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Median Home Price in Harwood Heights, IL

The median home value in Harwood Heights, IL is $394,583 as of 2026-07-31, up 6.19% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$394,583

Year-over-Year

+6.19%

Population

8,504

Harwood Heights ranks #79 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 23.7% above the state's city median of $319,026. It sits in Cook County, where the county-wide median is $344,339.

Housing affordability in Harwood Heights

Median household income in Harwood Heights is $81,086, so the typical home value is about 4.9× 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 Harwood Heights

Harwood Heights police recorded a violent crime rate of 118 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,282 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 Harwood Heights

What is the average home price in Harwood 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 Harwood Heights, that value is $394,583. That's up 6.19% from a year earlier. It is about 23.7% above the typical Illinois city tracked here.

Is Harwood Heights expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Harwood Heights are more expensive than Cook County as a whole, where the median is $344,339 — a difference of about 14.6%.

Is Harwood Heights affordable?

Median household income here is $81,086, so the typical home value is about 4.9× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Harwood Heights a safe place to live?

Harwood Heights police reported 118 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 8,504. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.