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Median Home Price in Wood Dale, IL

The median home value in Wood Dale, IL is $358,744 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.42% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$358,744

Year-over-Year

+4.42%

Population

13,689

Wood Dale ranks #106 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 12.4% above the state's city median of $319,026. It sits in DuPage County, where the county-wide median is $446,623.

Housing affordability in Wood Dale

Median household income in Wood Dale is $91,382, so the typical home value is about 3.9× 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 Wood Dale

Wood Dale police recorded a violent crime rate of 102 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,088 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 Wood Dale

What is the average home price in Wood Dale, 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 Wood Dale, that value is $358,744. That's up 4.42% from a year earlier. It is about 12.4% above the typical Illinois city tracked here.

Is Wood Dale expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Wood Dale are cheaper than DuPage County as a whole, where the median is $446,623 — a difference of about 19.7%.

Is Wood Dale affordable?

Median household income here is $91,382, so the typical home value is about 3.9× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Wood Dale a safe place to live?

Wood Dale police reported 102 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 13,689. 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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