Avondale By The Numbers: Prices, Buyers, Permits

Avondale’s median house sold for $437,500 in 2019 and $694,500 in 2025, up 59 percent against 39 percent citywide, and none of the five market signals in our analysis is active in the Northwest Side area. Of the 193 two-to-six-flats that left the Assessor’s count there since 2006, 142 are now classed as single-family houses.

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

Second reading and correction, September 30, 2026: this page was first published August 3, 2026. Its headline said house prices rose faster than the city’s while no signal was active. That holds on the second reading; the figures behind it have moved. On the county’s sales file as updated September 15, 2026, the 2025 median house price, printed as $715,000 on 85 sales, is $694,500 on 110; the 2025 median two-to-six-flat price is unchanged at $674,850 and now rests on 96 sales, up from 68; the 2025 median condominium price, printed as $405,500 on 78 sales, is $425,000 on 89; the company share of purchases, printed as 10.1 percent for 2018–19 and 9.5 percent for 2024–25, is 10.1 and 9.9 percent with trustees of land trusts counted as trusts.

Avondale in the recordsfigure

Median house sale, 2025$437,500 in 2019. 110 sales in 2025.$695K
Median two-to-six-flat sale, 2025$467,125 in 2019. 96 sales in 2025.$675K
Median condominium sale, 2025$302,500 in 2019. 89 sales in 2025.$425K
Market signals activeOf five.0 of 5
Homes bought by companies, 2024–2510.1 percent in 2018–19.9.9%
Bought 2018–22 and resold within two years94 of 1,834 purchases.5.1%
Assessor valuation as a share of sale price206 sales in 2025. 80 percent with resales set aside.80%
Two-to-six-flats on the tax rolls, 20263,377 in 2006.3,287

What homes sold for

The county recorded sales of 110 houses, 96 two-to-six-flats and 89 condominiums in Avondale in 2025. The median house sold for $437,500 in 2019 and $694,500 in 2025, up 59 percent, 26th 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 $467,125 to $674,850, up 44 percent, 33rd among the 46 community areas with 20 or more two-to-six-flat sales in both years; citywide the rise was 62 percent. The median condominium went from $302,500 to $425,000, up 40 percent, 14th among the 37 community areas with 20 or more condominium sales in both years; citywide the rise was 26 percent.

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

None of the five market signals is 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 Avondale, none of the five is 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 Avondaleactive

House pricesCounts only where the 2019 median house price was below the citywide $230,000. Here it was $437,500.no
Two-to-six-flat pricesThe median two-to-six-flat price was 1.44 times its 2019 level in 2025. The bar is 1.78 times.no
Company buyersCompanies bought 10.1 percent of homes sold in 2018–19 and 9.9 percent in 2024–25, down 0.2 points. The bar is a rise of five points.no
New-construction permitsPermits numbered 59 in 2018–19 and 34 in 2024–25. The bar is 1.5 times the earlier count, with at least eight in the later period.no
New business licensesFirst-time licenses numbered 81 in 2019 and 82 in 2025, up 1 percent. The bar is 15 percent growth, with at least 30 in 2025.no

Why does a 59 percent rise in house prices not count as a signal? The price signal is built to find fast change from a low base, and it applies only where the 2019 median was below the citywide $230,000. Avondale’s was $437,500. Its company share and its permits fell, and its license count was flat. Our reading: a separate change is visible in Avondale that the five signals do not measure, the reclassification of two-to-six-flats as houses. The records do not connect it to the rise in prices.

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 9.9 percent of the 557 homes sold in Avondale in 2024 and 2025, and 10.1 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 1,834 homes bought here from 2018 through 2022, 94 were sold again by their buyer within two years, 5.1 percent. The citywide rate is 7.1 percent.

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 3,377 two-to-six-flat parcels in Avondale in 2006 and 3,287 in 2026. Over the twenty years 193 left the class, and the largest group of those, 142, are now classed as single-family houses. Another 103 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 206 houses and two-to-six-flats sold in Avondale in 2025 at 80 percent of their sale prices, at the median. Citywide the figure is 81 percent. Of those sales, six were of a home that had sold within the two years before. With those set aside the figure is 80 percent, against 83 percent citywide. Owners of 26.9 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 41 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 275 home-purchase loans in Avondale in 2025, and the county file shows 295 sales. The two are separate systems with different coverage and do not match sale for sale. Of the loans, 23 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 five new-construction permits in Avondale in the first half of 2025 and five in the first half of 2026. Citywide the counts were 666 and 698. Counted two years at a time, the area had 59 in 2018–19 and 34 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 81 in 2019 and 82 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 1, 2024 through June 15, 2026, the median time to close in Avondale was: graffiti removal, 0.8 days on 6,086 requests, against 0.7 days citywide; potholes, 10.6 days on 1,120 requests, against 5.8 days citywide; streetlight outages, 2.0 days on 851 requests, against 2.5 days citywide; abandoned vehicles, 9.0 days on 2,542 requests, against 11.6 days citywide; rodent complaints, 3.5 days on 2,154 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 six developments with 76 units in Avondale, 57th 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.

Belmont, on the Blue Line, averaged 4,630 weekday entries in January through May 2019 and 3,460 in the same months of 2026, 75 percent of the earlier figure. Systemwide the figure is 62 percent.

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. First published August 3, 2026; rebuilt October 1, 2026. Human-guided and edited — about this desk. If you spot an error, corrections come first.