Same Chicago Neighborhood, Different Appreciation

Of Chicago homes resold after three years or more, 38% finished at least 2% a year above or below their own neighborhood.

Harley Stout · Founder, Good Investment

11 Oct 202611 October 2026 · 3 min read

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38% of Chicago homes resold after three years or more finished at least 2% a year above or below their neighborhood

How far each home's yearly price change landed from its neighborhood's, for homes held three years or more

Show the numbers

Yearly change against its neighborhood	Share of resales
−9% or further below	1.8%
−9% to −8%	0.3%
−8% to −7%	0.4%
−7% to −6%	0.9%
−6% to −5%	1%
−5% to −4%	1.9%
−4% to −3%	3.6%
−3% to −2%	8.3%
−2% to −1%	13.1%
−1% to 0%	21.7%
0% to +1%	17.1%
+1% to +2%	10.5%
+2% to +3%	5.4%
+3% to +4%	3.7%
+4% to +5%	2.6%
+5% to +6%	1.6%
+6% to +7%	1.4%
+7% to +8%	1%
+8% to +9%	0.5%
+9% or further above	3.1%

Inside one Chicago neighborhood, homes resold after three years or more often finished well above or well below the neighborhood's own price change.

How far homes landed from their neighborhood

Set each Chicago home resold after three years or more against its own neighborhood over the same years, and the middle half landed anywhere from 1.4% a year below the neighborhood to 1.4% a year above it. In all, 38% finished at least 2% a year away from their neighborhood.

One neighborhood up close

On the Near North Side, where prices barely moved from 2019 to 2024, the middle half of homes ran from 1.8% a year below the neighborhood to 1.3% a year above it.

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Data sources. Recorded Chicago resales, each compared with its community area over the years between its two sales: on the Good Investment comparison index where the area's figure is ours, and on FHFA's annual census tract index, for houses, where it is FHFA's.

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