Back to Blog
Market Watch
August 21, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
5 min read

Oak Park, MI Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Oak Park: a median closing price of $232,750 across 244 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

Resideline Team
Oak Park, MI Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Oak Park, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Oak Park 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: 244
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $232,750
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $162
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $175,000 and $275,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 244 closed sales in Oak Park over the last six months, with a median closing price of $232,750. 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 $175,000 and $275,000. 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. 98% of the Oak Park closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 243 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $126 and $206 per square foot.

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

Median home price in Oak Park, MI (September 2026)

The median home price in Oak Park is $232,750, measured across the 244 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $175,000 and $275,000.

Where Oak Park sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Oak Park
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $175k to $275k
Tap to enlarge
$125k to $172k: 38 sales$125k$172k to $219k: 54 sales$219k to $266k: 73 sales73sales$219k$266k to $313k: 43 sales$313k to $360k: 11 sales$313kMedian $233k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Oak Park 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 $175,000 and $275,000. Among the 78 Michigan markets with a published band, Oak Park's middle-half spread ($175,000 to $275,000) 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
Oak Park 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.
Tap to enlarge
Apr 2026: $160 per square foot across 26 sales$160AprMay 2026: $162 per square foot across 67 sales$162MayJun 2026: $169 per square foot across 44 sales$169JunJul 2026: $157 per square foot across 36 sales$157JulAug 2026: $181 per square foot across 28 sales$181Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 16 days, across 125 Oak Park closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 24 days, across 115 Oak Park closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 244 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Oak Park angle

Compression is the defining feature of Oak Park's closed-sale band. That closeness sets a standard for comps. In a compact band, an error on living area or condition translates into a large share of the whole middle range, so the filters have to hold rather than bend at the first sign of a thin set. With 244 closings on record, higher transaction volume creates more potential comps, but the usable set for an individual property still depends on property type, size, condition, location, and recency.

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 Oak Park 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:

code
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Oak Park, MI
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 2659920
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 244
Median sold price: $232,750
Median sold $/sqft: $162 (243 qualifying)
Property mix: 98% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/oak-park-mi-housing-market

Writing about this market? Paste this into your post:

code
<a href="https://resideline.com/blog/oak-park-mi-housing-market">
  <img src="https://resideline.com/images/embed/oak-park-mi.png" alt="Oak Park, MI home sale price distribution, last six months" width="1000" style="max-width:100%;height:auto">
</a>
<p>Source: <a href="https://resideline.com/blog/oak-park-mi-housing-market">Resideline Market Watch</a></p>

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 Oak Park over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Oak Park 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 38% of the 244 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $240,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Oak Park?

The median sold price in Oak Park over the last 6 months is $232,750, measured across 244 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Oak Park last month?

Resideline tracked 28 closed sales in Oak Park in August 2026, out of 244 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 Oak Park?

The middle half of Oak Park sales over the last six months closed between $175,000 and $275,000, with a median of $232,750.

What is the typical price per square foot in Oak Park?

Among qualifying Oak Park closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $162, measured across 243 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Is the Oak Park median close enough to use as a working figure?

It still describes every property type and size that sold. Refine it with closings from the 244 recorded that match on type and living area, and allow for more variation below the midpoint, where the band covers more ground.

What could a property in Oak Park be worth?

Create a free account to explore a Oak Park property's value, rental potential and comparable properties.

Create a free account

3 free reports at signup. No card required.

Keep reading

All articles