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August 27, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Lockport, IL Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Lockport: a median closing price of $355,000 across 220 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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

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

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 220
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $355,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $214
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $309,900 and $449,990

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 220 closed sales in Lockport over the last six months, with a median closing price of $355,000. 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 $309,900 and $449,990. 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 215 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $188 and $231 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Lockport, IL (September 2026)

The median home price in Lockport is $355,000, measured across the 220 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $309,900 and $449,990.

Where Lockport sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Lockport
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $310k to $450k
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$236k to $314k: 49 sales$236k$314k to $392k: 75 sales75sales$392k to $469k: 37 sales$392k$469k to $547k: 15 sales$547k to $625k: 21 sales$547kMedian $355k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Lockport 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 $309,900 and $449,990. Among the 91 Illinois markets with a published band, Lockport's middle-half spread ($309,900 to $449,990) ranks 5th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 17th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Lockport monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, Apr 2026 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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Apr 2026: $216 per square foot across 43 sales$216AprMay 2026: $220 per square foot across 30 sales$220MayJun 2026: $212 per square foot across 41 sales$212JunJul 2026: $216 per square foot across 33 sales$216JulAug 2026: $203 per square foot across 43 sales$203Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 18 days, across 63 Lockport 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 220 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold the dates it needs.

The Lockport angle

In Lockport, Resideline tracked 220 closings over the last six months, with a median closed sale price of $355,000 and the middle half of sales falling between $309,900 and $449,990. The overall spread is tighter than most markets we track, but the band is not symmetric: the distance from the median up to $449,990 runs well beyond the distance down to $309,900. Below-median closings bunch into a short span while above-median sales keep separating for a long way, so a Lockport estimate near the top of the band covers far more price territory than one near the bottom. Build the number from closed sales that resemble the subject, and be most careful exactly where the band gives you the most room.

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

Run any Lockport 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: Lockport, IL
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 1744225
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 220
Median sold price: $355,000
Median sold $/sqft: $214 (215 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 Lockport over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Lockport?

The median sold price in Lockport over the last 6 months is $355,000, measured across 220 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Lockport last month?

Resideline tracked 43 closed sales in Lockport in August 2026, out of 220 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 Lockport?

The middle half of Lockport sales over the last six months closed between $309,900 and $449,990, with a median of $355,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Lockport?

Among qualifying Lockport closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $214, measured across 215 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Where do most Lockport sales actually close?

Half of tracked closings landed between $309,900 and $449,990, and within that band the below-median half occupies a much shorter price span than the above-median half. In other words, sales under $355,000 sit comparatively near it, while sales over it spread across a longer run up to $449,990. A quarter of closings fell below $309,900 and a quarter closed above $449,990, so numbers outside the band are hardly rare; they simply need support.

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