Auburn Gresham By The Numbers: Prices, Buyers, Permits

Three of the five market signals in our analysis are active in Auburn Gresham, on Chicago’s South Side: house prices, two-to-six-flat prices and new-construction permits. Its median house sold for $180,000 in 2025, up 86 percent from 2019, and its median two-to-six-flat for $320,000, up 110 percent. Of the 2,929 homes bought there from 2018 through 2022, 499 were sold again by their buyer within two years, 17 percent, the third-highest rate among the 73 areas compared.

Drawn from our analyses of county and city records · sales file as updated September 15, 2026 · assembled September 30, 2026

Auburn Gresham in the recordsfigure

Median house sale, 2025$97,000 in 2019. 379 sales in 2025.$180K
Median two-to-six-flat sale, 2025$152,500 in 2019. 103 sales in 2025.$320K
Market signals activeOf five.3 of 5
Homes bought by companies, 2024–2529.6 percent in 2018–19.29.2%
Bought 2018–22 and resold within two years499 of 2,929 purchases.17.0%
Assessor valuation as a share of sale price482 sales in 2025. 76 percent with resales set aside.66%
Two-to-six-flats on the tax rolls, 20262,470 in 2006.2,433

What homes sold for

The county recorded sales of 379 houses, 103 two-to-six-flats and one condominium in Auburn Gresham in 2025. The median house sold for $97,000 in 2019 and $180,000 in 2025, up 86 percent, 11th 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. The median two-to-six-flat went from $152,500 to $320,000, up 110 percent, the ninth-largest rise among the 46 community areas with 20 or more two-to-six-flat sales in both years; citywide the rise was 62 percent. Too few 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

Three of the five market signals are active

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 Auburn Gresham, three of the five 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 Auburn Greshamactive

House pricesThe median house price was 1.86 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 pricesThe median two-to-six-flat price was 2.10 times its 2019 level in 2025. The bar is 1.78 times.yes
Company buyersCompanies bought 29.6 percent of homes sold in 2018–19 and 29.2 percent in 2024–25, down 0.4 points. The bar is a rise of five points.no
New-construction permitsPermits numbered six in 2018–19 and 15 in 2024–25. The bar is 1.5 times the earlier count, with at least eight in the later period.yes
New business licensesFirst-time licenses numbered 73 in 2019 and 53 in 2025, down 27 percent. The bar is 15 percent growth, with at least 30 in 2025.no

Auburn Gresham is one of four community areas with three signals active. The permits signal is active on small numbers, six permits in 2018–19 and 15 in 2024–25. The two that are not active are the company share of purchases, 29.6 percent in the earlier period and 29.2 in the later, and first-time business licenses, which fell from 73 to 53. The county’s valuations trail the prices: houses and two-to-six-flats sold in 2025 were valued at 66 percent of their sale prices, the sixth-lowest figure of 65 areas, and the 113 that were resales within two years at 42 percent. Our reading: the two price signals rest on several hundred sales a year and are the firmest figures on this page, and the permit signal, on 15 permits, is the thinnest.

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 29.2 percent of the 963 homes sold in Auburn Gresham in 2024 and 2025, and 29.6 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 2,929 homes bought here from 2018 through 2022, 499 were sold again by their buyer within two years, 17.0 percent. The citywide rate is 7.1 percent, and this is the third-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 2,470 two-to-six-flat parcels in Auburn Gresham in 2006 and 2,433 in 2026. Over the twenty years 73 left the class, and the largest group of those, 39, are now classed as vacant land. Another 36 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 482 houses and two-to-six-flats sold in Auburn Gresham in 2025 at 66 percent of their sale prices, at the median. Citywide the figure is 81 percent. Of those sales, 113 were of a home that had sold within the two years before. With those set aside the figure is 76 percent, against 83 percent citywide. Owners filed 5.4 assessment appeals per 100 houses for tax year 2025, against 17.5 citywide, and 52 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 316 home-purchase loans in Auburn Gresham in 2025, and the county file shows 483 sales. The two are separate systems with different coverage and do not match sale for sale. Of the sales, 80 were for $100,000 or less, and lenders made four purchase loans that size. The records do not say how the other sales were paid for. Of the loans, 56 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 three new-construction permits in Auburn Gresham in the first half of 2025 and one in the first half of 2026. Citywide the counts were 666 and 698. Counted two years at a time, the area had six in 2018–19 and 15 in 2024–25. A permit is an approval to build and is not a finished building.

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.

First-time business licenses numbered 73 in 2019 and 53 in 2025. Citywide they fell from 7,464 to 6,503. The file counts licenses issued and does not show whether a business opened or stayed open.

The citywide count: Chicago Licenses 1,000 Fewer New Businesses a Year Than Before the Pandemic. The Gap Is Downtown.

City services

For requests to 311 created from January 2024 through June 2026, the median time to close in Auburn Gresham was: graffiti removal, 0.1 days on 588 requests, against 0.7 days citywide; potholes, 4.1 days on 1,443 requests, against 5.1 days citywide; streetlight outages, 2.7 days on 1,489 requests, against 2.5 days citywide; abandoned vehicles, 12.8 days on 2,016 requests, against 11.6 days citywide; rodent complaints, 3.6 days on 1,382 requests, against 3.6 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: Chicago on the Clock: We Timed 793,774 Service Requests

Affordable-rental inventory and the L

The city’s affordable-rental inventory lists six developments with 406 units in Auburn Gresham, 24th 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 Auburn Gresham’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 September 30, 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 September 30, 2026. Human-guided and edited — about this desk. If you spot an error, corrections come first.