Calumet Heights By The Numbers: Prices, Buyers, Permits

Of the 929 homes bought in Calumet Heights, on Chicago’s Far Southeast Side, from 2018 through 2022, 167 were sold again by their buyer within two years, 18.0 percent, the highest rate among the 73 community areas with at least 300 purchases. Two market signals in our analysis are active here: the median house rose from $136,250 in 2019 to $226,000 in 2025, 1.66 times, and companies bought 28.7 percent of the homes sold in 2024–25, up from 20.9 percent in 2018–19, the fourth-largest rise in the city.

Drawn from our analyses of county and city records · sales file as updated September 15, 2026 · assembled October 1, 2026

Calumet Heights in the recordsfigure

Median house sale, 2025$136,250 in 2019. 157 sales in 2025.$226K
Market signals activeOf two that could be measured.2 of 2
Homes bought by companies, 2024–2520.9 percent in 2018–19.28.7%
Bought 2018–22 and resold within two years167 of 929 purchases.18.0%
Assessor valuation as a share of sale price168 sales in 2025. 85 percent with resales set aside.67%
Two-to-six-flats on the tax rolls, 2026458 in 2006.447

What homes sold for

The county recorded sales of 157 houses and 11 two-to-six-flats in Calumet Heights in 2025. The median house sold for $136,250 in 2019 and $226,000 in 2025, up 66 percent, 19th among the 70 community areas with 20 or more house sales in both years. Citywide the median house went from $230,000 to $320,000, up 39 percent. Too few two-to-six-flats and condominiums sold in one of the two years for a median.

Every area and year, and the rules for which sales are counted: What a Chicago Home Actually Sold For: 245,849 Deeds Since 2018, All 77 Community Areas

Two market signals are active, and three could not be measured

Our gentrification-signals analysis checks five records in every community area for unusually fast change between 2018–19 and 2024–25: house prices, two-to-six-flat prices, the share of homes bought by companies, new-construction permits and new business licenses. In Calumet Heights, two of the five could be measured and two of those are active. Of the 67 areas scored, three show four signals and 40 show none. A signal is a measurement of change between two periods. It does not describe the people who live in an area or say what happens next.

The five signals in Calumet Heightsactive

House pricesThe median house price was 1.66 times its 2019 level in 2025. The bar is 1.60 times, from a 2019 median below the citywide $230,000.yes
Two-to-six-flat pricesFewer than 20 sales of two-to-six-flats in 2019 or in 2025, too few to measure.n/a
Company buyersCompanies bought 20.9 percent of homes sold in 2018–19 and 28.7 percent in 2024–25, up 7.8 points. The bar is a rise of five points.yes
New-construction permitsFewer than ten new-construction permits across the two periods, too few to measure.n/a
New business licensesToo few first-time business licenses to measure.n/a

Why is the Assessor’s valuation figure here so low? Resales. Of the 168 houses and two-to-six-flats sold in 2025 that the figure covers, 49 had sold within the two years before. With all of them, the median valuation is 67 percent of the sale price; with the resales set aside, 85 percent, above the citywide 83. Our reading: quick resales are a large part of Calumet Heights’ market, large enough to set its valuation figure, and the rising house median includes them. The records do not say what work was done between the sales.

Every area scored, with the thresholds: Where Chicago’s Gentrification Signals Are Active: East Garfield Park, New City and North Lawndale Show Four of Five. Logan Square, Avondale and the Lower West Side Show None.

Who bought

Companies bought 28.7 percent of the 352 homes sold in Calumet Heights in 2024 and 2025, and 20.9 percent of those sold in 2018 and 2019. Citywide the share was 14.2 percent in the later period. A buyer counts as a company when its name on the deed carries a marker such as LLC, Inc. or Corp.; trustees of land trusts are counted as trusts. Of the 929 homes bought here from 2018 through 2022, 167 were sold again by their buyer within two years, 18.0 percent. The citywide rate is 7.1 percent, and this is the highest rate among the 73 areas with at least 300 purchases.

The buyer names on the deeds, and the resales, are counted here: Who Is Buying Chicago? The Buyer’s Name on 245,849 Deeds: Companies Bought 13 Percent of Homes and 46 Percent of Those Resold Within Two Years

Two-to-six-flats since 2006

The Assessor’s rolls counted 458 two-to-six-flat parcels in Calumet Heights in 2006 and 447 in 2026. Over the twenty years 21 left the class, and the largest group of those, 9, are now classed as single-family houses. Another ten parcels joined the class. Citywide the count fell from 127,818 to 119,943.

Every flat parcel of 2006, followed to 2026: Chicago’s Tax Rolls Show 7,875 Fewer Two-to-Six-Flats Than in 2006. Of the 13,049 Parcels That Left the Count, 6,208 Are Now Classed as Single-Family Houses.

Valuations, appeals and mortgages

The Assessor valued the 168 houses and two-to-six-flats sold in Calumet Heights in 2025 at 67 percent of their sale prices, at the median. Citywide the figure is 81 percent. Of those sales, 49 were of a home that had sold within the two years before. With those set aside the figure is 85 percent, against 83 percent citywide. Owners of 5.6 of every 100 houses appealed their assessment to the Board of Review for tax year 2025, counting each house once, against 17.5 citywide, and 48 percent of those appeals won.

Valuations against sale prices, area by area: Chicago Houses and Two-to-Six-Flats Sold in 2025 Were Valued at 81 Percent of Their Sale Prices. Those Resold Within Two Years, at 60 Percent.

Appeals per 100 houses, mapped: Nearly Half of Lincoln Park’s Houses Appealed Their Property Tax Assessments. On the Southeast Side, About One in 24 Did.

Federal mortgage records show 117 home-purchase loans in Calumet Heights in 2025, and the county file shows 168 sales. The two are separate systems with different coverage and do not match sale for sale. Of the sales, 20 were for $100,000 or less, and lenders made six purchase loans that size. The records do not say how the other sales were paid for. Of the loans, 14 were marked as not for the borrower’s own occupancy.

The lending records and their limits: At Least 1,532 Chicago Homes Sold for $100,000 or Less in 2025. Lenders Wrote 289 Mortgages That Size.

Permits and licenses

The city issued no new-construction permits in Calumet Heights in the first half of 2025 and zero in the first half of 2026. Citywide the counts were 666 and 698.

Every permit of the half-year, by area: Chicago Issued 698 New-Construction Permits in the First Half of 2026. Here’s Where They Went.

City services

For requests to 311 created from January 1, 2024 through June 15, 2026, the median time to close in Calumet Heights was: graffiti removal, 0.9 days on 204 requests, against 0.7 days citywide; potholes, 4.0 days on 552 requests, against 5.8 days citywide; streetlight outages, 2.4 days on 930 requests, against 2.5 days citywide; abandoned vehicles, 10.6 days on 682 requests, against 11.6 days citywide; rodent complaints, 3.1 days on 289 requests, against 3.1 days citywide. A closed request is the city’s record that it closed the request. It does not confirm the repair.

Every request type and area, with the method: A Chicago 311 Garbage-Cart Request Took a Median 15.9 Days to Close, a Pothole 5.8 and a Traffic-Signal-Out Report 3 Hours: 883,837 Requests Timed by Community Area

Affordable-rental inventory and the L

The city’s affordable-rental inventory lists one development with 134 units in Calumet Heights, 44th by units among the 66 community areas on the list. The inventory is the city’s own list of developments its programs support. It was last updated December 30, 2024 and is partial by its own description.

Our count of that inventory is in a piece that also covers the state law barring rent control: New York City’s Rent Board Set 2026-27 Stabilized Increases at Zero. Illinois Law Bars Chicago From Controlling Private Rents.

No L station lies inside Calumet Heights’s boundary.

Every station against its own 2019 count: Only Two L Stations Are Busier Than Before the Pandemic. Neither Is Downtown.

How this page is built

Every figure on this page is read from the published output of the analysis linked beside it, as those stood on October 1, 2026. Nothing here is measured separately, and each linked analysis states its own sources, periods and limits. The sale prices and buyer shares come from the county’s sales file as updated September 15, 2026. The county is still adding sales dated 2025, and those figures get another reading in January 2027. This page reports what the records show and takes no position on where anyone ought to live.

Assembled by KCM Desk from the analyses linked above. Published October 7, 2026; rebuilt October 1, 2026. Human-guided and edited — about this desk. If you spot an error, corrections come first.