Darien · DuPage County · IL
Homes for sale in
Woodmere.
- Active listings
- 1
- Median list
- $359K
- Avg time on market
- 51 days
- Sold · last year
- 9
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About the community
Attached homes on the west side of Darien, two expressways within two miles.
Woodmere is a late-1990s attached-housing community on the west side of Darien, in the pocket bounded roughly by Lemont Road on the west, 75th Street to the north, and 83rd Street to the south. Its streets are Woodmere, Hedgewood, Whitlock, Windsor, Curran, Morgan, Oxford, and Cameron, and everything drains onto Lemont Road. The structural fact that matters most is not what the name suggests: Woodmere is two ownership forms platted together under one community name. Roughly half the roughly 254 homes are recorded as units of Woodmere Condominium, and roughly half are fee-simple townhome lots in Woodmere Subdivision, its Phase 2, and the resubdivisions, with two separate associations governing them. Both are physically similar two-story attached homes with attached two-car garages and private driveways, built from 1996 through 1998 as a planned unit development, and MLS often labels both townhome. The location is the durable draw: I-355 is roughly a mile and a third west, I-55 is under two miles south, and three Center Cass District 66 schools sit within about a mile.
At a glance
Attached homes, 1996 to 1998
Two-story attached homes, roughly 1,370 to 2,370 sqft, two to four bedrooms, with attached two-car garages and private driveways.
Condo and fee-simple, one name
About half the homes are condominium units and about half are fee-simple townhome lots, under two separate associations. Check the legal description per address.
Assessment roughly $250 to $330
Covers snow, lawn, ponds, roofs, gutters, party walls, and a master policy on the structure. Siding and driveways are billed back by special assessment.
Center Cass 66 and DG South
Elizabeth Ide, Prairieview, and Lakeview Junior High are all within about a mile, then Downers Grove South. Confirm by address.
Two expressways, two miles
I-355 roughly a mile and a third west at 75th Street or Boughton Road, I-55 under two miles south at Lemont Road.
Retail at 75th and Lemont
Chestnut Court, Darien Towne Centre, and Woodgrove Festival, plus a Walmart Supercenter and Aldi, all within about three quarters of a mile.
Ponds and a preserve edge
Association-maintained detention ponds and wetland inside the community, with Fox Hollow Forest Preserve just north as a green buffer.
Metra is a drive
No station in Darien. The Main Street, Belmont, and Fairview stations in Downers Grove on the BNSF line are roughly four miles out.
Advocate Good Samaritan
In Downers Grove, roughly five miles northeast, with AdventHealth Bolingbrook and Hinsdale each under seven.
What’s close
Woodmere sits on the west side of Darien in Downers Grove Township, off Lemont Road between 75th and 83rd Streets, inside one of the city's main retail nodes.
- Highway
- I-355 roughly a mile and a third west via 75th Street or Boughton Road, and I-55 under two miles south at the Lemont Road interchange.
- Schools
- Center Cass District 66 grade centers: Elizabeth Ide, Prairieview, and Lakeview Junior High, all within about a mile, then Downers Grove South High School in District 99.
- Shopping
- Chestnut Court, Darien Towne Centre, Woodgrove Festival, and Downers Park Plaza at 75th and Lemont, within about three quarters of a mile.
- Hospital
- Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove roughly five miles out, with UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook and Hinsdale each under seven.
- Train
- No station in Darien. Main Street, Belmont Avenue, and Fairview Avenue stations in Downers Grove on the BNSF line into Union Station are roughly four miles, about a ten to fifteen minute drive.
- Open space
- Fox Hollow Forest Preserve just north as a green buffer with no trails or parking, and Oldfield Oaks with about two miles of trails roughly a mile and a quarter away.
What it’s actually like to live here
Woodmere trades yard work for location, and the pitch holds up. You get a two-car attached garage, often a finished lower level, a second-floor primary suite, and someone else handling the snow, the lawn, the roof, and the gutters, all inside a short radius of two expressways, three Metra stations, a full big-box retail node, and one of the closest school clusters in DuPage County. Lakeview Junior High and Prairieview are both inside a mile. That combination pulls a genuinely mixed group: first-time buyers priced out of Darien's detached market, downsizers who want to stay in the area without a lawn tractor, and dual-commuter households splitting the difference between a downtown train and a southwest-suburban office park.
Day to day it lives like a quiet interior pod off a busy road. The interior streets curve and dead-end, so through traffic is minimal and the cul-de-sacs stay calm. The detention ponds and wetland edges give the community more visual relief than a typical townhome parcel, and Fox Hollow Forest Preserve sits at the north edge as permanent green space. Be clear-eyed about that preserve though: it is undeveloped, with no trails and no parking, so it works as a view and a buffer rather than a destination. For actual recreation you are getting in the car, to Oldfield Oaks for trails or Waterfall Glen for the serious loop. There is no pool and no clubhouse, so social life here is neighborly and low-key rather than programmed.
The honest tradeoffs are worth stating plainly. The association handles the visible exterior but pushes the expensive envelope items back onto owners, since siding, driveways, walks, patios, and fences are performed by the association at owner expense through special assessment. That means your true monthly cost is the dues plus an unknown that depends entirely on the reserve position. These buildings are approaching thirty years old, so roofs, siding, windows, and mechanicals are all in or past their replacement window and the condition spread between two adjacent units can be substantial. The ownership form is split between condominium and fee-simple under one community name, which changes how a lender reviews the loan and needs to be pinned down per address rather than assumed. And there is no overnight on-street parking under city ordinance, so a household with three or more vehicles needs to do the garage-plus-driveway math before falling for a unit.
Market trends
Why this market moves the way it does
Woodmere is an attached-home price band that runs below Darien's detached single-family market, and it trades on access more than on amenities. Within the community the spread is wide: the smaller two-bedroom plans anchor the bottom and the largest three and four bedroom end units with finished lower levels and pond exposure sit at the top.
What holds value
The fundamentals matter more than the cosmetics here. Buyers want floor plan, lot, and basement, in that order. Cosmetics are the tiebreaker.
- Expressway access
- I-355 and I-55 both within about two miles in opposite directions is rare in DuPage and is the single most durable thing this location has going for it.
- School proximity
- Three Center Cass District 66 schools within roughly a mile, and Downers Grove South about two, is unusually close for attached housing in the collar counties.
- Unit size and position
- End units, larger three and four bedroom plans, finished lower levels, and pond or open-space exposure all command a premium over interior two-bedroom units.
- Mechanical and cosmetic updates
- Renovated kitchens, newer windows, and post-2015 mechanicals drive most of the variation between otherwise identical units.
- Ownership form
- Fee-simple townhome lots and condominium units finance differently, and that difference can affect the buyer pool for a given unit.
Real talk
Who shouldn’t buy here
Here is the honest version before you tour.
The assessment is not the whole carrying cost. Siding, driveways, walks, stairs, patios, and fences are handled by the association but billed back to owners through special assessment rather than out of regular dues, so a thin reserve position can turn into a five-figure bill. Get the Illinois resale disclosure package, the declaration, the current budget, the reserve study, and the last two years of board minutes, and remember that the two associations here produce different packages.
Pin down whether you are buying a condominium unit or a fee-simple townhome lot before you get far. Both are physically attached two-story homes with two-car garages and both get called townhome in the MLS, but the condominium side triggers a different mortgage review, including project review and HOA questionnaires. Pull the legal description on the specific address.
If you are thinking of this as a rental, slow down. The published townhome association rules stated that leasing was not allowed, with hardship exceptions granted case by case. That document is not current and some units have appeared as rentals over the years, so the rule may have changed or may work differently on the condominium side. Get the current leasing policy and any cap in writing before you buy for investment.
One piece of advice
“Woodmere is one of the better access buys in DuPage attached housing: two expressways inside two miles, a full retail node at the corner, and three District 66 schools within a mile. Just do the association homework properly, because the dues here are only part of the story and the special assessment mechanism for siding and driveways is where the real money hides. Confirm the ownership form on the exact address and read the reserve study before you write.”
The questions buyers actually ask
Woodmere FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Woodmere. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- How much is the HOA?
- townhomes and condos are $290 per month.
- What does the HOA actually cover?
- Monthly assessments on recent listings run in an approximate $250 to $330 range, varying by unit type, size, and which of the two associations the home belongs to. The assessment covers snow removal on the private drives and walks, lawn and landscape care, the detention ponds and wetland areas, roofs, gutters and downspouts, party walls, exterior trim, deck sealing on even years, painting of garage and man-doors on the building cycle, and a master policy on the structure. It does NOT cover windows, exterior light fixtures, the doors themselves, HVAC, water heater, or pest control. Critically, siding, driveways, walks, stairs, patios, and fences are performed by the association but billed back to owners by special assessment, so ask for the reserve study and the special assessment history before you commit. Water and sewer are billed directly by DuPage County Public Works and refuse is handled under the city contract, neither of which runs through the association.
- What's the typical closing timeline?
- 30 to 60 days from accepted offer to keys. Cash deals can close in two weeks. Conventional financing is usually closer to 60.
- Is Woodmere townhomes or condos? Listings seem to say both.
- Both, and it is not a labeling error. Woodmere was platted as two ownership forms under one community name. A large share of the homes are recorded in DuPage County as units of Woodmere Condominium, each carrying a stated percentage of common interest, while the rest are fee-simple townhome lots in Woodmere Subdivision, Phase 2, or the resubdivisions. Both are physically attached two-story homes with attached two-car garages, and the MLS often calls both townhome. Pull the legal description on the specific address before you write an offer, because condominium ownership triggers a different mortgage review process than a fee-simple townhome.
- What do the monthly assessments cover, and what are they not covering?
- The association handles snow removal on the private drives and walks, lawn and landscape care, the detention ponds and wetland areas, roofs, gutters and downspouts, party walls, exterior trim, deck sealing on even years, painting of garage and man-doors on the building cycle, and a master insurance policy on the structure. It does not cover your windows, exterior light fixtures, the doors themselves, your furnace, air conditioning or water heater, or any pest control. Critically, siding, driveways, walks, stairs, patios, and fences are handled by the association but billed back to owners through special assessment rather than out of the regular dues. Water and sewer come from DuPage County Public Works and refuse is handled under the city contract, both billed directly to you.
- What schools serve Woodmere?
- Center Cass School District 66 for elementary and middle school, then Community High School District 99 for high school. District 66 uses grade centers rather than neighborhood K through 5 schools: Elizabeth Ide Elementary for the earliest grades, Prairieview Elementary for upper elementary, and Lakeview Junior High for grades 6 through 8, with students then attending Downers Grove South High School. This is supported by both federal school district boundary data and DuPage County parcel tax records, which list Grade School District 66 and High School District 99 for these parcels. Darien is genuinely split among Districts 61, 63, and 66 feeding either Hinsdale South or Downers Grove South, so verify your exact address with the districts before enrolling.
- What do homes in Woodmere cost and how is the market moving?
- Pricing moves with the season and with unit condition, so any number written into a page would be stale within weeks. Use the live Market snapshot on this page, which pulls current active listings, recent closings, and pace straight from the MLS. As general orientation, Woodmere is an attached-home price band that runs below Darien's detached single-family market, with the smaller two-bedroom plans at the low end and the largest three and four bedroom end units with finished lower levels at the high end.
- Can I buy a unit in Woodmere as a rental?
- Proceed carefully. The published rules for the Woodmere Townhome Owners Association stated that leasing of townhomes was not allowed, with hardship exceptions granted case by case by the board. That document is not current, and a handful of units have appeared as rentals in MLS records over the years, so the rule may have been amended or may apply differently on the condominium side. Before you make an investment purchase here, get the current leasing policy, any rental cap, and any waiting list in writing from the managing agent. Do not assume it is rentable.
- How is the commute and access from Woodmere?
- Very good by car, workable by train with a drive. I-355 is about a mile and a third west via 75th Street or Boughton Road, and I-55 is under two miles south at Lemont Road, which puts both corridors plus a quick hop to I-294 within a few minutes of the driveway. There is no Metra station in Darien, so the train option is a ten to fifteen minute drive to the Main Street, Belmont Avenue, or Fairview Avenue stations in Downers Grove on the BNSF line into Union Station. The city notes that permit parking at those stations has run a waiting list, with daily permits, meters, and the Curtiss Street deck as alternatives. Pace routes connect Darien to the Westmont and Glen Ellyn stations and to Argonne National Laboratory.
- Who is the real estate agent for Woodmere?
- Joe Keegan is the local licensed Illinois real estate broker who covers Woodmere in Darien, IL through Subdiview, a neighborhood-first home search for the Chicago suburbs and collar counties. Joe prices and negotiates from the live MRED sold comps for Woodmere specifically, not national averages, and can help you buy or sell here. Reach Joe at 224-385-8779 or joe@joekeeganhomes.com.
Your local agent
Joe knows Woodmere
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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Market snapshot
Woodmere, by the numbers
Live MRED data, refreshed daily. The numbers below tell you what this market is doing today, not what Zillow's algorithm thinks it might be doing six weeks from now.
Typical list price
$359,000
Typical sale price · last 90 days
$410,000
Homes for sale right now
1
Avg time on market
51 days
Sold in the last year
9
This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC for the period August 16, 2025 through August 16, 2026. Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC does not guarantee nor is it in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by Midwest Real Estate Data LLC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.
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Where Woodmere homes go to school
Homes in Woodmere are most often zoned to Downers Grove South HS. Open a school to see its area, the district, and every home for sale that feeds it.
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