The story of this market
The typical home in Grundy County, Illinois sells for about $334,950, or $186 per square foot.
Prices are up +6.7% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 57 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 100% since 2000. Last year 10 of 10 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is cold wave, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,613 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,613 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively High.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+7.1%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+10.8%). Worst: 2010 (-8.8%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+5.4%
IL · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$2,219
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+7.1%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 10 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
90
Relatively High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $50,139,113.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
82.2%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2588 | 1458 | 82.2% | 5.9% | $225,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Grundy County, Illinois
Grundy County's housing market shows signs of growth with a 6.7% year-over-year increase in median sale prices. While inventory remains tight, demand is reflected in the rising number of closed sales compared to the previous year.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 11.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 45 days on market with 0.4 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 12.18% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 0.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 12 researched ZIP reports of 18 — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 60404 | Shorewood | $319,800 | $209 | +3.9% | 89 | — | — | — | 89 | $1,779 | researched Sep 30 |
| 60407 | Braceville | $191,000 | $125 | +2.1% | 68 | 97.5% | 15% | 4.2 | 12 | $1,510 | researched Sep 24 |
| 60408 | Braidwood | $295,000 | $185 | — | 276 | 98% | — | 2.8 | 17 | $1,051 | researched Oct 1 |
| 60410 | Channahon | $368,188 | $170 | +9.9% | 74 | — | — | — | 56 | $1,645 | researched Sep 18 |
| 60416 | Coal City | $317,450 | $175 | +2.1% | 29 | 98.5% | 15% | 3.2 | 38 | $1,128 | researched Sep 24 |
| 60420 | Dwight | $210,212 | $175 | +10.5% | 37 | — | — | — | 5 | $997 | researched Sep 24 |
| 60424 | Gardner | $191,600 | $115 | +2.1% | 68 | 97.5% | 12% | 7.2 | 28 | $1,035 | researched Sep 24 |
| 60444 | Mazon | $265,000 | $178 | -2.2% | 57 | 97.5% | 15% | 4.2 | 12 | $992 | researched Sep 24 |
| 60447 | Minooka | $295,400 | $174 | — | 23 | — | — | — | 76 | $1,434 | researched Sep 30 |
| 60450 | Morris | $311,750 | $174 | -14% | 61 | — | — | — | 83 | $1,111 | researched Sep 24 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Reporting agencies in Grundy County recorded a violent crime rate of 252 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1,214 per 100,000 in 2024.
The county economy is supported by a mix of retail and local industry, with total retail sales reaching over $1.1 billion in 2022.
- Raging Waves4.224.2 mi
- Astro Fun World4.129.5 mi
- Round1 Bowling & Arcade - Aurora4.129.9 mi
- Pelican Harbor Indoor/Outdoor Aquatic Park, Bolingbrook Park District4.428.2 mi
- C.W. Avery Family YMCA4.219.9 mi
- Paramount Theatre4.828.5 mi
- Bolingbrook Golf Club4.525.5 mi
- Two Brothers Roundhouse4.428.8 mi
- HellsGate Haunted House4.522.5 mi
- Rialto Square Theatre4.820.6 mi
- Cinemark Louis Joliet Mall4.319.8 mi
- Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie4.614 mi
- Joliet Town & Country Lanes4.418.2 mi
- Gemini Giant4.713.4 mi
- Illini State Park4.316 mi
- Old Joliet Prison4.621.7 mi
- Blackberry Farm4.728.7 mi
- Two Brothers Roundhouse4.428.8 mi
- Edith Farnsworth House4.720.9 mi
- KidsWork Children's Museum4.224.6 mi
- Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie4.614 mi
- Heritage Bluffs Golf Club4.311.5 mi
- Illini State Park4.316 mi
- Four Rivers Environmental Education Center4.910.3 mi
- Gregory B. Bott Community Park4.819.5 mi
- Spring Brook Marina & Yacht Sales4.712.3 mi
- Big Basin Marina4.311.8 mi
- Starved Rock Marina4.328.3 mi
- Snug Harbor Marina4.415.6 mi
- Heritage Harbor Marina4.719.9 mi
- Whitetail Ridge Golf Club4.518.2 mi
- Heritage Bluffs Golf Club4.311.5 mi
- Wedgewood Golf Course3.918 mi
- Cinder Ridge Golf Course4.510.3 mi
- Inwood Golf Course4.217.1 mi
- Louis Joliet Mall419.9 mi
- Kohl's4.218.4 mi
- Marshalls4.216.8 mi
- World Kia Joliet4.617.8 mi
- Jewel-Osco4.218.3 mi
- Skydive Chicago520.5 mi
- Illinois Aviation Museum4.827.9 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts.
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. Exemptions, such as the homestead exemption, reduce the EAV before the tax rate is applied.
35 ILCS 200/9-145
Sellers must provide a written disclosure report to prospective buyers detailing material defects in the property as defined by 765 ILCS 77/35.
765 ILCS 77/1 et seq.
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.