Housing · Summit

Summit, IL housing market

The typical Summit home is worth about $282,000, up 2.9% in a year, 5% below the Illinois typical home. Homes typically sell in 157 days, close to asking.

Home values, sales, trends and how Summit compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.

The market right now

Summit at a glance

Typical home value
$282K
▲ 2.9% in a year · Zillow
Median sale price
$308K
May 2026 · Redfin
Days on market
157
Illinois: 43 days
Sale-to-list
99.7%
Homes sell near asking
Homes sold
8
in May · 18 for sale
Market temperature

A seller's market

Buyer's marketBalancedSeller's market

Supply is tight — about 2.3 months of homes for sale at the current pace. Buyers should expect competition on well-priced homes.

Ten-year trend

Typical home value, 2016–2026

SummitIllinois
$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K 20182020202220242026 Summit $282K Illinois $298K
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JanuarySummitIllinois
2017$143,000$181,000
2018$160,000$190,000
2019$172,000$195,000
2020$177,000$200,000
2021$192,000$215,000
2022$219,000$236,000
2023$232,000$248,000
2024$248,000$263,000
2025$265,000$278,000
2026$273,000$290,000
August 2026$282,000$298,000
Nearby

Summit and its neighbors

The towns that share a border. Tap one to see its housing page.
TownTypical value1-yr changeDays on marketMedian income
Summit $282K +2.9% 157 $61,863
Bedford Park $291K +3% — $99,000
McCook — — — $62,375
Lyons $281K +2.3% — $92,619
Chicago $334K +5.2% 47 $77,902
Lyons — — 60 $70,993
Stickney $298K +4.8% — $78,454
Affordability

4.6 years of income

The typical Summit home costs about 4.6 years of the town's median household income, more than across Illinois (3.6 years).

How Summit ranks on affordability →

Home value ÷ ACS median household income.

The homes

Owners, rent & taxes

Homeownership
60.9%
Illinois: 67.1%
Median tax bill
$5,476
Illinois: $5,298
Median rent
$1,137
Illinois: $1,274
Typical home built
1959
Illinois: 1971

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024.

On the market

Recent listings in Summit

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Listings link to their publishers.

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