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August 28, 2026· Updated October 3, 2026
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Grayslake, IL Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Grayslake: a median closing price of $388,500 across 160 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Grayslake, IL Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Grayslake, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Grayslake sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

  • •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 160
  • •Median sold price, last 6 months: $388,500
  • •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $207
  • •Middle half of sales closed between: $305,000 and $480,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 160 closed sales in Grayslake over the last six months, with a median closing price of $388,500. 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 $305,000 and $480,000. 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 155 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $179 and $241 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Grayslake, IL (October 2026)

The median home price in Grayslake is $388,500, measured across the 160 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $305,000 and $480,000.

Where Grayslake sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Grayslake
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $305k to $480k
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$223k to $320k: 37 sales$223k$320k to $418k: 49 sales49sales$418k to $515k: 34 sales$418k$515k to $613k: 15 sales$613k to $710k: 8 sales$613kMedian $389k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Grayslake over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $305,000 and $480,000. Among the 91 Illinois markets with a published band, Grayslake's middle-half spread ($305,000 to $480,000) ranks 20th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Grayslake monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, May 2026 to Sep 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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May 2026: $226 per square foot across 30 sales$226MayJun 2026: $199 per square foot across 29 sales$199JunJul 2026: $198 per square foot across 28 sales$198JulAug 2026: $214 per square foot across 33 sales$214AugSep 2026: $207 per square foot across 19 sales$207Sep

How long a sale takes here

  • •Listed to under contract: a median of 30 days, across 71 Grayslake closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
This is measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own dates. That is why this count is smaller than the 160 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold the dates it needs.

The Grayslake angle

Grayslake produced 160 tracked closings over six months, a median closed sale price of $388,500, and a middle half of sales between $305,000 and $480,000. In a market that clusters like this, the median is a defensible opening level and the argument moves to whether the subject is a normal Grayslake sale. Make that argument with closed sales that share the subject's size and condition, and keep any adjustment you cannot evidence out of the number.

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, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR 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. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Grayslake address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Grayslake, IL
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 1731121
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 160
Median sold price: $388,500
Median sold $/sqft: $207 (155 qualifying)
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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 Grayslake over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Grayslake 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 28% of the 160 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $390,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Grayslake?

The median sold price in Grayslake over the last 6 months is $388,500, measured across 160 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Grayslake last month?

Resideline has tracked 21 closed sales in Grayslake in September 2026 so far, out of 160 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Grayslake?

The middle half of Grayslake sales over the last six months closed between $305,000 and $480,000, with a median of $388,500.

What is the typical price per square foot in Grayslake?

Among qualifying Grayslake closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $207, measured across 155 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Where should I spend my time on a Grayslake valuation?

On classification rather than on level. The middle half of tracked sales covers less ground here than in most markets we track, so the general price level is not really in dispute. What is in dispute is whether your property behaves like an ordinary local closing, and that is answered by comparing it against sales that share its characteristics. Adjustments you can point to in a closed sale belong in the number; adjustments you merely believe belong in a note beside it.

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