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The median home value in Lake Forest, IL is $1,246,873 as of 2026-07-31, up 10.0% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,246,873
Year-over-Year
+10.0%
Population
19,357
Lake Forest ranks #4 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 290.8% 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 Lake Forest is $235,081, so the typical home value is about 5.3× 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).
Lake Forest police recorded a violent crime rate of 21 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 625 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 Lake Forest, that value is $1,246,873. That's up 10.0% from a year earlier. It is about 290.8% above the typical Illinois city tracked here.
Homes in Lake Forest are more expensive than Lake County as a whole, where the median is $401,229 — a difference of about 210.8%.
Median household income here is $235,081, so the typical home value is about 5.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Lake Forest police reported 21 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 19,357. 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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