242,000 | +1.4% | $1,348 |
| 30 | Waukegan, IL | $247,000 | +6.9% | $1,660 |
- Under $280k
- $280k–$330k
- $330k–$380k
- $380k–$460k
- $460k+
- Not ranked
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Cheapest suburbs in other metro areas
- New York, NY
- Los Angeles, CA
- Dallas, TX
- Houston, TX
- Atlanta, GA
- Washington, DC
- Miami, FL
- Philadelphia, PA
- Phoenix, AZ
- Boston, MA
- Riverside, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Detroit, MI
- Seattle, WA
- Minneapolis, MN
- Tampa, FL
- San Diego, CA
- Denver, CO
- Orlando, FL
- Charlotte, NC
- Baltimore, MD
- St. Louis, MO
- San Antonio, TX
- Austin, TX
- Portland, OR
- Sacramento, CA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Cincinnati, OH
- Kansas City, MO
- Columbus, OH
- Indianapolis, IN
- Nashville, TN
- Cleveland, OH
- San Jose, CA
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Jacksonville, FL
- Providence, RI
- Raleigh, NC
- Milwaukee, WI
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Louisville, KY
- Richmond, VA
- Memphis, TN
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Fresno, CA
- Birmingham, AL
- Grand Rapids, MI
Source and method
Typical home value: Zillow ZHVI (Sep 2026); figures for September 2026. Cities and towns in the Chicago area with at least 5,000 residents and a published figure are ranked (234); Chicago itself is left out. The metro area is the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan statistical area. Place names for ZIP codes are the neighborhood or city the ZIP code mostly covers. Compiled by Home Economics.
Zillow's "typical" home value and rent are index values for the middle of the market (the Zillow Home Value Index and Observed Rent Index), not median sale prices or asking rents. One-year changes are over the 12 months to September 2026. Income and population come from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey and carry sampling error, most of all in small places.