From the Illinois Policy Institute comes these figures showing the percentage increase in home prices since 2018.

As I look down the list, it seems to be that municipalities with lower priced housing stock saw the highest percentage increases.

McCullom Lake, for instance, topped the list with 87.7% hike in sales prices.

Above 70% were Holiday Hills, Marengo, McCullom Lake, Ringwood, Richmond and Wonder Lake

  • Algonquin +58.2%
  • Barrington Hills +38.1%
  • Bull Valley +60.3%
  • Cary +58.6%
  • Crystal Lake +61.8%
  • Fox Lake +66.6%
  • Fox River Grove +59%
  • Harvard +61.8%
  • Hebron +62.1%
  • Holiday Hills +71.9%
  • Huntley +50.9%
  • Island Lake +64.7%
  • Johnsburg +69.5%
  • Lake in the Hills +68.9%
  • Lakemoor +52.6%
  • Lakewood +65.3%
  • Marengo +70.1%
  • McCullom Lake +87.8%
  • McHenry +64.1%
  • Oakwood Hills +63.6%
  • Port Barrington +49.8%
  • Richmond +70.5%
  • Ringwood +70.1%
  • Spring Grove +62.2%
  • Trout Valley +64.4%
  • Union +73.9%
  • Wonder Lake +71.1%
  • Woodstock +64.3%

Greenwood and Prairie Grove were not on the chart.

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