Mount Greenwood · Cook County · IL
Homes for sale in
Mount Greenwood.
- Active listings
- 6
- Median list
- $444K
- Avg time on market
- 44 days
- Sold · last year
- 0
Active listings
6 homes on the market
About the community
Living in Mount Greenwood.
Mount Greenwood is Community Area 74, sitting about 14 miles southwest of the Loop on the Far Southwest Side, hard against the city's southwestern border. Its widely agreed boundaries run from 103rd Street on the north to 117th Street on the south, and from Pulaski Road on the west to Sacramento Avenue on the east, with the suburbs of Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn, Merrionette Park, and Alsip just beyond. The housing stock is overwhelmingly single-family detached, most of it built between 1940 and 1970, and homeownership here is exceptional for Chicago at roughly 87 percent of households. The community is known as the home of many Chicago firefighters, police officers, teachers, and union workers, and it carries a long-standing South Side Irish character. It suits buyers who want a quiet, owner-occupied, almost-suburban feel inside the city limits, families drawn to neighborhood schools and parks, and city employees who must live within Chicago.
At a glance
Population
About 18,628 residents as of the 2020 Census, in a 2.73-square-mile community area.
Homeownership
Roughly 87.5 percent of households own their homes, nearly double Chicago's citywide rate.
Single-family character
Land use is dominated by single-family residential, about 748 acres, most built between 1940 and 1970.
Home prices
The neighborhood's median real estate price is about $368,656 per NeighborhoodScout's analysis.
City-worker hub
About 21.5 percent of working residents are employed by government, reflecting its many police, fire, and city workers.
Irish heritage
Mount Greenwood has one of the highest shares of self-reported Irish Americans in the country, around 46 percent.
Walkability
Walk Score rates the neighborhood around 56, with busier corners like Kedzie and 111th scoring higher.
Household income
Median household income is about $89,536, well above Chicago's citywide median.
What it’s actually like to live here
Day to day, Mount Greenwood feels more like a blue-collar city-suburb than a typical Chicago neighborhood, with leafy blocks of single-family homes and one of the highest homeownership rates in the city. It is a car-oriented place, with about 82 percent of residents driving alone to work and many spending 45 minutes to an hour each way. The community is famously rooted, with more residents living in the same neighborhood as five years earlier than in 97 percent of U.S. neighborhoods, which gives the streets a tight, everyone-knows-everyone feel. The main commercial strip runs along 111th Street, anchored by long-standing pubs and restaurants.
Family life centers on neighborhood schools, parks, and community institutions. Mount Greenwood Park spans about 52.5 acres at 3721 W. 111th Street, with a swimming pool, ice rink, eleven ball fields, tennis courts, a fieldhouse, and an accessible musical playground. The neighborhood has its own Chicago Public Library branch on Kedzie Avenue, which holds a notable Irish heritage collection, and is home to Saint Xavier University and the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences. Public grade schools, a Catholic elementary school, and three Catholic high schools round out a strongly community-anchored daily life.
Neighborhoods
Detailed Mount Greenwood 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.
Around town
What there is to do in Mount Greenwood.
A handful of the places people who live here actually use. Not a directory.
- Parks
Mount Greenwood Park
A 52.5-acre park at 3721 W. 111th Street with a pool, ice rink, gymnasium, eleven ball fields, tennis courts, and a musical playground.
- Parks
Dan Ryan Woods
A nearby 257-acre Far Southwest Side forest preserve with sledding hills, picnic groves, and a paved loop connecting to the Major Taylor Trail.
- Culture
Mount Greenwood Branch, Chicago Public Library
A neighborhood library at 11010 S. Kedzie Avenue that holds a significant Irish heritage collection.
- Food & Drink
Lanigan's Irish Pub
An Irish pub at 3119 W. 111th Street known for live Irish music.
- Food & Drink
Blackthorn Pub
An Irish sports bar at 3300 W. 111th Street.
- Family
Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences
A CPS magnet high school at 3857 W. 111th Street, built on what was the city's last working farm.
How Mount Greenwood got here
A bit of history.
German and Dutch truck farmers were working this far-southwest prairie by the time of the Civil War. The area got its name in 1879, when surveyor George Washington Waite received an 80-acre land grant and named it Mount Greenwood for the trees on an elevated ridge, ground that seemed well suited for a cemetery. The neighborhood was soon ringed by cemeteries and for a time was nicknamed Seven Holy Tombs, and one of them, Mount Greenwood Cemetery, remains in unincorporated Cook County even though Chicago surrounds it completely. By 1897 taverns and restaurants had sprung up along 111th and Sacramento to serve all-day funeral crowds.
When temperance crusaders tried to make the area dry like neighboring Morgan Park and Beverly, residents incorporated Mount Greenwood as a village in 1907 as a strategy to stay wet. Twenty years later, in 1927, the community voted to be annexed into Chicago in hopes of better services like sewers, water mains, and paved streets, though the Great Depression delayed delivery until the Works Progress Administration installed sewers and paved streets in 1936. The area saw its first big residential surge between 1930 and 1950, with the population climbing from 3,310 to 12,331 and roughly 4,000 new homes built in the postwar years.
The questions buyers actually ask
Mount Greenwood FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Mount Greenwood. If yours isn't here, text 815-355-0582, same-day reply.
- What are the public schools like in Mount Greenwood?
- The neighborhood has its own CPS grade schools, including Mt. Greenwood Elementary, George F. Cassell Elementary, and the Annie Keller Regional Gifted Center, and is zoned to Morgan Park High School. It is also home to the selective Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences and, on the private side, Catholic schools including Brother Rice, Marist, and Mother McAuley. Always confirm current attendance boundaries with the CPS School Locator before you buy.
- How are property taxes handled here?
- Mount Greenwood is in Cook County, where the Cook County Assessor sets property values and you can review your assessment, exemptions, and appeal options online. Homeowner, senior, and other exemptions can meaningfully lower your bill, so it is worth checking your property's record. Confirm any specific home's assessed value and tax history directly with the Assessor before making an offer.
- Why is homeownership so high in Mount Greenwood?
- The area is built almost entirely of single-family homes, with very little multifamily housing, so most residences are owner-occupied, with a homeownership rate around 87.5 percent. The neighborhood is also unusually stable, with more long-term residents than 97 percent of U.S. neighborhoods, and it draws many City of Chicago employees who must live within city limits.
- What are my commute options?
- This is primarily a drive-to-work neighborhood, with many Loop trips running 45 minutes to an hour. For transit, the nearest Metra stations are on the Rock Island District line, including the 103rd Street and 107th Street stops in Beverly and the 111th Street and 115th Street stops in Morgan Park, and several CTA bus routes serve the area. Plan on a car for most trips, with Metra as a solid downtown option.
- What kind of homes will I find, and what do they cost?
- Expect mostly mid-sized single-family homes, three- and four-bedroom bungalows and ranches, most built between 1940 and 1970. The neighborhood's median home price is around $368,656, and well-kept homes tend to hold value given steady demand and low vacancy. Because the stock is older, budget for inspections on roofs, mechanicals, and sewer lines.
- What should I know about the community before buying?
- Mount Greenwood has a strong, long-rooted, family-oriented character with deep Irish-American and city-worker ties, and an active commercial life along 111th Street. It is quieter and more suburban-feeling than most of Chicago, which buyers who want green, owner-occupied blocks tend to love. It is worth spending time in the parks and along 111th Street to confirm the feel fits you.
Your local agent
Joe knows Mount Greenwood
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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