Chicago market data
28K active listings out of 2.9M total properties we track across 406 Chicago ZIPs — listings, off-market homes, rentals, and full sales/tax history. Refreshed nightly.
Over the past 12 months, Chicago has recorded 81,561 home sales. Last month saw 1,153 sales (-76.3% vs the prior month). Most recent median sale price: $390K. Drag the time slider above to watch the sales wave ripple month by month across the metro.
- Sales (12mo)
- 82K
- Last month
- 1.2K
- MoM
- -76.3%
- Peak month
- Jun 2025
- Median sale
- $390K
Right now, 28K homes are actively for sale across Chicago. Median list price is $360K at $228/sqft. Hover any hex above to see its local median price and property-type mix.
- Active total
- 28K
- Median list
- $360K
- Median $/sqft
- $228
- Top ZIP
- 60611
- Top type
- Single Family (53%)
Flip activity in Chicago surfaces in the hex map — dense cells are sub-neighborhoods where buy-and-resell transactions have clustered. Out of 81,561 sales in the past year, a meaningful slice fits the classic flip profile. Hover for local flip counts and median profit.
- Sales (12mo)
- 82K
- Median sale
- $230K
- Top ZIP
- 60611
2.8% of recorded sales in Chicago have cleared the $1M mark. Median sale price across all recorded transactions is $230K. Drag the decade slider to see the $1M line sweep across the metro.
- $1M+ share
- 2.8%
- Median sale
- $230K
- Current list
- $360K
Chicago's housing stock peak-built in the 1950s. 33% of homes were built after 1980; just 22.4% predate 1940. Since 2020 we've tracked 28K newly-built homes.
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Post-1980
- 33%
- Pre-war
- 22.4%
- New (2020+)
- 28K
Corporate and LLC buyers show up in the map — dense hexes mark neighborhoods with high investor purchase activity. Our current dataset shows 2.44M rental listings with enough data to calculate yield in Chicago.
- Rental listings
- 2.44M
- Avg gross yield
- 157.81%
- Tracked
- 2.9M
Inventory breakdown
Distribution of the 28K currently-active listings in Chicago. Our full dataset covers 2.9M Chicago properties — listings, off-market homes, rentals, and full sales/tax history — queryable per-ZIP or per-property via the API.
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"metro": "chicago",
"total_tracked": 2900038,
"active": 27629,
"median_list": 360000,
"sold_this_month": 1153,
"median_sold": 390000
}Chicago ZIPs by activity
Drill into any ZIP for hex-level breakdowns. 406 ZIPs total in this metro.
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Authorization: Bearer $STRAPLY_KEY{
"metro": "chicago",
"total_tracked": 2900038,
"active": 27629,
"median_list": 360000,
"sold_this_month": 1153
}