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Why people love it

One of the most diverse suburbs in America, with the commercial streets to show for it.

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What's drawing people

Yellow Line to Howard, Purple Line access, and the Edens a minute away.

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The value

Up 159% since 2013, and 2024 to 2025 alone moved from $650,000 to $708,000.

What people say about Skokie

Two to four unit buildings in Skokie went from about $273,000 in 2013 to about $708,000 in 2025, roughly 159%. — Cook County Assessor
The last two years alone moved from $572,000 to $650,000 to $708,000. — Cook County Assessor
Skokie has 1,255 parcels classed as 2-to-6 units. — Cook County Assessor

Skokie has the steepest recent move of any suburb in this batch, and it is the one I would want to understand before assuming it continues.

Skokie sits directly north of the city between Evanston and the Edens Expressway. It is one of the most ethnically diverse municipalities in the United States, and the commercial corridors along Dempster, Oakton and Touhy reflect that in a way that is genuinely unusual for a suburb.

The Yellow Line, the Skokie Swift, runs to Howard and connects to the Red and Purple Lines, and the Edens is minutes away. Old Orchard anchors the retail on the western side.

County records put the median 2-to-4 unit sale at roughly $273,000 in 2013 and about $708,000 in 2025, up around 159%, or 8.3% a year, on 67 or more sales per window. But look at the recent shape: $572,000 in 2023, $650,000 in 2024, $708,000 in 2025. That is a 24% move in two years.

I would want to know what is behind that before paying 2025 prices. A move that size on a sample of 67 to 100 sales can be real demand or it can be a shift in which buildings happened to sell. My instinct is that it is partly real, driven by buyers priced out of Evanston, but I would want to look at the specific comps rather than the median.

Skokie has 1,255 parcels classed as 2-to-6 units, which is real inventory but a fraction of Cicero's. Expect to wait for the right building.

Last updated August 2026.