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Median Home Price in Highland Park, IL

The median home value in Highland Park, IL is $802,430 as of 2026-07-31, up 8.07% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$802,430

Year-over-Year

+8.07%

Population

30,311

Highland Park ranks #11 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 151.5% above the state's city median of $319,026. It sits in Lake County, where the county-wide median is $401,229.

Housing affordability in Highland Park

Median household income in Highland Park is $168,094, so the typical home value is about 4.8× 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 Highland Park

Highland Park police recorded a violent crime rate of 50 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 812 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 Highland Park

What is the average home price in Highland Park, 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 Highland Park, that value is $802,430. That's up 8.07% from a year earlier. It is about 151.5% above the typical Illinois city tracked here.

Is Highland Park expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Highland Park are more expensive than Lake County as a whole, where the median is $401,229 — a difference of about 100.0%.

Is Highland Park affordable?

Median household income here is $168,094, so the typical home value is about 4.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Highland Park a safe place to live?

Highland Park police reported 50 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 30,311. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.