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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Lawndale home prices rise in the first half of 2017

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The median sale price of a home sold in the first half of 2017 in Lawndale, a Chicago neighborhood, rose by $21,500 while total sales decreased by 9.3%, according to BlockShopper.com.

From January through June of 2017, there were 176 homes sold, with a median sale price of $86,500 - a 33.1% increase over the $65,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 194 homes sold in Lawndale in the first half of 2016.

The median sales tax in Lawndale for 2017 was $3,216. In 2016, the median sales tax was $3,092. This marks an increase of 4%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 3.7%.

The following table compares Lawndale to other Chicago neighborhood with similar median sales prices in the first half of 2017:

NeighborhoodJan. - June 2017 Home SalesJan. - June 2016 Home Sales% change (Total Home Sales)Jan. - June 2017 Median Sales PriceJan. - June 2016 Median Sales Price% change (Median Sales Price)
Marquette Park17415710.8%$100,500$85,50017.5%
Brainerd1711597.5%$100,000$63,00058.7%
Chicago Lawn4965-24.6%$100,000$84,50018.3%
East Side9496-2.1%$94,000$75,50024.5%
East Garfield Park8691-5.5%$93,250$71,00031.3%
Lawndale176194-9.3%$86,500$65,00033.1%
South Shore189194-2.6%$85,000$66,75027.3%
Calumet Heights 19315425.3%$84,000$100,750-16.6%
Washington Park3638-5.3%$81,500$87,000-6.3%
Gresham268276-2.9%$75,000$71,7504.5%
Washington Heights432853.6%$71,000$87,250-18.6%

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