North Lawndale

The neighborhood runs roughly from the Eisenhower down to the rail yards between Western and Cicero Avenue. Douglas Park anchors the eastern edge, and K-Town, the numbered streets beginning with K, holds a remarkable concentration of intact greystones, several blocks of which are landmarked.

That building stock is the reason to be here. Chicago greystone is a specific thing, and there is more of it standing in good condition in North Lawndale than anyone outside the West Side expects.

County records put the median two unit sale at $312,500 over the twelve months ending May 2026, across 85 arms length sales, with the middle half between $190,000 and $417,000. On three year medians the figure ran $165,000 for 2019 through 2021 and $260,000 for 2023 through 2025. On 242 arms length sales in the last three years, that is a real market movement rather than a small-sample artifact.

What that means practically: the deep-discount era here is over. A building that cost $133,000 in 2013 costs $270,000 now, and the people who did that work made the money. What remains is a neighborhood with strong stock, a low basis relative to the rest of the city, and rents that have moved up with the West Side generally.

The thing I would insist on: condition. A lot of these buildings sat vacant for years and the difference between a sound greystone and one that needs a new roof, systems and tuckpointing is six figures. Nobody should buy in North Lawndale off a listing photo, and I would want to walk it with you.