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The median home value in Deerfield, IL is $662,331 as of 2026-07-31, up 7.3% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$662,331
Year-over-Year
+7.3%
Population
18,795
Deerfield ranks #21 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 107.6% above the state's city median of $319,026. It sits in Lake County, where the county-wide median is $401,229.
Median household income in Deerfield is $181,660, so the typical home value is about 3.6× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Deerfield police recorded a violent crime rate of 27 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,011 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Deerfield, that value is $662,331. That's up 7.3% from a year earlier. It is about 107.6% above the typical Illinois city tracked here.
Homes in Deerfield are more expensive than Lake County as a whole, where the median is $401,229 — a difference of about 65.1%.
Median household income here is $181,660, so the typical home value is about 3.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Deerfield police reported 27 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 18,795. 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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