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Why people love it

The largest collection of Chicago-style bungalows outside the city, much of it in a National Register district.

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What's drawing people

Two Metra BNSF stations and the Blue Line a short drive north. Downtown in about twenty-five minutes.

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The value

3,025 small apartment buildings, up 205% since 2013 to about $430,000.

What people say about Berwyn

Berwyn has 3,025 parcels classed as 2-to-6 unit buildings, second only to Cicero outside Chicago. — Cook County Assessor
Those buildings went from about $141,000 in 2013 to about $430,000 in 2025, roughly 205%. — Cook County Assessor
Two-bedroom rents run about $1,650 and three-bedrooms about $2,150. — Zumper

Berwyn is what Cicero looks like with better housing stock and a higher price, and for most buyers that trade is worth making.

Berwyn holds the largest concentration of Chicago-style bungalows anywhere outside the city, and a large section of them sits inside a National Register historic district. These are the real thing: brick, low-slung, with art glass and full basements, on consistent blocks.

Two Metra BNSF stations serve the town, putting Union Station about twenty-five minutes away, and the Blue Line is a short drive north through Forest Park.

The county counts 3,025 parcels classed as 2-to-6 units, second only to Cicero outside Chicago. County records put the median 2-to-4 unit sale at roughly $141,000 in 2013 and about $430,000 in 2025, up around 205%, or 9.7% a year, on 172 or more sales per window.

Rents are $1,650 for a two-bedroom and $2,150 for a three-bedroom. Two-bedrooms are down 2% over the year and three-bedrooms flat, on what Zumper itself describes as a small listing sample, so read those as approximate.

How Berwyn compares to Cicero: better stock, better schools reputation, higher basis, and about a third fewer buildings to choose from. If you want one good building to hold, Berwyn. If you want scale and are comfortable with more management, Cicero.

Last updated August 2026.