Clarendon Hills · DuPage County · IL
Homes for sale in
Clarendon Hills.
- Active listings
- 16
- Median list
- $1.30M
- Avg time on market
- 37 days
- Sold · last year
- 121
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Active listings
16 homes on the market
About the community
Living in Clarendon Hills.
Clarendon Hills is a 1.8 square mile village of roughly 8,700 residents in eastern DuPage County, tucked on the BNSF Metra line between Hinsdale and Westmont. Buyers come for one of the most convenient downtown core experiences in the western suburbs: a Metra platform that lands at Chicago Union Station in roughly 35 to 42 minutes, surrounded by independent restaurants and retailers, with a chamber calendar that brings the village out for Daisy Days and the Christmas Walk. The school story is the other half of the pitch. Most addresses feed Hinsdale Township High School District 86 and Hinsdale Central, while elementary kids attend either Community Consolidated District 181 (Walker, Prospect) or Maercker District 60 (Holmes) depending on the street. Housing skews traditional and inventory stays tight, with Zillow's typical home value sitting near the high six figures. If you want a walk-to-train, walk-to-coffee village with a Hinsdale Central diploma at the end of it, this is the address.
At a glance
~8,700 residents
2020 Census population 8,702, packed into roughly 1.8 square miles.
BNSF Metra
Clarendon Hills station at 1 South Prospect Avenue, 18.3 rail miles from Union Station, served by about 59 weekday trains.
~35-42 min downtown
BNSF express trains hit Union Station in the mid-30s, all-stop trains run about 42 minutes.
Hinsdale Township 86
Most addresses feed Hinsdale Central via Hinsdale Township High School District 86.
D181 + Maercker 60
Elementary splits between CCSD 181 (Walker, Prospect, Clarendon Hills Middle) on the east and Maercker 60 (Holmes) on the west.
Walkable downtown
Prospect Avenue from Park to Burlington hosts 80-plus businesses, all within a few blocks of the Metra platform.
Prospect Park anchor
323 Chicago Avenue, the Clarendon Hills Park District flagship, with playground, athletic fields, and summer concerts.
Premium pricing
Zillow's typical home value for Clarendon Hills sits near $920,000 (May 2025), reflecting the District 86 stamp and the walkable Metra location.
What’s close
Clarendon Hills sits in eastern DuPage County between Hinsdale and Westmont, just west of I-294 and IL 83 and just south of Ogden Avenue. The entire village is roughly 1.8 square miles, which keeps everything inside it walkable from the Metra station at the center.
- Downtown Clarendon Hills
- Prospect Avenue from Park to Burlington, the village's commercial spine with restaurants, retailers, and the chamber's Daisy Days and Christmas Walk.
- Metra Clarendon Hills Station
- 1 South Prospect Avenue on the BNSF Line, 18.3 rail miles from Chicago Union Station.
- Prospect Park
- 323 Chicago Avenue. Anchor park of the Clarendon Hills Park District with playground, athletic fields, and summer concert series.
- Walker Elementary
- 120 Walker Avenue. The original Clarendon Hills schoolhouse site, eight-acre campus in CCSD 181.
- Holmes Primary School
- 5800 S Holmes Avenue. Maercker District 60 PreK-2 building on the west side of the village.
- I-294 and IL 83 access
- The village sits just east of Kingery Highway with I-88, I-294, I-55, and I-355 all reachable inside a short drive.
What it’s actually like to live here
Clarendon Hills runs like the smaller, slightly quieter cousin of Hinsdale, and that is the entire pitch. The village is family-heavy and education-driven, with roughly 70 percent of households classified as families and a median age in the low 40s. Streets curve in Middaugh's original Olmsted-inspired pattern, sidewalks reach the Metra platform from almost everywhere, and the chamber's downtown calendar (Dancin' in the Street in summer, Daisy Days in June, the Christmas Walk and tree lighting in December) gives the village a small-town beat that buyers rarely find this close to Chicago.
Prices reflect what you get. Zillow's typical home value sat near $920,000 in spring 2025, and the village runs an effective property tax bill near $9,700 a year on the median home. Two things hold those values up. First, the Hinsdale Central diploma. Most Clarendon Hills addresses feed Hinsdale Township District 86 and send kids to Hinsdale Central, regularly ranked among the strongest public high schools in Illinois. Second, the BNSF commute. Express trains land at Union Station in the mid-30 minute range, which keeps the village in play for downtown professionals who want a yard, a walkable village, and a Metra station they can actually walk to.
Neighborhoods
Detailed Clarendon Hills 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 Clarendon Hills.
Boundary lines do shift. Always confirm in writing for a specific address before writing an offer.
- D86Grades 9 – 12
Hinsdale Township High School District 86
Schools serving the area
- Hinsdale Central High School
- Hinsdale South High School
Most Clarendon Hills addresses feed Hinsdale Central. Confirm by parcel using the District 86 attendance boundary map.
- D181Grades K – 8
Community Consolidated School District 181
Schools serving the area
- Walker Elementary
- Prospect Elementary
- Clarendon Hills Middle School
CCSD 181 serves the eastern, Hinsdale-adjacent side of Clarendon Hills. Walker (120 Walker Avenue) is the original Clarendon Hills schoolhouse site, annexed into D181 in 1947.
- D60Grades Pre-K – 8
Maercker School District 60
Schools serving the area
- Holmes Primary School
- Maercker Intermediate School
- Westview Hills Middle School
Maercker 60 serves the western, Westmont-facing side of Clarendon Hills. Only Holmes Primary sits inside the village; Maercker Intermediate and Westview Hills Middle are just outside.
From the neighborhood
Around Clarendon Hills
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What there is to do in Clarendon Hills.
A handful of the places people who live here actually use. Not a directory.
- Parks
Prospect Park
Anchor park at 323 Chicago Avenue. Playground, athletic fields, and the summer concert series host for the Park District.
- Culture
Daisy Days Festival
Annual Chamber of Commerce festival on Prospect Avenue with carnival rides, food, beer and wine tent, and a headliner band each night.
- Food & Drink
Il Mio
Italian restaurant at 30 S Prospect Avenue with shareable plates and a downtown patio.
- Shopping
Downtown Prospect Avenue district
Walkable downtown with 80-plus independent businesses, including Open Door Taproom, Four Sons Mercantile, Vintage Charm, and Curated by Amy Scott.
- Parks
Clarendon Hills Park District
Eight parks across 45 acres, including Prospect, Hosek, Blackhawk, Park Avenue, Walker, Steeves, and Kruml, plus Lions Park Pool.
- Culture
Summer Concert Series and Christmas Walk
Downtown summer concerts in Prospect Park and the holiday tree lighting plus Christmas Walk on Prospect Avenue.
Getting around
Commute + transit from Clarendon Hills.
MetraBNSF line
- Stations: Clarendon Hills
- Terminal: Chicago Union Station
- Distance: 18.3 miles to downtown Chicago
DriveBy car
- Routes: I-294 (via Ogden interchange) · IL 83 (Kingery Highway) · Ogden Avenue (US 34) · I-88 (nearby)
- O'Hare Airport: ~33 min
- Chicago Loop: ~35 min
By the numbers
Clarendon Hills taxes + market stats.
Property tax rates vary by exact township and assessor district. Confirm per address before pricing a purchase.
Property tax rate
1.95%
effective avg
Sales tax
8.00%
combined
Median sold price
$610,000
MRED · last 12 mo (121 sales)
Median household income
$130,388
ACS
How Clarendon Hills got here
A bit of history.
Clarendon Hills traces to 1869, when Chicago banker Henry C. Middaugh bought roughly 270 acres west of the city along the new Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail corridor. Middaugh platted the village in 1873 using curving Olmsted-inspired streets and marketed lots to professionals looking for clean air a short train ride from downtown. Early settlement was slow. By the 1880 census the community counted only 14 families. The neighborhood picked up the nickname Daisy Fields for the wildflowers that blanketed Middaugh's land, a name still echoed each summer in the Daisy Days festival on Prospect Avenue.
The village formally incorporated on January 22, 1924, in large part to head off annexation by neighboring Hinsdale, with Orrin Goode serving as its first president and a population under 900. Postwar growth was dramatic, climbing from 933 residents in 1930 to 5,885 by 1960 as Burlington commuters filled in the platted lots. Walker School, originally Clarendon Hills School District 56, was annexed into Hinsdale Elementary School District 181 in 1947, and Prospect School opened in 1952 to handle the postwar boom. The village hit its 2020 Census count of 8,702 and marked its centennial in 2024.
The questions buyers actually ask
Clarendon Hills FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Clarendon Hills. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- What school district is Clarendon Hills in?
- Most of Clarendon Hills feeds Hinsdale Township High School District 86 for high school, with the majority of students attending Hinsdale Central. Elementary and middle school assignments split between Community Consolidated School District 181 (Walker, Prospect, Clarendon Hills Middle) on the Hinsdale-facing side and Maercker School District 60 (Holmes, Maercker Intermediate, Westview Hills Middle) on the Westmont-facing side. Always confirm by address using the district boundary maps.
- How long is the Metra commute from Clarendon Hills to downtown Chicago?
- Clarendon Hills sits on the BNSF Line, 18.3 rail miles from Chicago Union Station. Express trains run roughly 35 minutes, all-stop trains about 42 minutes. The station at 1 South Prospect Avenue is served by about 59 trains on a typical weekday.
- How does Clarendon Hills compare to Hinsdale?
- Clarendon Hills is the smaller, slightly less expensive neighbor immediately west of Hinsdale. It shares the same BNSF line, the same District 86 high school district, and a similar walkable downtown feel. At roughly 1.8 square miles and 8,700 residents it is a fraction of Hinsdale's footprint, and Zillow's typical home value runs below Hinsdale's.
- What are property taxes like in Clarendon Hills?
- The effective property tax rate runs about 1.95 percent of market value per Ownwell's DuPage County data, with the median annual tax bill near $9,700. That is above the national median but below the Illinois state median.
- What does a home in Clarendon Hills cost?
- Zillow's typical home value sat near $920,000 in spring 2025. Inventory is tight given the 1.8 square mile footprint, so pricing moves quickly when something comes on. Tell a Subdiview agent what matters most (block, walk-to-train distance, school) and they can prioritize the next 10 listings worth seeing.
- What is downtown Clarendon Hills like?
- Downtown runs along Prospect Avenue from Park to Burlington, immediately surrounding the Metra station. The chamber lists 80-plus businesses, including restaurants like Il Mio, retailers like Four Sons Mercantile and Vintage Charm, and the Open Door Taproom. Downtown hosts Daisy Days each June, the summer concert series in Prospect Park, and the Christmas Walk and tree lighting in December.
- When was Clarendon Hills founded?
- The village was platted in 1873 by Chicago banker Henry C. Middaugh on land he had bought in 1869, and it was formally incorporated on January 22, 1924, in part to head off annexation by Hinsdale. It celebrated its centennial in 2024.
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