Des Plaines, IL Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Des Plaines: a median closing price of $375,000 across 411 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Des Plaines, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Des Plaines sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 411
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $375,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $247
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $300,000 and $461,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 411 closed sales in Des Plaines over the last six months, with a median closing price of $375,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $300,000 and $461,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 391 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $215 and $297 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Des Plaines, IL (August 2026)
The median home price in Des Plaines is $375,000, measured across the 411 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $300,000 and $461,000.
Where Des Plaines sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Des Plaines over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $300,000 and $461,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 25 days, across 114 Des Plaines closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 12 days, across 52 Des Plaines closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Des Plaines angle
Des Plaines sits in familiar statistical territory. Across 411 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $375,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $300,000 and $461,000. The quartile spread is close to typical for the markets we track, so the median is a fair orientation point and a poor final answer.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 11,465+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Des Plaines address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Des Plaines, IL
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 411
Median sold price: $375,000
Median sold $/sqft: $247 (391 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/des-plaines-il-housing-market
The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Des Plaines over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track inside the city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 19% of the 411 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $380,000.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Des Plaines?
The median sold price in Des Plaines over the last 6 months is $375,000, measured across 411 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Des Plaines last month?
Resideline tracked 51 closed sales in Des Plaines in July 2026, out of 411 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Des Plaines?
The middle half of Des Plaines sales over the last six months closed between $300,000 and $461,000, with a median of $375,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Des Plaines?
Among qualifying Des Plaines closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $247, measured across 391 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
What filters are worth spending on a Des Plaines comp search?
Spend them on the attributes that actually shift price and that you can verify on both the subject and the comps: size, bed and bath count, and how recently the sale closed. Once you have it, compare the matched result against $375,000 and against the $300,000 to $461,000 range as a check for drift rather than as the source of your number.
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