The median home value in Harvard, IL is $277,016 as of 2026-06-30, up 3.34% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$277,016
Year-over-Year
+3.34%
Population
9,323
Harvard ranks #171 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 13.0% below the state's city median of $318,423. It sits in McHenry County, where the county-wide median is $371,681.
Harvard police recorded a violent crime rate of 139 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 622 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 Harvard is $277,016. That's up 3.34% from a year earlier. That is about 13.0% below the typical county in Illinois.
Homes in Harvard are cheaper than McHenry County as a whole, where the median is $371,681 — a difference of about 25.5%.
Harvard police reported 139 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 9,323. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.