Deerfield · Lake County · IL
Homes for sale in
Deerfield.
- Active listings
- 28
- Median list
- $778K
- Avg time on market
- 21 days
- Sold · last year
- 0
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Active listings
28 homes on the market
About the community
Living in Deerfield.
Deerfield is a North Shore village in Lake County with a 2020 Census population of 19,196. Kids attend Deerfield Public Schools District 109 (K-8) and feed into Township High School District 113, home to Deerfield High School and Highland Park High School. The Deerfield Metra station on the Milwaukee District North Line sits 24.6 miles from Chicago Union Station, putting downtown within a roughly one-hour rail ride. The walkable downtown is anchored by the Shops at Deerfield Square at Waukegan Road and Deerfield Road, a lifestyle center that opened in 2000. Deerfield is also the global headquarters of Walgreens Boots Alliance at 108 Wilmot Road, and Caterpillar used the village as its global HQ from 2018 until announcing a 2022 move to Texas.
At a glance
~19,196 residents
2020 Census population for the village. Affluent, established North Shore character.
D109 + District 113
K-8 served by Deerfield Public Schools District 109 (four elementary, two middle schools). High school is Township High School District 113 (Deerfield HS and Highland Park HS).
Metra MD-N at Deerfield station
Deerfield station on the Milwaukee District North Line, 24.6 miles from Chicago Union Station.
Shops at Deerfield Square
Walkable downtown lifestyle center at 740 Waukegan Road. Opened in 2000 with Whole Foods, Barnes & Noble, Athleta, Bartaco, Rosebud, and Cafe Zupas.
Walgreens Boots Alliance HQ
Global headquarters at 108 Wilmot Road. Caterpillar also used Deerfield as its global HQ from 2018 until announcing a move to Texas in 2022.
Edens Spur (I-94) + Lake Cook Road
Direct car access to I-94 via Lake Cook Road and Deerfield Road interchanges. About 15 miles to O'Hare via the Tri-State Tollway.
Effective property tax ~2.81%
Ownwell reports an average effective rate around 2.81 percent with a median annual tax bill of approximately $13,249.
Median home value ~$625,254
Zillow Home Value Index for Deerfield, up 6.9 percent year over year as of February 2026.
What’s close
Deerfield sits in southeastern Lake County around the crossroads of Waukegan Road (IL 43), Lake Cook Road, and Deerfield Road, with the Metra MD-N line cutting through the village core just west of Deerfield Square.
- Deerfield Square (downtown core)
- 740 Waukegan Road. Walkable lifestyle center anchoring the village center with Whole Foods, Barnes & Noble, Athleta, Bartaco, Rosebud, and Cafe Zupas.
- Deerfield Metra station
- 860 Deerfield Road, two blocks west of Route 43, on the Milwaukee District North Line. 24.6 miles from Chicago Union Station.
- Deerfield High School (District 113)
- The village's primary high school. District 113 also runs Highland Park HS.
- Walgreens Boots Alliance HQ campus
- 108 Wilmot Road. Global headquarters of the Fortune 500 retail-pharmacy company.
- Jewett Park and Jewett Park Community Center
- 836 Jewett Park Drive, Park District hub with a skate park, playgrounds, and pavilion.
- Edens Spur / I-94 access
- Tri-State Tollway access via Lake Cook Road (Exit 52) and a Deerfield Road slip ramp (Exit 24).
What it’s actually like to live here
Deerfield offers the classic North Shore suburban template: leafy established neighborhoods, an active downtown, and a strong family-suburb identity built on its schools. District 109 runs four elementaries and two middle schools serving roughly 3,000 K-8 students, and most kids continue into Deerfield High School in District 113, which serves Deerfield, Bannockburn, Riverwoods, parts of Highland Park, and Highwood. Daily life centers on the walkable Deerfield Square at Waukegan and Deerfield Roads, with Whole Foods, Barnes & Noble, Athleta, and a roster of restaurants like Bartaco, Rosebud, and Cafe Zupas anchoring downtown.
The Deerfield Park District programs 20 parks, two outdoor pools, the Deerfield Golf Club and Learning Center, the Sachs Recreation Center, the Patty Turner Center for adults over 50, and the Jewett Park Community Center. Commuters get the rare combination of frequent Metra MD-N service into Union Station and direct car access to I-94 via the Edens Spur, which puts O'Hare within roughly 15 miles via the Tri-State Tollway. The corporate footprint (Walgreens Boots Alliance, and historically Caterpillar and Mondelez) keeps an unusual share of professional jobs near home for residents who do not commute downtown.
Neighborhoods
Detailed Deerfield 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 Deerfield.
Boundary lines do shift. Always confirm in writing for a specific address before writing an offer.
- D109Grades K to 8
Deerfield Public Schools District 109
Schools serving the area
- Kipling Elementary
- South Park Elementary
- Walden Elementary
- Wilmot Elementary
- Caruso Middle School
- Shepard Middle School
K-8 district serving Deerfield with four elementaries and two middle schools, about 3,000 students total, plus the Helping Hands Preschool.
- D113Grades 9 to 12
Township High School District 113
Schools serving the area
- Deerfield High School
- Highland Park High School
Two-school district serving Highland Park, Deerfield, Highwood, Bannockburn, and Riverwoods with about 3,000 students total across a community of roughly 60,000 residents. Deerfield kids primarily attend Deerfield HS.
Around town
What there is to do in Deerfield.
A handful of the places people who live here actually use. Not a directory.
- Shopping
The Shops at Deerfield Square
Downtown lifestyle center at 740 Waukegan Road with Whole Foods, Barnes & Noble, Athleta, Bartaco, Rosebud, and Cafe Zupas.
- Parks
Jewett Park
Deerfield Park District flagship park at Deerfield and Waukegan Roads with multiple playgrounds, athletic fields, a pavilion with outdoor fireplace, and an 11,000 sq ft poured concrete skate park rebuilt in 2020.
- Parks
Brickyards Park and Kenny Rudin Playground
13-acre park at 375 Elm Street with a basketball court, soccer field, pavilion, picnic areas, a sleigh slope for winter, and the destination Kenny Rudin Playground (renamed in 2020).
- Family
Deerfield Golf Club and Learning Center
Park District municipal golf facility with a learning center.
- Culture
Patty Turner Center
Senior center at 375 Elm Street opened in 2003, serving 700-plus active adult members with fitness, arts, lectures, and excursions.
- Family
Sachs Recreation Center
Indoor recreation hub operated by the Deerfield Park District.
Getting around
Commute + transit from Deerfield.
MetraMD-N line
- Stations: Deerfield
- Terminal: Chicago Union Station
- Distance: 24.6 miles to downtown Chicago
DriveBy car
- Routes: Waukegan Road (IL 43) · Lake Cook Road · Deerfield Road · I-94 / Edens Spur via Lake Cook and Deerfield Road exits
- O'Hare Airport: ~25 min
- Chicago Loop: ~45 min
By the numbers
Deerfield taxes + market stats.
Property tax rates vary by exact township and assessor district. Confirm per address before pricing a purchase.
Property tax rate
2.81%
effective avg
Sales tax
8.00%
combined
Median sold price
$625,000
MRED · last 12 mo (277 sales)
Median household income
$181,660
ACS
How Deerfield got here
A bit of history.
The area that became Deerfield was originally home to the Potawatomi, Miami, Kickapoo, and Peoria peoples and was settled in 1835 by Horace Lamb and Jacob Cadwell, who first called it Cadwell's Corner. By 1840 the settlement was called Leclair (often rendered as Le Clerc), and within a decade settler John Millen proposed renaming it after his Massachusetts hometown of Deerfield, citing the herds of deer in the area. The name change carried by a vote of 17 to 13. The Village of Deerfield was formally incorporated on April 14, 1903, with a population in the low 400s and John C. Ender serving as the first Village President.
Deerfield grew explosively in the postwar boom, jumping from 3,288 residents in 1950 to 11,779 by 1960. The Walgreens corporate presence anchored the village's modern identity, with the company's global headquarters now at 108 Wilmot Road. The Shops at Deerfield Square opened in 2000 as a downtown lifestyle center, reshaping the village core around Waukegan Road. Caterpillar named Deerfield as its new global headquarters in 2017 and completed the move in 2018, before announcing in 2022 that it would relocate the HQ to Irving, Texas. Mondelez International similarly used Deerfield as its HQ before relocating to Chicago's Fulton Market in 2020.
The questions buyers actually ask
Deerfield FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Deerfield. If yours isn't here, text 815-355-0582, same-day reply.
- What high school do Deerfield kids attend?
- Most attend Deerfield High School in Township High School District 113. District 113 also operates Highland Park High School and serves Bannockburn, Riverwoods, Highwood, and parts of Highland Park.
- How is the commute into downtown Chicago?
- The Deerfield Metra station sits on the Milwaukee District North Line at 860 Deerfield Road, 24.6 miles from Union Station. Drivers can also use the Edens Spur (I-94) via Lake Cook Road or Deerfield Road exits on the Tri-State Tollway.
- Which corporations are headquartered in Deerfield?
- Walgreens Boots Alliance has its global headquarters at 108 Wilmot Road. Caterpillar made Deerfield its global headquarters in 2018 before announcing in 2022 it would move to Irving, Texas. Mondelez International was headquartered in Deerfield until moving to Chicago's Fulton Market in 2020.
- What do property taxes look like?
- Ownwell reports an average property tax rate of about 2.81 percent in Deerfield, with a median annual tax bill of approximately $13,249, reflecting higher home values than the rest of Lake County.
- What is the typical home price in Deerfield?
- The Zillow Home Value Index for Deerfield is roughly $625,254 as of February 2026, up 6.9 percent year over year. Within the 60015 ZIP, the typical value is around $561,558.
- How does the Deerfield-Highland Park school boundary work?
- Although Deerfield kids primarily attend Deerfield High School, both Deerfield HS and Highland Park HS are part of the same district, Township High School District 113, and the district's headquarters is in Highland Park. Attendance boundaries split the district between the two schools.
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