Addison · DuPage County · IL
Homes for sale in
Addison.
- Active listings
- 45
- Median list
- $495K
- Avg time on market
- 7 days
- Sold · last year
- 316
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Active listings
45 homes on the market
About the community
Living in Addison.
Addison is a working DuPage County village of about 35,700 wedged between Lombard, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, and Elmhurst, with I-290 and I-355 cutting through. Kids go to Addison Elementary District 4 for K-8 and feed into Addison Trail High School in DuPage High School District 88. The median effective property tax rate sits around 2.22 percent, which is a touch under the Illinois median, and the typical home value is roughly $326,000. The buyer pool is a mix of long-tenure Italian and Polish families, a large Mexican-American community, and trades workers who like being 12 minutes from O'Hare. If you are house-hunting here you are mostly choosing between 1960s and 1970s ranches and split-levels on tree-lined blocks near Army Trail Road, and newer townhomes on the Bloomingdale-facing north side.
At a glance
~35,700 residents
35,702 at the 2020 Census, down slightly from the 2010 peak of 36,942.
District 4 + D88
Addison Elementary District 4 (eight schools, ~3,800 students) feeds Addison Trail High School in DuPage High School District 88.
I-290 and I-355
Both interstates cut through town, putting O'Hare about 12 miles away and downtown Chicago 20 miles east.
DuPage manufacturing hub
About 20 percent of all DuPage County manufacturing operations are in Addison. UPS is the largest single employer with around 2,280 workers.
Typical home ~$326K
Zillow ZHVI typical home value around $326,000, up 2.6 percent year over year, with most stock 1960s and 1970s ranches and split-levels.
Addison Park District
25 parks across more than 280 acres, anchored by Community Park and Centennial Park, plus the Links and Tees golf facility.
Award-winning library
Addison Public Library won the 2024 ALA Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services. About 56 percent of households speak a language other than English at home.
Founded 1833
Originally Dunklee's Grove, incorporated 1884. Home to the first church in DuPage County.
What’s close
Addison sits in northeast DuPage County at the crossing of I-290 / IL-53 and I-355, bordered by seven other DuPage towns and stitched together by Lake Street (US-20) and Army Trail Road.
- Downtown / Lake Street corridor
- Lake Street (US-20) is the historic retail spine. Caputo's Fresh Market opened here in 1991 at 510 W Lake and remains a landmark grocer.
- Meadows Business Park
- 198-acre business park at the southwest corner of I-355 and Route 20, alongside the Addison Business Center, Tollway Park, and Corporate Center.
- Army Trail Road / Addison Trail HS area
- Army Trail Road runs east-west south of Addison Trail High School at Army Trail and Lombard Roads, a half mile east of I-355.
- Green Meadows
- Older established neighborhood on the south side, mostly built between 1940 and 1969, with a heavily Mexican-American resident base.
- North-side Bloomingdale border
- Addison's northern edge runs up against Bloomingdale and the Stratford Square trade area at Schick and Gary.
- Bensenville Metra access
- Addison has no Metra station of its own. Commuters drive to the Bensenville stop on the Milwaukee District West Line, 17.2 miles from Union Station.
What it’s actually like to live here
Addison is a true working-class DuPage suburb. The demographic mix runs about 43 percent non-Hispanic White, with a large combined Hispanic population around 42 percent and about 9 percent Asian residents. Median household income is around $87,600 with about 13,100 households and a median age near 41. Most of the housing stock is 1960s and 1970s ranches, split-levels, and bi-levels on quarter-acre lots in neighborhoods like Green Meadows, with newer townhomes and condos sprinkled along the north side. People come here for the commute, the schools, and the price-per-square-foot versus Elmhurst or Lombard.
Day-to-day life centers on Community Park and Centennial Park, both run by the Addison Park District. Community Park has a splash pad, sledding hill, and the Active Adult Center. Centennial has a fishing pond, walking loop, and ball fields. The Links and Tees Golf Facility at 880 W Lake offers a 9-hole par-3 course, dual-deck driving range, and Putter's Peak mini-golf. The Lake Street corridor is the dining backbone, with Aurelio's Pizza, Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que, Shoeless Joe's Alehouse, Millie's Pancake Shoppe, and Sabor de mi Tierra, plus Italian deli mainstay Serino's on Army Trail Boulevard.
Neighborhoods
Detailed Addison community pages coming soon.
Browse the listings above. Detailed neighborhood pages with market stats, school info, and lifestyle take-downs land here as we roll them out.
Schools
Districts serving Addison.
Boundary lines do shift. Always confirm in writing for a specific address before writing an offer.
- D4Grades Pre-K – 8
Addison Elementary School District 4
Schools serving the area
- Indian Trail Junior High School
- Ardmore Elementary
- Army Trail Elementary
- Lincoln Elementary
- Stone Elementary
Eight schools (six elementary buildings, a primary / early learning center, and Indian Trail Junior High) serving roughly 3,800 students across most of Addison.
- D88Grades 9 – 12
DuPage High School District 88
Schools serving the area
- Addison Trail High School
- Willowbrook High School
D88 serves portions of Addison, Villa Park, Oakbrook Terrace, and Lombard. Addison kids attend Addison Trail HS at Army Trail and Lombard Roads, a half mile east of I-355.
From the neighborhood
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What there is to do in Addison.
A handful of the places people who live here actually use. Not a directory.
- Parks
Community Park
Fifty-acre flagship park with splash pad, sledding hill, outdoor fitness equipment, bocce, shuffleboard, baseball and soccer fields, and the Active Adult Center.
- Parks
Centennial Park
Walking loop, fishing pond, picnic shelters, and ball fields for baseball, soccer, and tennis on the village's south side.
- Family
Links and Tees Golf Facility
9-hole par-3 course, dual-deck heated driving range, Putter's Peak adventure mini-golf, and an indoor golf dome at 880 W Lake Street.
- Culture
Addison Public Library
2024 American Library Association Award winner for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services, with multilingual programming reflecting the community.
- Food & Drink
Angelo Caputo's Fresh Markets
Local-favorite Italian grocer at 510 W Lake Street, opened in 1991 and expanded in 2018 to add a sushi bar, hot foods, and a full bar.
- Shopping
Stratford Square Mall area
Just over the Bloomingdale line. 1.3 million square foot regional mall site anchored by Kohl's and Woodman's Market, now being redeveloped as The Grove.
Getting around
Commute + transit from Addison.
DriveBy car
- Routes: I-290 (Eisenhower) · I-355 (Veterans Memorial Tollway) · IL 53 · US 20 / Lake Street · IL 64 / North Avenue
- O'Hare Airport: ~18 min
- Chicago Loop: ~35 min
- Naperville: ~32 min
By the numbers
Addison taxes + market stats.
Property tax rates vary by exact township and assessor district. Confirm per address before pricing a purchase.
Property tax rate
2.22%
effective avg
Sales tax
8.75%
combined
Median sold price
$390,000
MRED · last 12 mo (316 sales)
Median household income
$87,587
ACS
How Addison got here
A bit of history.
Addison started as Dunklee's Grove, named for Hezekiah Dunklee of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, who arrived in the Chicago area on September 3, 1833 with Mason Smith of Potsdam, New York. German Lutheran families followed in the 1840s, building what became the German Consolidated Reformed-Lutheran Church at Addison, the first church in DuPage County. By the time the village incorporated in 1884 the population was 400, supported by a gristmill, general store, cobbler, and blacksmith.
The town stayed under a thousand residents through 1930 and grew slowly until the 1960s, when developers started turning farmland into subdivisions and the population climbed from under 1,000 to about 35,000 by 1990. Addison Trail High School opened September 1, 1966 to serve the new families. Population peaked at 36,942 in 2010 and settled to 35,702 at the 2020 Census. Today roughly 20 percent of all manufacturing operations in DuPage County sit in Addison, and UPS is the village's single largest employer with about 2,280 workers.
The questions buyers actually ask
Addison FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Addison. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- How are Addison schools?
- K-8 kids go to Addison Elementary District 4, an eight-school district with roughly 3,800 students. High school is Addison Trail in DuPage District 88, which posted an 88 percent four-year graduation rate in 2024 and a 90.2 percent five-year rate, slightly above the Illinois average.
- What's the commute like from Addison?
- Addison is built for car commuters. I-290 and I-355 both touch the village, O'Hare is about 18 minutes and 12 miles, and the Loop is around 35 minutes via the Eisenhower. If you want Metra, the closest stations are Bensenville and Itasca on the Milwaukee District West Line, with Bensenville sitting 17.2 miles from Union Station.
- What are property taxes like in Addison?
- The median effective property tax rate in Addison is about 2.22 percent per Ownwell, just under the Illinois state median of 2.33 percent but well above the national 1.02 percent. Your actual bill depends on which school, park, and library boundaries your block falls into.
- What's the typical home price in Addison?
- Zillow's typical home value for Addison is about $326,000 as of 2026, up 2.6 percent over the prior year, with homes going to pending in roughly six days. Most of the inventory is 1960s and 1970s ranches, split-levels, and bi-levels on quarter-acre lots, with newer townhome pockets on the north side toward Bloomingdale.
- Where should I look first in Addison?
- If schools and walkability to Addison Trail matter, focus on the Army Trail and Lombard Road quadrant. If you want established trees and 1960s ranches, look at Green Meadows on the south side. For newer townhomes and proximity to the Stratford Square trade area, target the north end near Bloomingdale.
- What's the sales tax in Addison?
- The combined 2026 sales tax in Addison is 8.75 percent: 6.25 percent Illinois state, 1.75 percent Addison, plus other local components per Avalara.
Nearby
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Your local agent
Joe knows Addison
Most agents will list anything. I focus on the places I actually know, and the things that move value here don't show up in the MLS write-up: which streets and buildings hold demand, what the HOA or assessments really cover, how the comps read once you account for condition and location, and where buyers consistently want to be.
When you're ready to tour or list, you want someone who has read the last 50 closed comps in this specific market, not a national average, and can tell you what they actually mean for your price. That's how I work. Text or call any time, and I'll give you a real take, not a brochure.
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- Addison specialist
- Honest local market take
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