Appreciation Velocity — Illinois Cities
Cities of Illinois ranked by 1Y / 3Y / 5Y home-price appreciation.
Public Record
Top 10 — 1Y appreciation (Citys)
#1 · Buda, IL
+1,552.2%
#2 · Sidney, IL
+1,442.9%
#3 · Ursa, IL
+1,246.8%
#4 · Princeton, IL
+1,036.1%
#5 · Maple Park, IL
+516.7%
#6 · East Saint Louis, IL
+475.6%
#7 · Polo, IL
+424.6%
#8 · Alhambra, IL
+345.6%
#9 · Dundee, IL
+319.4%
#10 · LaSalle, IL
+275.1%
City ranking — 1Y appreciation (highest first)
| # | City | State | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | Current median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buda, IL | IL | +1,552.2% | — | -69.8% | — | $190K |
| 2 | Sidney, IL | IL | +1,442.9% | — | +43.8% | +120.0% | $297K |
| 3 | Ursa, IL | IL | +1,246.8% | — | +2,608.8% | +2,830.4% | $2M |
| 4 | Princeton, IL | IL | +1,036.1% | +2,523.2% | +2,257.0% | +2,355.4% | $2.6M |
| 5 | Maple Park, IL | IL | +516.7% | +20.4% | +23.8% | +396.6% | $331.5K |
| 6 | East Saint Louis, IL | IL | +475.6% | +4,954.7% | — | — | $404.4K |
| 7 | Polo, IL | IL | +424.6% | +359.9% | +438.5% | +230.3% | $633.4K |
| 8 | Alhambra, IL | IL | +345.6% | +376.7% | +320.8% | +464.9% | $1.16M |
| 9 | Dundee, IL | IL | +319.4% | — | +211.0% | -32.9% | $453K |
| 10 | LaSalle, IL | IL | +275.1% | +491.9% | +358.1% | +541.6% | $645.8K |
| 11 | Dalton City, IL | IL | +275.0% | -3.4% | — | +208.6% | $225K |
| 12 | Danvers, IL | IL | +273.4% | — | -32.6% | +34.1% | $147.5K |
| 13 | Dix, IL | IL | +241.0% | — | +308.7% | +110.9% | $437K |
| 14 | Earlville, IL | IL | +238.3% | +625.0% | -8.2% | +24.5% | $507.5K |
| 15 | University Park, IL | IL | +205.0% | +559.2% | +700.4% | +1,760.7% | $895K |
| 16 | River Grove, IL | IL | +204.3% | — | +244.2% | +241.9% | $752.5K |
| 17 | Ford Heights, IL | IL | +200.0% | — | — | — | $180K |
| 18 | Lanark, IL | IL | +197.4% | +108.8% | +1,593.1% | — | $855K |
| 19 | Elburn, IL | IL | +195.8% | +197.9% | +263.6% | +385.9% | $1.1M |
| 20 | Moline, IL | IL | +184.3% | +172.6% | +288.6% | +179.8% | $450.6K |
| 21 | Spring Grove, IL | IL | +181.3% | +192.0% | +280.4% | +359.6% | $745.4K |
| 22 | Warsaw, IL | IL | +175.0% | — | +44.1% | +279.3% | $165K |
| 23 | Saint Charles, IL | IL | +161.5% | +171.8% | +190.9% | +294.6% | $1.4M |
| 24 | Cahokia, IL | IL | +155.1% | +746.6% | +560.2% | +942.7% | $321.5K |
| 25 | Hartford, IL | IL | +144.9% | — | +76.2% | +233.0% | $166.5K |
| 26 | North Barrington, IL | IL | +143.0% | +92.0% | +185.7% | +267.2% | $1.91M |
| 27 | Grant Park, IL | IL | +139.0% | +95.7% | -55.1% | +14.3% | $120K |
| 28 | Thomson, IL | IL | +138.3% | +292.9% | +174.0% | +159.3% | $389K |
| 29 | Island Lake, IL | IL | +131.2% | +30.8% | +21.3% | +289.9% | $559.5K |
| 30 | Western Springs, IL | IL | +130.5% | +169.7% | +254.2% | +285.8% | $2.03M |
| 31 | Manito, IL | IL | +130.4% | +155.2% | — | +17.2% | $165.9K |
| 32 | Oglesby, IL | IL | +128.1% | +136.0% | +93.8% | -7.1% | $269K |
| 33 | Ashland, IL | IL | +125.0% | — | +132.4% | — | $225K |
| 34 | Salem, IL | IL | +122.8% | +119.6% | +29.2% | +226.0% | $390K |
| 35 | Lake in the Hills, IL | IL | +122.1% | +146.1% | +161.9% | +259.8% | $722.8K |
| 36 | Trenton, IL | IL | +121.6% | +343.7% | +212.8% | +452.7% | $540K |
| 37 | Steward, IL | IL | +118.4% | -10.0% | +150.0% | — | $225K |
| 38 | Oregon, IL | IL | +118.4% | -34.8% | +66.6% | +203.6% | $291.3K |
| 39 | Johnston City, IL | IL | +117.6% | +187.3% | +148.6% | +285.3% | $274.1K |
| 40 | Effingham, IL | IL | +113.5% | +114.2% | +71.9% | +327.0% | $430K |
| 41 | Staunton, IL | IL | +111.6% | +231.5% | +234.3% | +102.6% | $276.3K |
| 42 | Hamilton, IL | IL | +111.0% | — | -33.0% | — | $105.5K |
| 43 | North Chicago, IL | IL | +109.6% | +221.5% | +461.8% | +185.0% | $434.3K |
| 44 | Seneca, IL | IL | +108.6% | +84.5% | +170.4% | +220.2% | $365K |
| 45 | Gifford, IL | IL | +106.8% | — | +379.9% | — | $341.3K |
| 46 | Germantown Hills, IL | IL | +106.7% | +96.9% | +209.9% | +232.3% | $617K |
| 47 | Harvard, IL | IL | +101.7% | +67.8% | +79.2% | +98.2% | $331.4K |
| 48 | Savanna, IL | IL | +100.3% | +18.2% | -14.0% | +101.5% | $135K |
| 49 | Elwood, IL | IL | +97.3% | — | +14.0% | +89.1% | $390K |
| 50 | Highwood, IL | IL | +94.7% | — | +119.8% | +214.9% | $655K |
| 51 | Phoenix, IL | IL | +92.7% | +85.4% | +139.0% | +562.5% | $265K |
| 52 | Pittsfield, IL | IL | +91.8% | +188.1% | +298.8% | — | $355K |
| 53 | Mount Carmel, IL | IL | +90.5% | +60.2% | +132.2% | +247.7% | $247.5K |
| 54 | Fairfield, IL | IL | +86.3% | +122.7% | +278.1% | +231.5% | $245K |
| 55 | Kildeer, IL | IL | +86.1% | +18.3% | +82.0% | -15.8% | $787K |
| 56 | Flora, IL | IL | +85.5% | — | +161.4% | +269.3% | $219.5K |
| 57 | Cordova, IL | IL | +85.3% | — | +127.3% | +133.6% | $250K |
| 58 | Metamora, IL | IL | +84.3% | +71.2% | — | +51.6% | $405K |
| 59 | New Lenox, IL | IL | +83.5% | +59.3% | +198.1% | +224.7% | $712.9K |
| 60 | Wadsworth, IL | IL | +80.7% | -34.4% | +41.0% | +94.8% | $387.8K |
| 61 | Rolling Meadows, IL | IL | +79.8% | +102.4% | +155.4% | +228.3% | $575.8K |
| 62 | Loda, IL | IL | +79.3% | — | +79.8% | +138.5% | $334.5K |
| 63 | Nauvoo, IL | IL | +75.9% | +31.4% | +122.2% | — | $230K |
| 64 | Carlinville, IL | IL | +74.2% | +5.1% | +54.3% | +131.3% | $199.2K |
| 65 | Bunker Hill, IL | IL | +73.6% | +203.8% | +414.9% | +705.1% | $381.1K |
| 66 | Fairview Heights, IL | IL | +72.0% | +224.5% | +268.3% | +239.1% | $475K |
| 67 | Lewistown, IL | IL | +71.9% | +76.5% | +31.9% | — | $240K |
| 68 | Saint Jacob, IL | IL | +70.7% | +48.1% | — | +161.1% | $487K |
| 69 | Summit, IL | IL | +70.5% | +168.3% | +236.1% | +747.7% | $607.5K |
| 70 | Sherrard, IL | IL | +70.3% | -9.3% | +54.6% | +98.9% | $245K |
| 71 | Joliet, IL | IL | +69.9% | +94.2% | +115.8% | +231.7% | $460.1K |
| 72 | Chester, IL | IL | +68.4% | — | +59.8% | +168.9% | $200K |
| 73 | Highland, IL | IL | +68.3% | +21.3% | +129.1% | +130.1% | $365.4K |
| 74 | Golden, IL | IL | +65.4% | — | — | — | $210K |
| 75 | Marshall, IL | IL | +65.3% | — | +147.8% | +29.7% | $207.5K |
| 76 | Glen Ellyn, IL | IL | +65.2% | +157.1% | +238.1% | +141.4% | $982K |
| 77 | Steger, IL | IL | +63.6% | +115.5% | +163.5% | +536.8% | $299K |
| 78 | Carterville, IL | IL | +61.3% | +39.5% | +23.1% | +146.6% | $278.9K |
| 79 | Itasca, IL | IL | +60.4% | +120.4% | +137.0% | +178.1% | $780K |
| 80 | Harrisburg, IL | IL | +59.6% | +93.5% | -25.7% | +158.0% | $198.4K |
| 81 | Princeville, IL | IL | +58.0% | — | +69.4% | +251.1% | $335K |
| 82 | Aledo, IL | IL | +57.0% | +149.3% | +174.8% | +490.4% | $336.5K |
| 83 | Bridgeview, IL | IL | +55.7% | — | +83.7% | +148.9% | $345K |
| 84 | Secor, IL | IL | +54.4% | — | — | -76.7% | $70K |
| 85 | El Paso, IL | IL | +53.6% | — | +93.9% | +38.6% | $179.5K |
| 86 | Alexis, IL | IL | +53.6% | — | +72.2% | +274.3% | $204K |
| 87 | Vandalia, IL | IL | +53.5% | +298.2% | +107.9% | +106.7% | $289.6K |
| 88 | Mason, IL | IL | +53.4% | — | — | — | $178K |
| 89 | Gridley, IL | IL | +52.5% | — | +44.9% | +40.7% | $190K |
| 90 | DeKalb, IL | IL | +51.0% | +181.5% | +129.3% | +220.5% | $332.5K |
| 91 | Addison, IL | IL | +50.7% | +63.5% | +62.6% | +153.9% | $518.4K |
| 92 | Roselle, IL | IL | +49.3% | +56.8% | +37.1% | +119.3% | $444K |
| 93 | Morrison, IL | IL | +48.7% | +21.0% | -3.3% | +64.9% | $188.8K |
| 94 | Riverton, IL | IL | +48.2% | +91.5% | +232.3% | +117.3% | $282.5K |
| 95 | Freeburg, IL | IL | +48.2% | — | +10.7% | -17.9% | $208.3K |
| 96 | Byron, IL | IL | +48.0% | — | +17.9% | +160.6% | $344.7K |
| 97 | McClure, IL | IL | +47.8% | — | — | — | $85K |
| 98 | Harvey, IL | IL | +47.2% | +61.4% | +148.1% | +226.3% | $163.2K |
| 99 | Melrose Park, IL | IL | +46.4% | +57.9% | +208.7% | +183.2% | $476.5K |
| 100 | Leaf River, IL | IL | +46.0% | -24.5% | -39.0% | +2.6% | $100K |
How to read these numbers
Velocity vs. level
A market with 25% one-year appreciation is moving fast — but a market with steady 6% over ten years has compounded much further. Use 10Y as the long-run signal, 1Y as the momentum signal.
Mean-reversion risk
Markets that posted huge 1Y and 3Y gains often cool over the next cycle. Compare 1Y to 5Y: if 1Y is far above 5Y, the trend is accelerating; if far below, it is decelerating — often the more important signal.
Sample sanity
We require a minimum current median price (default $50K) to filter out tiny ZIPs with noisy data. Raise that threshold for serious investment markets; lower it to find emerging niches. Source: public record.