The median home value in McHenry, IL is $317,445 as of 2026-06-30, up 5.12% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$317,445
Year-over-Year
+5.12%
Population
28,563
McHenry ranks #142 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 0.3% below the state's city median of $318,423. It sits in McHenry County, where the county-wide median is $371,681.
McHenry police recorded a violent crime rate of 94 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 620 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 McHenry is $317,445. That's up 5.12% from a year earlier. That is about 0.3% below the typical county in Illinois.
Homes in McHenry are cheaper than McHenry County as a whole, where the median is $371,681 — a difference of about 14.6%.
McHenry police reported 94 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 28,563. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.