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The median home value in Winnetka, IL is $1,907,829 as of 2026-07-31, up 12.71% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,907,829
Year-over-Year
+12.71%
Population
12,159
Winnetka ranks #1 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 498.0% 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 Winnetka is $250,000+, so the typical home value is no more than 7.6× 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).
Winnetka police recorded a violent crime rate of 82 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 658 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 Winnetka, that value is $1,907,829. That's up 12.71% from a year earlier. It is about 498.0% above the typical Illinois city tracked here.
Homes in Winnetka are more expensive than Cook County as a whole, where the median is $344,339 — a difference of about 454.1%.
Median household income here is $250,000+, so the typical home value is no more than 7.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Winnetka police reported 82 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 12,159. 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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