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The median home value in Chicago Heights, IL is $178,005 as of 2026-06-30, up 0.67% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$178,005
Year-over-Year
+0.67%
Population
25,802
Chicago Heights ranks #223 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 44.1% below the state's city median of $318,423. It sits in Cook County, where the county-wide median is $343,350.
Chicago Heights police recorded a violent crime rate of 1,232 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,732 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Chicago Heights is $178,005. That's up 0.67% from a year earlier. That is about 44.1% below the typical county in Illinois.
Homes in Chicago Heights are cheaper than Cook County as a whole, where the median is $343,350 — a difference of about 48.2%.
Chicago Heights police reported 1,232 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 25,802. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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