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The median home value in Niles, IL is $422,795 as of 2026-07-31, up 7.31% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$422,795
Year-over-Year
+7.31%
Population
29,099
Niles ranks #63 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 32.5% above the state's city median of $319,026. It sits in Cook County, where the county-wide median is $344,339.
Median household income in Niles is $75,274, so the typical home value is about 5.6× 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).
Niles police recorded a violent crime rate of 55 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,223 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 Niles, that value is $422,795. That's up 7.31% from a year earlier. It is about 32.5% above the typical Illinois city tracked here.
Homes in Niles are more expensive than Cook County as a whole, where the median is $344,339 — a difference of about 22.8%.
Median household income here is $75,274, so the typical home value is about 5.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Niles police reported 55 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 29,099. 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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