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Cheapest homes, Illinois cities · 1990

Illinois cities with the lowest median home value (2023 ACS owner-occupied units). This list covers the 329 cities in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN HOME VALUEVS 2000

01East St. Louis, ILIL17,682$25,500−39%

02Kewanee, ILIL12,115$27,200−43%

03West Frankfort, ILIL7,105$28,300−32%

04Beardstown, ILIL5,691$28,400−33%

05Pana, ILIL5,010$29,900−36%

06Benton, ILIL6,558$31,300−33%

07Paris, ILIL8,026$31,900−35%

08Harrisburg, ILIL7,922$32,400−22%

09Canton, ILIL13,297$32,500−46%

10Monmouth, ILIL8,599$34,000−33%

11Vandalia, ILIL7,108$34,300−43%

12Herrin, ILIL12,268$34,600−28%

13Metropolis, ILIL5,727$34,700−31%

14Olney, ILIL8,347$34,700−37%

15Centralia, ILIL11,863$35,600−26%

16Peoria Heights, ILIL5,767$35,700−42%

17Galesburg, ILIL28,581$36,500−39%

18Litchfield, ILIL6,598$36,700−29%

19Murphysboro, ILIL6,977$36,700−21%

20Du Quoin, ILIL5,569$36,800−21%

21Rock Falls, ILIL8,521$37,200−41%

22Streator, ILIL12,190$37,200−34%

23Salem, ILIL7,035$37,300−35%

24Alton, ILIL25,013$37,500−32%

25East Alton, ILIL5,621$37,500−33%

26Robinson, ILIL7,283$38,500−29%

27Danville, ILIL28,138$38,500−26%

28South Beloit, ILIL7,996$38,900−51%

29Carlinville, ILIL5,465$39,000−41%

30Mount Vernon, ILIL14,187$39,400−26%

31Kankakee, ILIL23,400$39,500−45%

32Mattoon, ILIL16,667$39,600−37%

33Taylorville, ILIL10,522$40,200−36%

34Hillsboro, ILIL6,184$40,400−35%

35Pekin, ILIL31,277$40,400−47%

36LaSalle, ILIL9,388$41,000−43%

37Silvis, ILIL7,979$41,000−43%

38Chester, ILIL6,847$41,200−30%

39Clinton, ILIL6,781$41,400−41%

40Quincy, ILIL38,918$41,600−40%

41Jerseyville, ILIL8,409$42,000−44%

42Wood River, ILIL10,224$42,000−29%

43Granite City, ILIL26,807$42,100−25%

44Decatur, ILIL67,884$42,200−30%

45Mount Carmel, ILIL6,723$42,300−11%

46Milan, ILIL5,028$42,300−37%

47Sterling, ILIL14,394$42,800−39%

48Marion, ILIL17,148$43,000−34%

49Macomb, ILIL14,530$43,000−36%

50Spring Valley, ILIL5,408$43,000−43%

51Bartonville, ILIL5,804$43,200−41%

52Rock Island, ILIL36,225$43,200−38%

53Greenville, ILIL7,469$43,700−34%

54Dixon, ILIL14,582$44,500−40%

55Carterville, ILIL5,839$45,100−38%

56Freeport, ILIL23,202$46,800−31%

57Chillicothe, ILIL6,033$47,000−40%

58Pontiac, ILIL10,806$47,000−34%

59East Moline, ILIL20,453$47,700−38%

60East Peoria, ILIL22,088$47,900−47%

61Peru, ILIL9,780$47,900−44%

62Bradley, ILIL15,214$47,900−48%

63Peoria, ILIL110,920$48,700−42%

64Lincoln, ILIL12,981$48,800−32%

65Jacksonville, ILIL17,752$49,200−31%

66Godfrey, ILIL17,620$49,300−45%

67Moline, ILIL42,362$49,500−38%

68Sauk, ILIL9,624$49,800−34%

69Harvey, ILIL19,849$50,300−28%

70Charleston, ILIL17,466$50,900−33%

71Pontoon Beach, ILIL5,887$50,900−12%

72Markham, ILIL11,274$51,800−31%

73Bethalto, ILIL9,202$51,900−33%

74Carbondale, ILIL21,811$52,500−25%

75Washington, ILIL15,902$53,300−46%

76Ottawa, ILIL18,684$53,500−39%

77Loves Park, ILIL23,712$53,700−38%

78Machesney Park, ILIL22,805$53,800−40%

79Geneseo, ILIL6,505$53,900−46%

80Mendota, ILIL6,894$53,900−37%

81Rochelle, ILIL9,498$54,600−43%

82Princeton, ILIL7,674$54,600−40%

83Steger, ILIL9,352$54,900−44%

84Riverdale, ILIL10,280$55,400−33%

85Rockford, ILIL147,384$55,600−30%

86Eureka, ILIL5,129$55,700−42%

87Poplar Grove, ILIL5,206$56,600−54%

88Effingham, ILIL12,406$57,400−30%

89Belleville, ILIL40,237$57,900−17%

90Mount Zion, ILIL5,880$57,900−36%

91Belvidere, ILIL25,462$58,000−40%

92Springfield, ILIL112,989$58,300−31%

93Park Forest, ILIL21,079$58,400−30%

94Rantoul, ILIL11,991$58,700−16%

95Braidwood, ILIL6,259$58,900−47%

96Posen, ILIL5,405$59,400−36%

97Collinsville, ILIL23,717$59,900−26%

98University Park, ILIL7,019$60,700−34%

99Chicago Heights, ILIL26,508$61,600−34%

100Highland, ILIL10,042$62,100−31%

101Calumet Park, ILIL6,772$62,500−32%

102Wilmington, ILIL5,614$63,100−41%

103North Chicago, ILIL34,050$63,400−37%

104Calumet City, ILIL34,798$63,500−29%

105Monticello, ILIL6,080$63,800−34%

106Crest Hill, ILIL20,695$63,800−41%

107Coal City, ILIL5,831$63,900−45%

108Joliet, ILIL152,241$63,900−45%

109Blue Island, ILIL21,805$64,100−37%

110Edwardsville, ILIL26,463$64,400−35%

111Waterloo, ILIL11,132$64,500−46%

112Mascoutah, ILIL9,239$64,600−18%

113Dolton, ILIL20,671$64,600−30%

114Bloomington, ILIL78,804$65,300−40%

115Fairview Heights, ILIL16,175$65,600−22%

116Champaign, ILIL91,195$65,800−26%

117Round Lake Park, ILIL7,844$66,700−45%

118Hazel Crest, ILIL13,024$67,600−30%

119Zion, ILIL24,447$67,800−41%

120Maywood, ILIL23,330$67,800−37%

121Genoa, ILIL5,547$68,100−42%

122Rockton, ILIL7,870$69,100−42%

123Urbana, ILIL39,719$69,600−22%

124Troy, ILIL11,893$70,900−29%

125Morris, ILIL14,669$71,000−44%

126Summit, ILIL10,753$71,600−38%

127Waukegan, ILIL87,940$72,000−39%

128Maryville, ILIL8,413$72,600−38%

129Chatham, ILIL14,579$72,600−32%

130Country Club Hills, ILIL16,215$72,700−32%

131Normal, ILIL53,275$73,200−37%

132Cicero, ILIL81,858$73,500−39%

133Plano, ILIL12,677$73,600−36%

134Bellwood, ILIL18,116$73,600−37%

135Manteno, ILIL9,201$73,600−39%

136Romeoville, ILIL41,281$73,800−37%

137Round Lake Beach, ILIL26,902$73,900−40%

138Bourbonnais, ILIL17,658$74,100−39%

139Harvard, ILIL9,504$74,300−34%

140Roscoe, ILIL11,034$74,300−37%

141Mahomet, ILIL10,516$74,300−35%

142Midlothian, ILIL13,841$74,400−34%

143Richton Park, ILIL12,483$74,500−38%

144Pingree Grove, ILIL12,545$76,700−27%

145Sandwich, ILIL7,380$76,700−40%

146Lansing, ILIL28,068$77,000−33%

147Sycamore, ILIL19,083$77,300−40%

148Monee, ILIL5,119$77,400−45%

149Chicago, ILIL2,731,585$77,600−46%

150O'Fallon, ILIL32,656$77,800−30%

151Morton, ILIL17,565$78,100−38%

152DeKalb, ILIL40,467$78,700−38%

153Swansea, ILIL14,356$78,900−22%

154Columbia, ILIL10,865$79,300−37%

155Carpentersville, ILIL37,045$79,400−32%

156Aurora, ILIL181,505$81,400−39%

157Fox Lake, ILIL10,849$81,800−37%

158Round Lake, ILIL18,526$81,900−41%

159Broadview, ILIL7,871$82,400−32%

160Shiloh, ILIL14,604$83,000−36%

161Lakemoor, ILIL6,449$83,300−41%

162Manhattan, ILIL10,943$84,900−43%

163Glenwood, ILIL8,416$85,300−27%

164Channahon, ILIL14,530$85,500−46%

165Lockport, ILIL27,822$85,800−42%

166Montgomery, ILIL21,978$86,300−35%

167Matteson, ILIL18,543$86,800−34%

168Marengo, ILIL7,737$87,200−37%

169Evergreen Park, ILIL19,283$87,800−35%

170Chicago Ridge, ILIL14,036$88,800−28%

171Burbank, ILIL28,578$88,900−35%

172Lyons, ILIL10,433$89,700−31%

173Glen Carbon, ILIL13,898$89,800−28%

174South Holland, ILIL20,749$90,000−33%

175Park City, ILIL7,893$90,300+370%

176Berwyn, ILIL55,001$90,300−34%

177Justice, ILIL12,285$91,100−35%

178Northlake, ILIL12,462$91,200−32%

179Winthrop Harbor, ILIL6,525$91,400−37%

180Boulder Hill, ILIL8,989$91,600−24%

181Hampshire, ILIL9,266$92,300−42%

182Forest Park, ILIL13,829$92,400−30%

183Grandwood Park, ILIL5,262$92,600−44%

184Woodstock, ILIL25,740$92,800−36%

185Bridgeview, ILIL16,521$93,000−29%

186Crestwood, ILIL10,529$93,000−24%

187Stickney, ILIL6,897$93,200−31%

188Beach Park, ILIL14,114$93,300−31%

189Wonder Lake, ILIL5,593$93,600−35%

190West Chicago, ILIL25,296$94,100−41%

191Hillside, ILIL8,140$94,200−30%

192Bolingbrook, ILIL74,803$94,400−33%

193Alsip, ILIL18,483$94,500−31%

194Berkeley, ILIL5,141$94,800−31%

195Lynwood, ILIL9,297$95,000−23%

196South Elgin, ILIL25,656$95,000−37%

197Worth, ILIL10,696$95,700−28%

198Lake in the Hills, ILIL28,590$95,800−42%

199Elgin, ILIL115,476$96,300−30%

200North Aurora, ILIL19,406$96,500−35%

201Island Lake, ILIL8,047$96,700−33%

202Franklin Park, ILIL18,045$98,300−32%

203Homewood, ILIL18,773$98,800−25%

204Melrose Park, ILIL23,936$99,400−36%

205McHenry, ILIL29,217$100,100−32%

206River Grove, ILIL10,409$100,900−30%

207Hanover Park, ILIL36,568$101,600−27%

208Antioch, ILIL15,000$102,300−39%

209Orland Hills, ILIL6,663$102,300−35%

210Wauconda, ILIL13,993$102,600−32%

211Huntley, ILIL29,132$102,600−46%

212Frankfort Square, ILIL9,560$103,200−32%

213Oak Forest, ILIL26,792$103,700−29%

214Brookfield, ILIL18,879$104,200−32%

215Glendale Heights, ILIL32,655$105,200−25%

216Elburn, ILIL7,084$105,400−42%

217Oak Lawn, ILIL56,450$106,900−28%

218Gages Lake, ILIL10,819$107,000−34%

219Streamwood, ILIL38,277$107,000−25%

220Bensenville, ILIL18,525$107,000−30%

221Crete, ILIL8,345$107,500−30%

222Villa Park, ILIL21,888$108,100−31%

223Yorkville, ILIL26,730$108,100−31%

224New Lenox, ILIL28,893$109,700−38%

225Schiller Park, ILIL11,317$109,900−32%

226Grayslake, ILIL21,140$111,500−42%

227North Riverside, ILIL7,161$112,000−25%

228Oswego, ILIL39,948$112,900−34%

229Hickory Hills, ILIL14,101$113,600−29%

230Wheeling, ILIL38,391$113,800−23%

231Elmwood Park, ILIL23,675$115,500−33%

232Savoy, ILIL9,113$115,500−18%

233Mundelein, ILIL32,680$115,900−29%

234Tinley Park, ILIL55,140$116,000−28%

235Warrenville, ILIL15,211$116,100−20%

236Lemont, ILIL18,513$116,500−48%

237Mokena, ILIL19,897$116,500−45%

238Minooka, ILIL12,899$116,800−33%

239Lombard, ILIL44,399$117,600−28%

240Lindenhurst, ILIL14,810$118,500−29%

241Shorewood, ILIL18,536$119,100−25%

242Woodridge, ILIL34,028$119,600−25%

243Crystal Lake, ILIL42,288$119,700−28%

244Wood Dale, ILIL14,081$120,000−27%

245Plainfield, ILIL50,043$120,700−39%

246Cary, ILIL17,932$123,100−33%

247West Dundee, ILIL8,570$123,300−39%

248Sugar Grove, ILIL9,381$123,400−33%

249Harwood Heights, ILIL8,761$123,700−35%

250Addison, ILIL35,758$124,700−27%

251Roselle, ILIL22,756$125,000−25%

252Palos Hills, ILIL18,028$125,300−20%

253Westchester, ILIL16,300$125,600−26%

254Carol Stream, ILIL39,315$126,900−24%

255Rolling Meadows, ILIL23,690$127,300−23%

256Countryside, ILIL6,260$127,400−26%

257Gurnee, ILIL30,458$129,100−34%

258Westmont, ILIL24,155$129,200−24%

259Des Plaines, ILIL58,772$130,300−25%

260Bartlett, ILIL40,855$130,700−34%

261Lake Villa, ILIL8,692$131,000−37%

262Schaumburg, ILIL77,249$132,500−18%

263Hoffman Estates, ILIL50,858$133,100−25%

264Elmhurst, ILIL46,111$134,300−34%

265Norridge, ILIL14,808$134,600−32%

266Algonquin, ILIL30,824$134,600−31%

267Highwood, ILIL5,323$135,900−40%

268Itasca, ILIL9,488$136,900−31%

269St. Charles, ILIL33,594$137,100−29%

270Batavia, ILIL26,586$137,800−31%

271Elk Grove, ILIL31,885$137,800−24%

272Oak Park, ILIL52,823$139,500−32%

273Niles, ILIL30,443$139,600−29%

274La Grange Park, ILIL13,453$140,400−32%

275Vernon Hills, ILIL26,825$141,200−28%

276Willow Springs, ILIL5,788$142,000−33%

277Downers Grove, ILIL50,365$143,900−27%

278Winfield, ILIL10,146$146,500−29%

279Bloomingdale, ILIL22,476$147,400−28%

280Wheaton, ILIL54,065$148,600−30%

281Skokie, ILIL66,544$148,800−29%

282Geneva, ILIL21,138$148,900−32%

283Palatine, ILIL65,842$149,300−19%

284Spring Grove, ILIL5,526$149,400−38%

285Morton Grove, ILIL24,582$150,200−28%

286Orland Park, ILIL57,954$152,000−23%

287Gilberts, ILIL9,082$153,400−28%

288Mount Prospect, ILIL55,395$154,500−25%

289Darien, ILIL22,032$158,800−24%

290Lake Zurich, ILIL19,868$159,900−28%

291Palos Heights, ILIL12,084$160,500−24%

292Frankfort, ILIL21,365$162,800−34%

293Lisle, ILIL23,432$163,100−22%

294Glen Ellyn, ILIL28,750$163,200−36%

295Clarendon Hills, ILIL8,681$163,600−45%

296Buffalo Grove, ILIL42,812$164,100−24%

297La Grange, ILIL15,935$165,900−35%

298Prospect Heights, ILIL15,552$166,700−15%

299Arlington Heights, ILIL76,216$168,900−24%

300Riverside, ILIL8,939$172,100−34%

301Flossmoor, ILIL9,358$175,400−16%

302Naperville, ILIL153,114$176,200−29%

303Evanston, ILIL76,380$181,600−21%

304Willowbrook, ILIL9,126$184,900+10%

305Park Ridge, ILIL38,463$185,100−35%

306Libertyville, ILIL20,701$188,000−27%

307Western Springs, ILIL13,588$193,100−40%

308Lincolnwood, ILIL13,039$200,100−31%

309Barrington, ILIL10,586$214,800−34%

310Deerfield, ILIL19,642$231,400−30%

311Glenview, ILIL47,711$233,400−23%

312River Forest, ILIL11,393$256,600−25%

313Highland Park, ILIL30,767$257,000−31%

314Lake Barrington, ILIL5,130$259,500−15%

315Northbrook, ILIL34,744$272,400−23%

316Wilmette, ILIL27,459$278,300−34%

317Hinsdale, ILIL17,573$284,300−42%

318Lake Bluff, ILIL5,563$286,000−35%

319Northfield, ILIL5,632$289,600−24%

320Hawthorn Woods, ILIL9,679$313,200−20%

321Lincolnshire, ILIL7,963$342,400−19%

322Inverness, ILIL7,418$369,600−21%

323Burr Ridge, ILIL11,179$386,700−16%

324Long Grove, ILIL8,343$420,100−24%

325Glencoe, ILIL8,724$425,900−34%

326Oak Brook, ILIL8,108$480,300−18%

327Winnetka, ILIL12,518$480,500−35%

328Lake Forest, ILIL19,731$500,001−22%

329South Barrington, ILIL5,071$500,001−27%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES