Cheapest ZIP codes in the Chicago area
Typical home value, September 2026 · Zillow ZHVI (Sep 2026) · updated 2026-11-15
ZIP code 46407 (Gary, IN) has the lowest typical home value of the 352 ZIP codes ranked in the Chicago area: $57,428, 84% below the figure for the metro area as a whole ($356,000).
The 10 lowest run from $57,428 to $130,000; the highest of all 352 is $2,110,000, 36.7 times the lowest.
203 of the 352 ZIP codes are below the U.S. typical home value of $366,000; the median ZIP code in the Chicago area is at $344,000.
Cheapest ZIP codes in the Chicago area: the first 30 of 352
| Rank | ZIP code | Typical home value | Home values, 1-year change | Typical rent (monthly) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46407Gary, IN | $57,428 | −1.5% | $1,272 |
| 2 | 46402Gary, IN | $61,313 | −6.1% | $1,450 |
| 3 | 46409Gary, IN | $74,450 | −7.1% | $1,349 |
| 4 | 46406Gary, IN | $77,283 | +6.0% | – |
| 5 | 46404Gary, IN | $97,598 | +7.9% | – |
| 6 | 46408Gary, IN | $108,000 | −2.8% | $1,300 |
| 7 | 60426Harvey, IL | $108,000 | +3.0% | – |
| 8 | 60472Robbins, IL | $116,000 | +8.0% | – |
| 9 | 60621Englewood, Chicago, IL | $128,000 | +5.0% | $1,625 |
| 10 | 46312East Chicago, IN | $130,000 | −3.7% | $1,040 |
| 11 | 60827Riverdale, Riverdale, IL | $135,000 | +9.1% | $1,290 |
| 12 | 60636Englewood, Chicago, IL | $143,000 | +9.6% | $1,447 |
| 13 | 60649South Shore, Chicago, IL | $143,000 | −4.0% | $1,281 |
| 14 | 46320Hammond, IN | $145,000 | +3.2% | $1,307 |
| 15 | 60628Roseland, Chicago, IL | $148,000 | +1.2% | $1,725 |
| 16 | 46403Gary, IN | $150,000 | −0.6% | $1,512 |
| 17 | 60409Calumet City, IL | $155,000 | −1.6% | $1,536 |
| 18 | 60428Markham, IL | $156,000 | +1.6% | – |
| 19 | 46327Hammond, IN | $156,000 | −3.2% | $1,471 |
| 20 | 60419Dolton, IL | $157,000 | +4.9% | $2,343 |
| 21 | 46405Lake Station, IN | $159,000 | +1.2% | $1,592 |
| 22 | 60466Park Forest, IL | $160,000 | +5.4% | $1,857 |
| 23 | 47922Brook, IN | $166,000 | +0.8% | – |
| 24 | 60475Steger, IL | $174,000 | −1.5% | – |
| 25 | 60619Chatham, Chicago, IL | $175,000 | +0.9% | $1,335 |
| 26 | 47951Kentland, IN | $176,000 | +2.5% | – |
| 27 | 60411Chicago Heights, IL | $180,000 | +3.2% | $1,694 |
| 28 | 60617South Deering, Chicago, IL | $180,000 | +4.3% | $1,497 |
| 29 | 60620Auburn Gresham, Chicago, IL | $182,000 | +1.7% | $1,305 |
| 30 | 60429Hazel Crest, IL | $183,000 | +4.2% | $2,612 |
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- $260k–$320k
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- $460k+
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Source and method
Typical home value: Zillow ZHVI (Sep 2026); figures for September 2026. ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents and a published figure are ranked (352 of them in the Chicago area). 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.