West Englewood By The Numbers: Prices, Buyers, Permits

West Englewood’s median house sold for $40,000 in 2019 and $152,500 in 2025, the largest rise among the 70 Chicago community areas with enough sales to compare. Its median two-to-six-flat went from $63,000 to $220,000, also the largest rise. The Assessor valued the homes sold there in 2025 at 57 percent of their prices with every sale counted, the lowest of the 65 areas with a figure, and at 63 percent with recent resales set aside.

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 2, 2026. It gave the area’s valuation as 57.5 percent of sale prices and tied the gap to the next reassessment. On the second reading the figure is 56.6 percent with every sale counted and 63 percent with resales set aside, which is how the assessment analysis now reports it. On the county’s sales file as updated September 15, 2026, the 2025 median house price, printed as $150,500 on 200 sales, is $152,500 on 242; the 2025 median two-to-six-flat price, printed as $225,000 on 70 sales, is $220,000 on 105; the company share of purchases, printed as 13.9 percent for 2018–19 and 21.3 percent for 2024–25, is 13.8 and 20.9 percent with trustees of land trusts counted as trusts.

West Englewood in the recordsfigure

Median house sale, 2025$40,000 in 2019. 242 sales in 2025.$153K
Median two-to-six-flat sale, 2025$63,000 in 2019. 105 sales in 2025.$220K
Market signals activeOf four that could be measured.3 of 4
Homes bought by companies, 2024–2513.8 percent in 2018–19.20.9%
Bought 2018–22 and resold within two years255 of 1,862 purchases.13.7%
Assessor valuation as a share of sale price347 sales in 2025. 63 percent with resales set aside.57%
Two-to-six-flats on the tax rolls, 20262,253 in 2006.1,966

What homes sold for

The county recorded sales of 242 houses and 105 two-to-six-flats in West Englewood in 2025. The median house sold for $40,000 in 2019 and $152,500 in 2025, up 281 percent, the 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 $63,000 to $220,000, up 249 percent, the 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.

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 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 West Englewood, four of the five could be measured and three 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 West Englewoodactive

House pricesThe median house price was 3.81 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 3.49 times its 2019 level in 2025. The bar is 1.78 times.yes
Company buyersCompanies bought 13.8 percent of homes sold in 2018–19 and 20.9 percent in 2024–25, up 7.1 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 licensesFirst-time licenses numbered 47 in 2019 and 46 in 2025, down 2 percent. The bar is 15 percent growth, with at least 30 in 2025.no

One signal could not be measured: the area had fewer than ten new-construction permits across both periods. How much of the price rise is a change in which homes sell? Part of it, on the record. About one purchase in seven from 2018 through 2022 was resold by its buyer within two years, and the homes resold here in 2025 had sold for $75,000 the first time and $266,500 the second, at the median. Our reading: resales at much higher prices are lifting the median along with the market, and these files cannot separate the two.

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 20.9 percent of the 729 homes sold in West Englewood in 2024 and 2025, and 13.8 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 1,862 homes bought here from 2018 through 2022, 255 were sold again by their buyer within two years, 13.7 percent. The citywide rate is 7.1 percent, and this is the tenth-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 2,253 two-to-six-flat parcels in West Englewood in 2006 and 1,966 in 2026. Over the twenty years 374 left the class, and the largest group of those, 273, are now classed as vacant land. Another 87 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 347 houses and two-to-six-flats sold in West Englewood in 2025 at 57 percent of their sale prices, at the median, the lowest of the 65 areas with a figure. Citywide the figure is 81 percent. Of those sales, 78 were of a home that had sold within the two years before. With those set aside the figure is 63 percent, against 83 percent citywide, and only Hegewisch’s is lower. Owners of 4.5 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 56 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 202 home-purchase loans in West Englewood in 2025, and the county file shows 347 sales. The two are separate systems with different coverage and do not match sale for sale. Of the sales, 124 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, 31 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 West Englewood 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 47 in 2019 and 46 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 West Englewood was: graffiti removal, 0.7 days on 1,464 requests, against 0.7 days citywide; potholes, 6.0 days on 1,021 requests, against 5.8 days citywide; streetlight outages, 3.3 days on 982 requests, against 2.5 days citywide; abandoned vehicles, 9.5 days on 2,236 requests, against 11.6 days citywide; rodent complaints, 3.6 days on 2,097 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 four developments with 224 units in West Englewood, 35th 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.

Ashland/63rd, on the Green Line, averaged 982 weekday entries in January through May 2019 and 680 in the same months of 2026, 69 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 2, 2026; rebuilt October 1, 2026. Human-guided and edited — about this desk. If you spot an error, corrections come first.