Downers Grove · DuPage County · IL
Homes for sale in
Downers Grove.
- Active listings
- 75
- Median list
- $600K
- Avg time on market
- 20 days
- Sold · last year
- 715
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Active listings
75 homes on the market
About the community
Living in Downers Grove.
Downers Grove is a village of roughly 50,000 residents in central DuPage County, planted on the BNSF Metra line midway between Chicago and Aurora. Three downtown-adjacent Metra stations (Main Street, Belmont, and Fairview Avenue) push commuters into Chicago Union Station in roughly 30 to 40 minutes. The walkable Main Street core is anchored by the 1928 Tivoli Theatre, a French Renaissance-style movie house still operated by Classic Cinemas. Families typically draw on Downers Grove Grade School District 58 for K-8 and Community High School District 99 for North High and South High, a two-campus high school district. Housing stock spans pre-war bungalows near the tracks, mid-century ranches, and newer teardown rebuilds, with deep lots and mature trees in established neighborhoods like Denburn Woods and Pierce Downer. Downers Grove also hosts Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital and the corporate headquarters of Dover Corporation, giving the village an employment base beyond the Loop commute.
At a glance
~50,000 residents
2020 Census population 50,247. Mid-county anchor along the BNSF rail corridor.
Three BNSF Metra stations
Main Street, Belmont, and Fairview Avenue stations all sit inside village limits on the BNSF Line.
~30-40 min to Union Station
Roughly 22 rail miles to Chicago Union Station, with run times of 30 to 40 minutes depending on the train.
D58 + D99 schools
Downers Grove Grade School District 58 (K-8) feeds Community High School District 99 (Downers Grove North and Downers Grove South).
Tivoli Theatre
1928 French Renaissance movie palace at 5021 Highland Avenue, still operated by Classic Cinemas with first- and second-run films plus live shows.
Advocate Good Samaritan
Full-service hospital at 3815 Highland Avenue, the village's anchor medical campus.
I-88, I-355, Ogden Ave
I-88 along the north edge, I-355 along the west edge, and US 34 (Ogden Avenue) as the primary surface arterial.
Dover Corporation HQ
Dover, the diversified industrial manufacturer, is headquartered in Downers Grove, keeping a meaningful share of professional jobs inside village limits.
What’s close
Downers Grove sits in central DuPage County, about 22 miles west of downtown Chicago, with daily life organized around the BNSF rail corridor and the walkable Main Street downtown.
- Downtown Main Street core
- Restaurants, retail, the Saturday farmers market, and the Main Street Metra platform all within a few blocks of one another.
- Main Street Metra Station
- 5121 Main Street, BNSF Line outbound from Chicago Union Station, served by Downers Grove's busiest platform.
- Tivoli Theatre
- 5021 Highland Avenue. The historic 1928 movie palace and live venue that anchors the entertainment side of downtown.
- Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
- 3815 Highland Avenue. Full-service hospital and major regional employer.
- Lyman Woods Nature Center
- 901 31st Street, 150 acres of oak woods, prairie, and marsh, one of the few intact pre-settlement landscapes in town.
- Belmont Golf Club
- 2420 Haddow Avenue. Public 9-hole course on the site of the first 18-hole golf course in the United States, opened in 1892.
What it’s actually like to live here
Downers Grove sells itself as a family suburb with a real downtown. Saturday mornings revolve around the Downtown Downers Grove Market at the Main Street train station, evenings draw people to the Tivoli for first- and second-run films or live performances, and the rest of the week the Main Street grid stays active with restaurants and small shops. Compared with newer DuPage subdivisions, the village has the walkable, gridded feel of a railroad town, with deep lots and mature canopy in older neighborhoods like Denburn Woods and Pierce Downer.
The commute equation is straightforward. Three BNSF Metra stations (Main Street, Belmont, and Fairview Avenue) land riders into Union Station in roughly half an hour, and I-88 plus I-355 give drivers fast access to both the Loop and the western office corridor. Schools are a steady draw, with Grade School District 58 feeding into Community High School District 99 (North High and South High), and the southern fringe of town overlapping into Woodridge District 68 elementary territory in pockets. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital and Dover Corporation's headquarters keep a meaningful share of professional jobs inside the village limits.
Neighborhoods
Detailed Downers Grove 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 Downers Grove.
Boundary lines do shift. Always confirm in writing for a specific address before writing an offer.
- D58Grades K – 8
Downers Grove Grade School District 58
Schools serving the area
- Belle Aire Elementary
- Highland Elementary
- Kingsley Elementary
- Herrick Middle School
- O'Neill Middle School
About 4,900 students across 11 elementary schools and 2 middle schools. Serves Downers Grove plus portions of Darien, Lisle, Lombard, Oak Brook, Westmont, and Woodridge.
- D99Grades 9 – 12
Community High School District 99
Schools serving the area
- Downers Grove North High School
- Downers Grove South High School
Two-campus district with more than 5,300 students. DGN opened in 1928, DGS opened in 1964 to relieve crowding. The attendance boundary splits the village roughly north-south. Both campuses completed major renovations in 2021 under the 2018 capital referendum.
- D68Grades K – 8
Woodridge School District 68
Schools serving the area
- Goodrich Elementary
- Jefferson Junior High
Some southern Downers Grove addresses (about 6 percent of D68 enrollment) attend Woodridge 68 elementary, then feed into District 99 high schools.
From the neighborhood
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What there is to do in Downers Grove.
A handful of the places people who live here actually use. Not a directory.
- Culture
Tivoli Theatre
Historic 1928 movie palace owned by Classic Cinemas with first- and second-run films plus live shows.
- Parks
Lyman Woods Nature Center
150 acres of preserved oak woods, prairie, and marsh with an interpretive center off 31st Street.
- Family
Belmont Golf Club
Public 9-hole course at 2420 Haddow Avenue on the site of the first 18-hole golf course in the United States, opened 1892.
- Culture
Downers Grove Museum (Blodgett House)
1892 Charles Blodgett House on Maple Avenue, operated as the village museum by the Downers Grove Park District.
- Shopping
Downtown Downers Grove
Walkable Main Street downtown around the BNSF Metra station with restaurants, independent shops, and a weekly farmers market in season.
- Parks
Downers Grove Park District
Manages 50-plus parks and recreation facilities across the village, including pools, ice arena, and sports complexes.
Getting around
Commute + transit from Downers Grove.
MetraBNSF line
- Stations: Main Street, Belmont, Fairview Avenue
- Terminal: Chicago Union Station
- Distance: 22 miles to downtown Chicago
DriveBy car
- Routes: I-88 (Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway) · I-355 (Veterans Memorial Tollway) · US 34 (Ogden Avenue) · 63rd Street
- Chicago Loop: ~30 min
- O'Hare Airport: ~30 min
By the numbers
Downers Grove taxes + market stats.
Property tax rates vary by exact township and assessor district. Confirm per address before pricing a purchase.
Property tax rate
1.86%
effective avg
Sales tax
8.50%
combined
Median sold price
$492,250
MRED · last 12 mo (715 sales)
Median household income
$97,197
ACS
How Downers Grove got here
A bit of history.
Downers Grove was founded in 1832 by Pierce Downer, a farmer who came west from Rutland, New York, and settled in a stand of bur oaks that gave the future village its name. Early settler families (the Blodgetts, Curtisses, Blanchards, Stanleys, Lymans, and Carpenters) built farmsteads across what is now central DuPage County. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad reached Downers Grove in the early 1860s, with regular commuter service to Chicago starting in 1864, which gave the settlement a daily link to the city and set the pattern for the rail-oriented village that exists today. Downers Grove formally incorporated in March 1873.
Through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the village grew as a quiet rail suburb. In 1928 the Tivoli Theatre opened on Highland Avenue as a French Renaissance-style movie palace, only the second American theater designed and built specifically for talking pictures. Postwar decades brought subdivision growth on former farmland, the construction of I-88 to the north in 1958, the opening of South High in 1964 to relieve crowding at the original Downers Grove High School (now North), and I-355 to the west in 1989, all of which cemented Downers Grove as a full-service Chicago suburb. By the 2020 Census the village counted 50,247 residents.
The questions buyers actually ask
Downers Grove FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Downers Grove. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- How many Metra stations are in Downers Grove?
- Three, all on the BNSF Line. Main Street at 5121 Main Street, Belmont about 22.9 rail miles from Chicago Union Station, and Fairview Avenue about 20.3 rail miles in. Trains run inbound to Union Station in roughly 30 to 40 minutes.
- Is Downers Grove walkable?
- The downtown core around Main Street and the Tivoli Theatre is genuinely walkable, with restaurants, shops, the Saturday farmers market, and the Main Street Metra platform within a few blocks. Many older neighborhoods like Denburn Woods, Pierce Downer, and the Maple Avenue corridor are gridded with sidewalks and mature trees.
- What is the difference between DGN and DGS?
- Both are part of Community High School District 99. Downers Grove North (DGN) is the original campus, opened in 1928. Downers Grove South (DGS) opened in 1964 to relieve crowding. The two attendance boundaries split the village roughly north-south, and both campuses completed major renovations in 2021 under the 2018 capital referendum.
- What elementary district serves Downers Grove?
- Most of the village is in Downers Grove Grade School District 58, which serves about 4,900 K-8 students across 11 elementary schools and 2 middle schools. Pockets of the southern village fall into Woodridge School District 68 instead, which also feeds into District 99 high schools.
- What are property taxes like in Downers Grove?
- Ownwell reports an effective property tax rate of about 1.86 percent in Downers Grove, with a median annual bill near $6,847. That is higher than the national median but lower than the Illinois state median.
- How far is Downers Grove from downtown Chicago?
- About 22 miles by BNSF rail to Union Station, roughly 30 to 40 minutes depending on the train. By car, the Loop is about 23 miles via I-290 and runs around 30 minutes outside of rush hour.
- What neighborhoods should I look at in Downers Grove?
- Walkable in-town buyers gravitate to Denburn Woods, Pierce Downer, and the streets around Maple Avenue and the Main Street train station. Newer subdivisions sit toward the village's southern and western edges. Downtown-proximate areas command a premium for the combination of mature lots, the Tivoli, and the short Metra walk.
Your local agent
Joe knows Downers Grove
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