How much do homeowners pay a month in Lake Forest, IL?

Name: Homeowner costs in Lake Forest, IL, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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Homeowners with a mortgage in Lake Forest, IL pay a median of $4,000 or more a month in selected owner costs (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Owners without a mortgage pay $1,500 or more.

55.6% of owned homes carry a mortgage.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

With a mortgage: $4,000 or more
Without a mortgage: $1,500 or more
Owned with a mortgage: 55.6%

Monthly owner costs in Lake Forest

Median selected monthly owner costs, estimate (90% margin of error)
	Lake Forest	Lake County	Illinois	United States
With a mortgage	$4,000 or more	$2,503 (±$39)	$1,987 (±$6)	$1,963
Without a mortgage	$1,500 or more	$1,088 (±$17)	$792 (±$4)	$638
Owned homes with a mortgage	55.6% (±5.3 points)	63.9% (±0.7 points)	60.8% (±0.2 points)	60.6%
Median real estate taxes (a year)	$10,000 or more	$8,923 (±$108)	$5,298 (±$22)	$3,119

Selected monthly owner costs are the mortgage payment, property taxes, insurance, utilities, fuels and any condominium or mobile-home fees.

How owner costs in Lake Forest have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$842,900 (±$23,823)	$938,300 (±$36,426)	+11.3%	Down after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median monthly cost with a mortgage in places near Lake Forest

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Lake Forest
Place	Distance	Median monthly cost with a mortgage	Compared with this place
Lake Forest	—	$4,000 or more	—
West Deerfield Township	2.8 mi	$4,000 or more	—
Highwood	3.0 mi	$2,946 (±$1,120)	—
Bannockburn	3.0 mi	$4,000 or more	—
Shields Township	3.2 mi	$3,259 (±$230)	—
Lake Bluff	3.3 mi	$3,771 (±$182)	—
Mettawa	3.3 mi	$4,000 or more	—
Knollwood	3.6 mi	$2,437 (±$509)	—
Lincolnshire	4.1 mi	$3,927 (±$330)	—

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median monthly cost with a mortgage across Lake County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median monthly cost with a mortgage
1 (tie)	Bannockburn	$4,000 or more
1 (tie)	Kildeer	$4,000 or more
1 (tie)	Lake Forest	$4,000 or more
1 (tie)	Long Grove	$4,000 or more
1 (tie)	Mettawa	$4,000 or more
1 (tie)	Riverwoods	$4,000 or more
1 (tie)	West Deerfield Township	$4,000 or more
8	North Barrington	$3,984 (±$244)
9	Lincolnshire	$3,927 (±$330)

Showing 9 of 70 places in Lake County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Lake Forest

What is the average mortgage payment in Lake Forest?

The Census Bureau publishes total owner costs rather than the mortgage alone: the median for owners with a mortgage in Lake Forest, IL is $4,000 or more a month, including taxes, insurance and utilities.

How much does it cost to own a paid-off home in Lake Forest?

Owners without a mortgage in Lake Forest pay a median of $1,500 or more a month in taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) and detailed tables (acs/acs5) for Lake Forest city, Illinois (place:41105, in state:17).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M, B25077_001E, B25077_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0101E, DP04_0101M, DP04_0109E, DP04_0109M, DP04_0091PE, DP04_0091PM, B25103_001E, B25103_001M

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.