Roseland By The Numbers: Prices, Buyers, Permits

More houses sold in Roseland in 2025 than in any other Chicago community area, 479, and their median price was $144,000, up from $70,000 in 2019, the seventh-largest rise among the 70 areas with enough sales to compare. Of the 2,819 homes bought in the Far South Side area from 2018 through 2022, 435 were sold again by their buyer within two years, 15 percent against 7 percent citywide.

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

Roseland in the recordsfigure

Median house sale, 2025$70,000 in 2019. 479 sales in 2025.$144K
Median two-to-six-flat sale, 2025$110,000 in 2019. 61 sales in 2025.$220K
Market signals activeOf four that could be measured.2 of 4
Homes bought by companies, 2024–2529.4 percent in 2018–19.31.9%
Bought 2018–22 and resold within two years435 of 2,819 purchases.15.4%
Assessor valuation as a share of sale price540 sales in 2025. 85 percent with resales set aside.74%
Two-to-six-flats on the tax rolls, 20261,557 in 2006.1,440

What homes sold for

The county recorded sales of 479 houses, 61 two-to-six-flats and one condominium in Roseland in 2025. The median house sold for $70,000 in 2019 and $144,000 in 2025, up 106 percent, the seventh-largest rise 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 $110,000 to $220,000, up 100 percent, 11th 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

Two market signals are active, and one 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 Roseland, four 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 Roselandactive

House pricesThe median house price was 2.06 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 2.00 times its 2019 level in 2025. The bar is 1.78 times.yes
Company buyersCompanies bought 29.4 percent of homes sold in 2018–19 and 31.9 percent in 2024–25, up 2.5 points. The bar is a rise of five points.no
New-construction permitsFewer than ten new-construction permits across the two periods, too few to measure.n/a
New business licensesFirst-time licenses numbered 62 in 2019 and 40 in 2025, down 35 percent. The bar is 15 percent growth, with at least 30 in 2025.no

Two of the four signals that could be measured are active, house prices and two-to-six-flat prices. Roseland had too few new-construction permits to measure, companies bought 29.4 percent of homes in 2018–19 and 31.9 percent in 2024–25, short of the five-point bar, and first-time business licenses fell from 62 to 40. How much of the doubling in house prices is the resale trade? Our Red Line corridor baseline splits the 2025 sales: the 122 houses that had been bought within the previous two years sold for a median of $258,500, and the other 357 for $116,000, which is 66 percent above the 2019 median for all house sales. The file cannot split 2019 the same way. Our reading: prices rose for both kinds of sale, and the headline median is lifted by houses bought and sold again within two years.

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 31.9 percent of the 1,037 homes sold in Roseland in 2024 and 2025, and 29.4 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 2,819 homes bought here from 2018 through 2022, 435 were sold again by their buyer within two years, 15.4 percent. The citywide rate is 7.1 percent, and this is the fifth-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 1,557 two-to-six-flat parcels in Roseland in 2006 and 1,440 in 2026. Over the twenty years 169 left the class, and the largest group of those, 97, are now classed as vacant land. Another 52 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 540 houses and two-to-six-flats sold in Roseland in 2025 at 74 percent of their sale prices, at the median. Citywide the figure is 81 percent. Of those sales, 137 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 filed 5.1 assessment appeals per 100 houses for tax year 2025, against 17.5 citywide, and 49 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 319 home-purchase loans in Roseland in 2025, and the county file shows 541 sales. The two are separate systems with different coverage and do not match sale for sale. Of the sales, 174 were for $100,000 or less, and lenders made 17 purchase loans that size. The records do not say how the other sales were paid for. Of the loans, 51 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 one new-construction permit in Roseland in the first half of 2025 and two 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.

First-time business licenses numbered 62 in 2019 and 40 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 Roseland was: graffiti removal, 0.8 days on 424 requests, against 0.7 days citywide; potholes, 3.0 days on 1,438 requests, against 5.1 days citywide; streetlight outages, 2.0 days on 2,233 requests, against 2.5 days citywide; abandoned vehicles, 10.2 days on 1,748 requests, against 11.6 days citywide; rodent complaints, 3.6 days on 985 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 seven developments with 340 units in Roseland, 28th 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.

95th/Dan Ryan, on the Red Line, averaged 8,764 weekday entries in January through May 2019 and 5,604 in the same months of 2026, 64 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.

The CTA is extending the Red Line 5.5 miles south, from 95th/Dan Ryan to 130th Street. Roseland is one of the four community areas in our baseline of that corridor, recorded before service begins.

The corridor’s figures before the extension opens: Before the Red Line Extension Opens, the Record: House Medians in Roseland, West Pullman and Pullman Have at Least Doubled Since 2019

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.