The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 60612 sells for about $379,000, or $335 per square foot.
Prices are down 5.4% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 65 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,389 a month.
ZIP 60612 — Chicago
The 60612 housing market is currently experiencing a cooling trend with median sale prices down 5.4% year-over-year to $487,255. Sales volume has decreased by 10.1% compared to the previous year, while inventory remains constrained at 148 active listings. Several metrics, including months of supply, sale-to-list ratio, and specific demographic breakdowns, are not currently published for this ZIP code.
Median prices moved down 5.4% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 65 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 11.6% · poverty 25.2% — elevated distress and economic pressure.
Built from 467 recorded sales in the last 24 months against HUD 3-bedroom fair market rents. The location premium is the part of the price that rent, income, education, employment, vacancy, price trend, hazard, lending and flood risk don't explain. It usually reflects amenities, schools and scarcity. It's area context and does not change this ZIP's home value estimates.
ZCTA 60612
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Illinois) — Property Tax Assessment (Fair Cash Value): Property is assessed at 33 1/3% of its fair cash value. The tax bill is calculated by multiplying the equalized assessed value (EAV) by the aggregate tax rate of the local taxing districts.
not determinable
- Navy Pier4.64.6 mi
- Museum of Illusions Chicago4.63.4 mi
- Dave & Buster's Rosemont4.311.2 mi
- Sloomoo Institute - Chicago4.53 mi
- Activate Games4.913.8 mi
- Navy Pier4.64.6 mi
- Wrigley Field4.85 mi
- United Center4.71 mi
- Soldier Field4.54.1 mi
- McCormick Place4.54.4 mi
- Navy Pier4.64.6 mi
- Wrigley Field4.85 mi
- Millennium Park4.83.6 mi
- Shedd Aquarium4.54.2 mi
- Willis Tower4.52.9 mi
- Navy Pier4.64.6 mi
- Shedd Aquarium4.54.2 mi
- The Art Institute of Chicago4.83.6 mi
- Field Museum4.74 mi
- Griffin Museum of Science and Industry4.78.5 mi
- Millennium Park4.83.6 mi
- Garfield Park Conservatory4.81.3 mi
- Maggie Daley Park4.73.8 mi
- Grant Park4.73.8 mi
- Lincoln Park Conservatory4.84.1 mi
- First Lady4.83.5 mi
- Montrose Harbor4.76.3 mi
- DuSable Harbor4.64.2 mi
- Belmont Harbor4.75.1 mi
- Rockwell on the River4.73.8 mi
- Puttery4.72.1 mi
- Douglass (Anna & Frederick) Park4.41.4 mi
- Sydney R. Marovitz Golf Course3.85.6 mi
- Indian Boundary Golf Course4.18.8 mi
- Oak Brook Golf Club4.212.6 mi
- Fashion Outlets of Chicago4.411 mi
- Water Tower Place4.53.8 mi
- Westfield Old Orchard4.512.6 mi
- Christkindlmarket Chicago4.23.2 mi
- Eataly4.33.5 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: median price diverges 28.2% from the nearest retained anchor (published ten-year series (2025)) — beyond the 12.5% tolerance; an automated validation case is open and the value publishes pending its verdict. Research outlier held out — this pass returned a median of $487,255 (28.6% off the retained reading), contradicting every independent anchor; the prior reading stands pending corroboration. Validation: the flagged $487,255 (+28.2% vs the published ten-year series (2025)) failed independent re-validation and was reverted to the prior cycle value; the case is under review in the Command Center.