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Median Home Price in Fairview Heights, IL

The median home value in Fairview Heights, IL is $202,495 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.47% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$202,495

Year-over-Year

+1.47%

Population

15,948

Fairview Heights ranks #207 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 36.5% below the state's city median of $319,026. It sits in Saint Clair County, where the county-wide median is $181,995.

Housing affordability in Fairview Heights

Median household income in Fairview Heights is $80,930, so the typical home value is about 2.5× 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).

Crime in Fairview Heights

Fairview Heights police recorded a violent crime rate of 408 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 3,029 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Fairview Heights

What is the average home price in Fairview Heights, IL?

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 Fairview Heights, that value is $202,495. That's up 1.47% from a year earlier. It is about 36.5% below the typical Illinois city tracked here.

Is Fairview Heights expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Fairview Heights are more expensive than Saint Clair County as a whole, where the median is $181,995 — a difference of about 11.3%.

Is Fairview Heights affordable?

Median household income here is $80,930, so the typical home value is about 2.5× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Fairview Heights a safe place to live?

Fairview Heights police reported 408 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 15,948. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.