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The median home value in New Lenox, IL is $459,277 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.45% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$459,277
Year-over-Year
+2.45%
Population
28,315
New Lenox ranks #48 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 44.0% above the state's city median of $319,026. It sits in Will County, where the county-wide median is $379,299.
Median household income in New Lenox is $140,865, so the typical home value is about 3.3× 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).
New Lenox police recorded a violent crime rate of 53 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 925 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 New Lenox, that value is $459,277. That's up 2.45% from a year earlier. It is about 44.0% above the typical Illinois city tracked here.
Homes in New Lenox are more expensive than Will County as a whole, where the median is $379,299 — a difference of about 21.1%.
Median household income here is $140,865, so the typical home value is about 3.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
New Lenox police reported 53 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 28,315. 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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