Mount Prospect 60056

Cook County, IL · 44,964 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

57affordability /100

Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
26%
affordable
Days on market
45
daily
Price cuts
21.2%
of active
Valuation
-24%
vs assessor
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68
/100
Stable
hot · balanced · prices rising year-over-year.
Price trend
67
Affordability
85
Valuation
50
Economic health
57

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

40/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 52d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)85
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)60

Balanced market in 60056. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 26.1% of median income. Median days on market: 52. Renting is approximately 79% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 21.5).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
HOTBALANCED

Market is running hot with fast-moving inventory. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers. Prices up 6.2% YoY.

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Median price
$447,483
▴ 6.2% YoY
Days on market
45
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,736
ZORI
Investor score
58/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
124
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-24.0%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$340,000
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+44.5%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Cook+44.5%
Cook+44.5%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$215
Price-to-income4.3×

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How 60056 ranks in IL
percentile vs all Illinois ZIPs · n=1303
Market velocity56%
Supply tightness69%
Affordability7%
Investment yield19%
Appreciation54%

Affordability, supply & momentum

32SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply8.1 mo
Days on Market45d
Inv vs History+24.3%
Listing Density--
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,260
Payment burden26%
Median income · ZIP$104,168
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$2,708
Monthly rent$1,736
Market dynamics
Price cut %21.2%
Momentumhot
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply8.1
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,736
Price-to-rent21.5
Est. cap rate3.0%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score4
Transit score14
Bike score

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Cook County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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