Gilberts · Kane County · IL
Homes for sale in
Gilberts.
- Active listings
- 12
- Median list
- $351K
- Avg time on market
- 14 days
- Sold · last year
- 0
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Active listings
12 homes on the market
About the community
Living in Gilberts.
Gilberts is a small village in northern Kane County, set along Galligan Road between Huntley to the northwest and West Dundee and Elgin to the east. The 2020 Census put the population at 8,366, and the village has grown roughly 580 percent since 2000 as I-90 and Randall Road corridor expansion pushed new construction west out of Elgin. Most of the housing stock is newer subdivision product, anchored by Timber Trails (built 2001 to 2007) and The Conservancy (built 2015 to 2023 by Ryan Homes). Kids attend Community Unit School District 300, with Gilberts Elementary located in the village itself. Property taxes run on the higher side for Kane County, with a median effective rate around 2.70 percent, which is something to underwrite before you write the offer.
At a glance
~8,400 residents
8,366 at the 2020 Census, up roughly 580 percent since 2000.
Community Unit School District 300
Gilberts Elementary School is in the village. Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville is the D300 high school for the area.
Galligan Road + I-90
Primary north-south village corridor. I-90 access via Randall Road in Elgin, about 5 miles east.
Timber Trails + The Conservancy
Two flagship subdivisions. Timber Trails (2001 to 2007) is the older mixed product; The Conservancy is the newer Ryan Homes community (2015 to 2023).
No Metra in town
Closest station is Big Timber Road (MD-W) in Elgin, about 5 miles east.
Median home value ~$410K
Zillow Home Value Index 2026. Median household income runs around $120K per Data USA.
Two-township footprint
Mostly in Rutland Township, with a small eastern portion in Dundee Township.
Dundee Township Park District
40-plus park system covering Gilberts and neighboring communities.
What’s close
Gilberts sits in northern Kane County, mostly in Rutland Township, along the Galligan Road and Big Timber Road corridors between Huntley and Elgin.
- Primary corridors
- Galligan Road (north-south) and Big Timber Road (east-west). I-90 access via Randall Road in Elgin, about 5 miles east.
- Northern edge
- Village limits extend north to the McHenry County line, where Huntley begins.
- Neighbors
- Huntley to the northwest, Pingree Grove to the west, West Dundee and Elgin to the east.
- Subdivisions
- Timber Trails (2001 to 2007) and The Conservancy (2015 to 2023, Ryan Homes) are the two flagship communities.
- Schools
- Gilberts Elementary School (D300) sits inside the village. Older students attend Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville.
- Closest Metra
- Big Timber Road station on the MD-W line in Elgin, about 5 miles east.
What it’s actually like to live here
Daily life in Gilberts is family and commuter oriented, with most households living in newer subdivision product built in the last 20 years. The village reports about 2,800 households at an average size of 2 people, and roughly 79 percent are family households per Data USA. Kids walk or get bussed to Gilberts Elementary in the village and feed up through Community Unit School District 300 schools elsewhere in the district. Median age is about 40, which tracks with the dominant move-up family buyer in The Conservancy and Timber Trails.
Shopping and dining mostly happen on the Randall Road retail corridor in Algonquin and South Elgin, a short drive east, while everyday errands and farm-market trips often pull residents into Huntley to the northwest for Tom's Farm Market. Outdoor time is anchored by Dundee Township Park District facilities, which serve portions of Gilberts as part of a 40-plus park system across Kane County communities. Commuters typically drive Galligan or Big Timber Road to Randall Road, jump on I-90 in Elgin for O'Hare or downtown Chicago, or pick up the Metra Milwaukee District West line at the Big Timber Road station in Elgin. It is a quiet small-village feel wrapped around a much bigger commuter pattern.
Neighborhoods
Detailed Gilberts 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 Gilberts.
Boundary lines do shift. Always confirm in writing for a specific address before writing an offer.
- D300Grades Pre-K - 12
Community Unit School District 300
Schools serving the area
- Gilberts Elementary School (in Gilberts)
- Dundee-Crown High School (Carpentersville)
- Westfield Community School
- Lake in the Hills Elementary
- Lincoln Prairie Elementary
District 300 covers 118 square miles across northern Kane County and portions of Cook, DeKalb, and McHenry counties. Gilberts Elementary sits inside the village; older students attend Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville. Verify the exact attendance boundary for any specific address at d300.org/realtor.
From the neighborhood
Around Gilberts
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@itsabbysworldafterallAround town
What there is to do in Gilberts.
A handful of the places people who live here actually use. Not a directory.
- Parks
Dundee Township Park District
40-plus parks and facilities serving Gilberts and neighboring communities across Kane County.
- Family
Tom's Farm Market
Family-run market with greenhouses, bakery, coffee bar and lunch cafe at 10214 Algonquin Road in nearby Huntley.
- Family
Gilberts Elementary School
The village's own D300 elementary school and a regular hub for community events.
- Culture
Village of Gilberts Civic Center
Municipal complex at 87 Galligan Road. Village events, board meetings, and parks programming.
- Family
The Conservancy
Ryan Homes community west of Galligan Road and north of Freeman Road, built 2015 to 2023.
- Family
Timber Trails
Single-family, townhouse and condo community north of Big Timber Road and west of Tyrell Road, built 2001 to 2007.
Getting around
Commute + transit from Gilberts.
DriveBy car
- Routes: Galligan Road · Big Timber Road · Randall Road · I-90 (via Randall Road in Elgin)
- O'Hare Airport: ~50 min
- Chicago Loop: ~65 min
- Big Timber Road Metra (Elgin): ~10 min
By the numbers
Gilberts taxes + market stats.
Property tax rates vary by exact township and assessor district. Confirm per address before pricing a purchase.
Property tax rate
2.70%
effective avg
Sales tax
8.00%
combined
Median sold price
$405,000
MRED · last 12 mo (116 sales)
Median household income
$119,719
ACS
How Gilberts got here
A bit of history.
Gilberts traces its founding to the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (now Union Pacific), which opened a stop called Gilberts Station around 1852 named after the Gilbert family, the largest landowners in the area. A post office was established near the station soon after, and the small farm-and-rail community was formally incorporated as a village in 1890 with a board of trustees and village president. Gilberts stayed rural for decades, and did not even have electricity until the Rural Electrification Administration brought it during the New Deal era.
For most of the 20th century Gilberts remained a tiny rail-stop village, but the proximity of Interstate 90 and the westward push of Elgin set off a development boom starting around 2000. The population grew roughly 580 percent between 2000 and the present, with Timber Trails (2001 to 2007) and later The Conservancy (2015 to 2023) bringing thousands of new single-family homes north of Big Timber Road and west of Galligan Road. Today Gilberts is overwhelmingly newer subdivision housing wrapped around what is still a small village government on Galligan Road.
The questions buyers actually ask
Gilberts FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Gilberts. If yours isn't here, text 815-355-0582, same-day reply.
- What school district does Gilberts belong to?
- Gilberts is served by Community Unit School District 300, headquartered in Algonquin. Gilberts Elementary School sits inside the village, and Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville is the district high school for the Gilberts service area. Always verify the attendance boundary for a specific address at d300.org/realtor.
- How is the commute from Gilberts to downtown Chicago or O'Hare?
- There is no Metra station inside Gilberts. Most commuters drive about 5 miles east to the Big Timber Road station in Elgin and take the Metra Milwaukee District West line into Union Station, roughly 1 hour 25 minutes. By car, I-90 picked up at Randall Road in Elgin runs you to O'Hare in about 50 minutes or downtown in about an hour depending on traffic.
- What neighborhoods or subdivisions should I look at in Gilberts?
- Two stand out. Timber Trails, built 2001 to 2007 north of Big Timber Road and west of Tyrell Road, mixes single-family, townhouse, and condo product. The Conservancy is the newer Ryan Homes community west of Galligan Road and north of Freeman Road, built 2015 to 2023, and tends to be where the move-up buyer for new construction has been concentrated.
- What are property taxes like in Gilberts?
- They run on the higher side. The median effective property tax rate is about 2.70 percent per Ownwell, above the Kane County median of around 2.49 percent and well above the national median near 1.02 percent. Always pull the actual bill from the Kane County assessor before writing an offer.
- How is Gilberts different from Huntley or Lake in the Hills?
- Gilberts is the smallest of the three, about 8,400 residents versus much larger Huntley and Lake in the Hills, and it has no Metra station or major retail strip of its own. The flip side is that Gilberts is mostly newer subdivision product on a small-village footprint, with quick Randall Road and I-90 access without the build-out scale of its neighbors.
- What is The Conservancy at Timber Trails?
- They are actually two separate Gilberts subdivisions, often confused. Timber Trails is the older community (2001 to 2007), and The Conservancy is the newer Ryan Homes community (2015 to 2023) west of Galligan Road and north of Freeman Road. If a listing references The Conservancy at Timber Trails, confirm with the listing agent which neighborhood it actually sits in.
- What is the sales tax in Gilberts?
- The combined sales tax rate in Gilberts is 8.0 percent as of 2026, which is the 6.25 percent Illinois state rate plus county and local additions.
Your local agent
Joe knows Gilberts
Most agents will list anything. I focus on the communities I actually know, and the details that determine resale value here aren't in the MLS write-up: which lots back to open space, which streets carry the most consistent demand, which floor plans buyers ask for by name, and what each HOA actually covers.
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