Chicago home values and housing data, from records we hold.
The figures for Chicago’s homes below are computed from records we hold ourselves — county parcels swept into our own store — not scraped from another site. A figure from anywhere else — a survey’s rate, an example price, a published metro reading — is named as that where it appears.
How much are homes in Chicago, IL estimated to be worth?
We hold 217,150 county parcel records for Chicago and too few automated value estimates to publish a figure, so this page reports the housing stock only.
What does a typical Chicago home look like?
Across 217,150 residential county parcels in Chicago: the median home is 1,464 square feet with 3 bedrooms, built around 1951 (about 75 years old), on a 3,843 sq ft lot. 45% of parcels are single-family homes and 52% are condominiums.
How old are Chicago's homes, and what kind are they?
The median Chicago home was built around 1951, which makes the typical house about 75 years old — post-war construction. Buyers price that age into their offer: roofs, wiring, plumbing and windows of that era are either already replaced or on the list, and the county record shows which. The median parcel is a compact 3,843 sq ft lot — city-sized, where the house rather than the yard carries the value. Condominiums are 52% of parcels, so a large share of sellers here are pricing a unit against its building and HOA, not a lot. These are medians across all 217,150 residential parcels we hold for Chicago, not a sample.
What is the Chicago housing market doing right now?
The typical mid-tier home value across the Chicago, IL metro area was $357,265 as of August 2026; the median sale price was $385,500 (August 2026); 41.1% of homes sold above asking and the average sale closed at 100.3% of list; 8,654 new listings came to market in August 2026. That is a market where well-priced homes still draw competing offers, so the listing price an agent proposes — and the evidence behind it — is the decision that matters most. The metro figures cover the whole metro area and are not a valuation of any one home.
How do I find out what my own Chicago home is worth?
Enter your address on this page. We look up the county record for your home — size, lot, year built, last recorded sale — and show an automated estimate beside it, with no phone number and no agent calling you. Then, if you choose, post the home once: up to ten Chicago agents, ranked by verified performance and never by payment, each send a sealed proposal with their own pricing opinion and their fee in writing. So several written opinions of price and fee are worth more here than any single estimate.
Where these numbers come from
We maintain our own store of county assessor parcel records — 217,150 of them for Chicago so far, growing daily. Housing-stock figures are medians across 217,150 county assessor parcel records held first-party. Value figures are withheld until we hold enough automated estimates. No figure is scraped from another website.
Thinking of selling? Chicago is a market of block-by-block pricing where hyperlocal knowledge wins. Post your home once and up to ten performance-ranked local agents send sealed proposals — how selling in Chicago works.
Free · Estimated value, tax record and sale history in seconds · No agent ever gets your name, email, or phone
More about Chicago