Illinois has a vast real estate market, with average home values ranging from around $65,000 to upwards of $400,000 in counties throughout the state.
Generally, in more populous counties in northeastern Illinois, home values are higher, while houses in rural, central and southern parts of the state have a lower value on average.
DuPage County, located west of Chicago and bordering Cook County, has the greatest average home value, ranking first at $423,000. The county average is 60% higher than the state average, with the standard value of an Illinois home sitting at just over $252,000, according to the latest data from the Zillow Home Value Index.
Cook, the most populated county in the Prairie State, comes in at No. 5, with the typical home value just under $319,000. And in dead last out of the state’s 102 counties is Alexander, which registered an average home value around $66,000.
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