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Median Home Price in Vernon Hills, IL

The median home value in Vernon Hills, IL is $460,307 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.5% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$460,307

Year-over-Year

+5.5%

Population

26,629

Vernon Hills ranks #47 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 44.3% 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 Vernon Hills

Median household income in Vernon Hills is $121,943, so the typical home value is about 3.8× 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 Vernon Hills

Vernon Hills police recorded a violent crime rate of 60 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,465 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 Vernon Hills

What is the average home price in Vernon Hills, 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 Vernon Hills, that value is $460,307. That's up 5.5% from a year earlier. It is about 44.3% above the typical Illinois city tracked here.

Is Vernon Hills expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Vernon Hills are more expensive than Lake County as a whole, where the median is $401,229 — a difference of about 14.7%.

Is Vernon Hills affordable?

Median household income here is $121,943, so the typical home value is about 3.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Vernon Hills a safe place to live?

Vernon Hills police reported 60 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 26,629. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.