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The median home value in Vernon Hills, IL is $462,886 as of 2026-06-30, up 5.32% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$462,886
Year-over-Year
+5.32%
Population
26,629
Vernon Hills ranks #45 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 45.4% above the state's city median of $318,423. It sits in Lake County, where the county-wide median is $400,964.
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).
The median home value in Vernon Hills is $462,886. That's up 5.32% from a year earlier. That is about 45.4% above the typical county in Illinois.
Homes in Vernon Hills are more expensive than Lake County as a whole, where the median is $400,964 — a difference of about 15.4%.
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.
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