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See the share of the area's total housing units that are in single family homes, condominiums, two-to-four unit buildings, buildings with five to 49 units, and buildings with 50 units or more.


The Composition of Cook County’s Housing Market >

Housing market indicators

All of these property level data sets are connected to parcel-level data files from the county Assessors offices that include data on every parcel in the Chicago metropolitan area. All of these parcel-level data sets include historical data and are updated on a regular basis ranging from every week to every year depending on the data set.

Housing Stock Composition

The composition of a neighborhood's housing stock determines the appropriate targeted strategies for stabilizing local housing markets.

Housing Units by Property Type

The composition of a neighborhood's housing stock determines the appropriate targeted strategies for stabilizing local housing markets.


Property Type 2023
Single Family 61.0%
Condominium 20.3%
Building with 2-4 Units 4.7%
Building with 5+ Units 14.0%


Property Sales Activity

This indicator provides information on how active local residential property markets are, what types of properties are being purchased, who is buying them, and how much buyers are paying for properties.

Total Sales Activity

This is the total number of property sales in a given year. In Cook County, data are broken out separately for total sales activity on single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units. Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 9,678 8,031 6,234 4,307 3,976 4,818 4,841 6,190 7,220 6,908 6,995 7,352 7,504 7,064 6,842 6,698 9,470 7,208 5,502
Single Family 6,212 4,808 3,789 2,880 2,855 3,374 3,397 4,219 4,945 4,667 4,749 5,029 5,149 4,775 4,706 4,793 6,536 4,720 3,616
Condominium 3,172 2,991 2,297 1,326 1,014 1,287 1,325 1,795 2,094 2,023 2,013 2,109 2,148 2,074 1,975 1,763 2,670 2,246 1,715
Building with 2-4 Units 247 189 115 81 91 137 100 150 147 162 174 175 169 157 136 120 209 178 128
Building with 5+ Units 47 43 33 20 16 20 19 26 34 56 59 39 38 58 25 22 55 64 43


Sales per 100 Residential Parcels

This indicator allows users to compare the level of property sales activity across geographies. This data point represents the total number of sales on all residential parcels divided by the total number of residential parcels in a given year, multiplied by 100.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 6.4 5.3 4.1 2.8 2.6 3.2 3.2 4.1 4.9 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.5 6.4 4.9 3.7


Share of Sales, Business Buyers

This represents a range of investor types from small mom-and-pop investors to large Wall Street-traded equity funds. Heightened levels of single family homes purchased by business buyers is often indicative of a distressed and low priced inventory of homes, and low demand for owner-occupied housing in a neighborhood. In Cook County, this data point is available as the share of total sales activity where the buyer was a business entity by property type (single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units). Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 8.5% 8.1% 8.3% 9.7% 8.6% 11.4% 11.9% 8.6% 10.6% 10.1% 9.6% 9.4% 9.5% 10.9% 8.6% 8.2% 7.9% 9.0% 9.9%
Single Family 9.4% 8.0% 8.1% 8.8% 7.6% 10.1% 10.9% 9.2% 12.2% 11.2% 10.0% 9.5% 9.6% 10.3% 8.8% 6.8% 7.2% 8.0% 10.1%
Condominium 6.3% 7.5% 7.7% 10.4% 9.1% 11.5% 12.3% 5.5% 5.1% 5.2% 6.5% 6.5% 7.2% 9.3% 6.8% 10.4% 7.2% 7.4% 6.5%
Building with 2-4 Units 8.9% 9.5% 13.9% 19.8% 19.8% 32.1% 29.0% 19.3% 17.0% 22.2% 20.7% 23.4% 19.5% 24.8% 14.7% 18.3% 17.2% 27.5% 24.2%
Building with 5+ Units 40.4% 51.2% 51.5% 55.0% 75.0% 70.0% 84.2% 69.2% 85.3% 58.9% 52.5% 79.5% 78.9% 86.2% 88.0% 90.9% 89.1% 81.3% 86.0%


Share of Sales, Extremely Low Value

This represents the percent of sales that were purchased for less than $20,000 in a given year. In Cook County, this data point is available as the share of total sales activity that sold for less than $20,000 by property type (single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units). Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Condominium 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.3% 0.6% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.3% 0.7% 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.7% 0.3%
Building with 2-4 Units 0.4% 0.5% -- -- -- -- 1.0% 0.7% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.6% --
Building with 5+ Units 2.1% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --


Mortgage Activity

These data measure the flow of mortgage credit into an area and indicates the level of lender investment. The level of mortgage activity in a neighborhood relative to other areas can assess how access to credit has changed over time in a community and how the flow of credit differs across geographies and for different property types.

Total Mortgage Activity

This is the total number of mortgages in a given year. In Cook County, data are broken out separately for total mortgage activity on single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units. Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 35,710 32,998 28,451 19,801 21,622 20,017 18,119 23,573 18,975 13,345 16,225 18,386 14,107 11,349 14,116 20,583 26,035 10,774 6,298
Single Family 27,757 25,201 21,843 15,940 18,495 17,359 15,777 20,253 15,586 10,959 13,593 15,381 11,433 9,084 11,662 17,630 21,715 8,542 4,922
Condominium 6,872 6,864 5,841 3,412 2,809 2,286 2,013 2,862 2,898 1,995 2,207 2,547 2,257 1,914 2,084 2,554 3,680 1,856 1,159
Building with 2-4 Units 952 834 661 366 265 311 271 375 390 299 325 348 332 251 300 331 531 274 163
Building with 5+ Units 129 99 106 83 53 61 58 83 101 92 100 110 85 100 70 68 109 102 54


Mortgages per 100 Residential Parcels

This indicator allows users to compare the level of mortgage activity across geographies. This data point represents the total number of mortgage liens on all residential parcels divided by the total number of residential parcels in a given year, multiplied by 100.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 23.5 21.7 18.7 13.0 14.2 13.2 11.9 15.5 13.0 9.0 11.0 12.5 9.6 7.7 9.6 14.0 17.6 7.3 4.3


Foreclosure Filing Activity

This is an indicator of distress in a local housing market and viewing changing levels of activity allows for an understanding of the evolving nature of the foreclosure crisis in a neighborhood.

Total Foreclosure Filings Activity

This is the total number of new foreclosure filings in a given year. In Cook County, data are broken out separately for foreclosure filing activity on single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units. Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 445 687 1,185 2,032 2,739 2,979 2,417 2,145 1,231 790 604 579 565 503 464 183 128 382 246
Single Family 346 517 894 1,510 1,944 1,980 1,661 1,448 808 569 457 452 434 399 350 145 96 286 190
Condominium 79 126 223 423 674 859 648 626 374 195 123 106 109 82 101 33 27 80 47
Building with 2-4 Units 17 40 66 94 107 126 96 68 42 20 19 20 20 22 12 3 5 15 8
Building with 5+ Units 3 4 2 5 14 14 12 3 7 6 5 1 2 -- 1 2 -- 1 1


Foreclosure Filings per 100 Residential Parcels

This indicator allows users to compare the level of foreclosure filing activity across geographies. This data point represents the total number of foreclosure filings on all residential parcels divided by the total number of residential parcels in a given year, multiplied by 100.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.8 2.0 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2


Cumulative Foreclosure Filings Activity

Annual levels of foreclosure filing activity likely do not convey the impact that foreclosure has had in a particular community, as geographies vary in density and size, and the drivers behind the Great Recession foreclosure crisis led to very different annual patterns of foreclosure filing activity across the region. This indicator represents the cumulative impact of foreclosure in a neighborhood measured as the unique share of residential properties that have had at least one foreclosure filing since 2005.


Property Type 2023
All Residential Properties 11.0%


Foreclosure Auctions

These are properties that have completed the foreclosure process. Understanding foreclosure auction activity helps determine the flow of year-over-year of REO (real estate owned) properties into a market, how third-party demand at auctions differs based on property types, and the density of REO activity across geographies. The level of completed foreclosure auctions activity in a neighborhood indicates distress in a local housing market.

Total Auction Activity

This is the total number of completed foreclosure auctions in a given year. In Cook County, data are broken out separately for total auction activity on single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units. Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 40 75 209 481 707 847 685 908 858 662 559 400 290 215 193 45 29 127 78
Single Family 22 47 128 328 489 538 397 505 493 398 384 281 212 159 148 33 23 87 52
Condominium 15 20 62 123 187 275 267 370 335 242 160 103 65 47 40 12 5 37 23
Building with 2-4 Units 3 6 18 28 30 30 18 31 27 19 14 14 13 9 5 -- 1 3 3
Building with 5+ Units -- 2 1 2 1 4 3 2 3 3 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- --


Share of Auctions Resulting in REO

This is the percent of completed foreclosure auctions in a given geography where there were no bidders and the property became bank-owned REO (real estate owned).


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 60.0% 86.7% 95.2% 95.2% 95.0% 92.3% 91.5% 90.1% 86.4% 84.4% 78.7% 72.0% 70.7% 68.4% 70.5% 64.4% 62.1% 67.7% 67.9%
Single Family 68.2% 91.5% 94.5% 94.8% 94.3% 90.5% 88.9% 88.9% 81.3% 83.2% 78.9% 72.6% 73.6% 72.3% 77.0% 66.7% 65.2% 66.7% 75.0%
Condominium 53.3% 80.0% 96.8% 96.7% 97.3% 96.4% 95.9% 92.4% 93.1% 86.0% 78.1% 72.8% 58.5% 61.7% 50.0% 58.3% 40.0% 70.3% 60.9%
Building with 2-4 Units 33.3% 100.0% 100.0% 92.9% 93.3% 86.7% 83.3% 80.6% 96.3% 89.5% 78.6% 57.1% 84.6% 33.3% 40.0% -- 100.0% 66.7% --
Building with 5+ Units -- -- -- 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 66.7% 100.0% 100.0% 50.0% -- -- -- -- -- -- --


Population and Age

Reflects the composition of a community's population by age.

Population and Age

Reflects the composition of a community's population by age.


Indicator Value
Total Population 432,922
Share of Population Aged under 18 22.5%
Share of Population Aged 18 to 44 28.9%
Share of Population Aged 45 to 64 27.4%
Share of Population Aged over 65 21.2%


Race and Ethnicity

The composition of a community's population by respondent race and ethnicity.

Race and Ethnicity

The composition of a community's population by respondent race and ethnicity.


Indicator Value
Share of Population that is White 64.7%
Share of Population that is African American 5.5%
Share of Population that is Hispanic or Latino 8.4%
Share of Population that is Asian 17.6%
Share of Population that is Some Other Race 3.8%


Household Income

Represents the composition of households by income in a particular geography.

Household Income

Represents the composition of households by income in a particular geography.


Indicator Value
Total Households 163,530
Share of Households with Income Less than $25,000 10.6%
Share of Households with Income $25,000 to $50,000 12.9%
Share of Households with Income $50,000 to $100,000 22.8%
Share of Households with Income $100,000 or More 53.7%


Poverty Rate

Reflects the share of the population that is below a current poverty threshold.

Share of Population that is under the Poverty Level


Indicator Value
Share of Population that is under the Poverty Level 7.2%


Resident Tenure

The composition of households by tenure indicates the share of households that rent versus the share of households that own.

Total Households

Represents the composition of households by tenure.


Indicator Value
Total Households 163,530


Share of Households that are Owner-Occupied

The composition of households by tenure indicates the share of households that rent versus the share of households that own.


Indicator Value
Share of Households that are Owner-Occupied 75.2%


Share of Households that are Renter-Occupied

The composition of households by tenure indicates the share of households that rent versus the share of households that own.


Indicator Value
Share of Households that are Renter-Occupied 24.8%


Cost Burdened Households

A household is considered to be cost-burdened when more than 30 percent of its income is spent on mortgage, rent, or other housing needs.

Share of Owner-Occupied Households that are Cost-Burdened


Indicator Value
Share of Owner-Occupied Households that are Cost-Burdened 27.0%


Share of Renter-Occupied Households that are Cost-Burdened

A household is considered to be cost-burdened when more than 30 percent of its income is spent on mortgage, rent, or other housing needs.


Indicator Value
Share of Renter-Occupied Households that are Cost-Burdened 51.7%


Share of All Households that are Cost-Burdened


Indicator Value
Share of All Households that are Cost-Burdened 32.8%