Glen Ellyn · DuPage County · IL
Homes for sale in
Glen Ellyn.
- Active listings
- 57
- Median list
- $600K
- Avg time on market
- 9 days
- Sold · last year
- 446
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Active listings
57 homes on the market
About the community
Living in Glen Ellyn.
Glen Ellyn is a roughly 7-square-mile DuPage village of about 28,800 residents, sitting 22 miles west of the Loop along the Union Pacific West Metra line. The village wraps around Lake Ellyn and the Glenbard West campus, with a tight historic downtown of locally owned shops and restaurants on Main Street and Crescent Boulevard. Families come for Glen Ellyn School District 41 (K-8) and Glenbard West High School in District 87, both consistently ranked among the strongest in the western suburbs. College of DuPage, the largest community college in Illinois, anchors the south side of the village and brings the McAninch Arts Center and Cleve Carney Museum with it. Roosevelt Road, IL-53, and I-355 ring the village, putting O'Hare roughly 35 minutes away in normal traffic.
At a glance
~28,800 residents
Central DuPage village along the UP-W corridor, 28,846 at the 2020 Census.
Metra UP-W
Two stations in the village (Glen Ellyn and College Avenue), about 35 minutes to Ogilvie.
D41 + Glenbard West
Glen Ellyn SD 41 for K-8 and Glenbard West HS in District 87, both top-tier in the western suburbs.
Lake Ellyn
25-acre lake created in 1889 with the historic 1935 WPA-built Boathouse on the National Register.
College of DuPage
425-acre campus on the south side, the largest community college in Illinois, plus the McAninch Arts Center and Cleve Carney Museum.
Main Street Historic District
Eleven buildings from 1874 to 1890 still anchor the downtown north of the BNSF tracks.
Taxes around 2.38%
Effective property tax rate roughly 2.38 percent per Ownwell, with a median bill near $9,300.
I-355 + IL-53 access
Roosevelt Road, IL-53, and I-355 ring the village, putting O'Hare and I-88 minutes away.
What’s close
Glen Ellyn sits in central DuPage County, about 22 miles west of the Loop and ringed by I-355, IL-53, and Roosevelt Road.
- Downtown / Main Street
- Walkable historic downtown around Main Street and Crescent Blvd, anchored by the Glen Ellyn Metra station and the Main Street Historic District.
- Glenbard West HS
- Glenbard West sits at 670 Crescent Blvd on a hill overlooking Lake Ellyn. Hadley Junior High is just southwest on Hawthorne Blvd.
- Lake Ellyn Park
- 25-acre lake and park at 645 Lenox Rd with the 1935 WPA Boathouse, fishing piers, and tennis courts.
- College of DuPage
- 425-acre campus on Fawell Blvd anchors the south side, bringing the McAninch Arts Center and Cleve Carney Museum to the village.
- Metra stations
- Glen Ellyn station at 551 Crescent Blvd and College Avenue station to the south, both on the UP-W line.
- Park district + forest preserve
- Glen Ellyn Park District (established 1919) plus the adjacent Churchill Woods Forest Preserve along the East Branch DuPage River.
What it’s actually like to live here
Daily life in Glen Ellyn revolves around the downtown grid and the Metra platform. Commuters catch UP-W trains from the Crescent Boulevard station, walk to Nobel House or Santa Fe for dinner, and end up at Lake Ellyn for catch-and-release fishing or laps around the path under Glenbard West's hill. The village skews family-oriented, with a median age around 41 and median household income near $133,000. Buyers are typically Chicago-transplant professionals trading a city condo for a four-bedroom on a tree-lined lot, plus longtime locals upsizing inside the D41 boundaries.
Inventory leans toward vintage stock: Queen Anne, Italianate, and Gothic Revival homes in the older neighborhoods near downtown and Lake Ellyn, with mid-century and newer construction further from the core in Arboretum Estates, Butterfield West, and Woodglen / Baker Hill. The market is competitive: Zillow's Glen Ellyn home value index sits around $484,000 and rising, and detached single-family medians have pushed past $600,000. Property taxes run real, around 2.38 percent effective, but buyers pay it for the schools and the walkability.
Neighborhoods
Detailed Glen Ellyn 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 Glen Ellyn.
Boundary lines do shift. Always confirm in writing for a specific address before writing an offer.
- D41Grades K – 8
Glen Ellyn School District 41
Schools serving the area
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary
- Ben Franklin Elementary
- Churchill Elementary
- Forest Glen Elementary
- Hadley Junior High
Serves most of Glen Ellyn plus parts of Glendale Heights, Carol Stream, Lombard, and Wheaton. Confirm the address with the district.
- D87Grades 9 – 12
Glenbard Township High School District 87
Schools serving the area
- Glenbard West High School
Glen Ellyn residents typically feed into Glenbard West at 670 Crescent Blvd. District 87 also operates Glenbard South, East, and North for surrounding towns.
From the neighborhood
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What there is to do in Glen Ellyn.
A handful of the places people who live here actually use. Not a directory.
- Parks
Lake Ellyn Park
25-acre lake with the historic 1935 WPA Boathouse, fishing piers, tennis courts, and a Veterans Memorial at 645 Lenox Road.
- Culture
Stacy's Tavern Museum
1846 wayside inn at Geneva Rd and Main, restored and operated by the Glen Ellyn Historical Society.
- Culture
McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage
200+ performances a season at the College of DuPage campus, plus the Cleve Carney Museum of Art.
- Food & Drink
Nobel House
Chef-driven smokehouse and seafood spot on N Main Street with 36+ taps and a covered patio.
- Food & Drink
Santa Fe Restaurant
Family-owned Mexican spot on Main Street since 1981, known for margaritas and a packed downtown patio.
- Parks
Churchill Woods Forest Preserve
DuPage Forest Preserve land along the East Branch DuPage River with trails, fishing, and the Babcock Grove savanna.
Getting around
Commute + transit from Glen Ellyn.
MetraUP-W line
- Stations: Glen Ellyn, College Avenue
- Terminal: Chicago Ogilvie (OTC)
- Distance: 22 miles to downtown Chicago
DriveBy car
- Routes: Roosevelt Road (IL-38) · IL-53 · I-355 (Veterans Memorial Tollway) · I-88 (just south)
- O'Hare Airport: ~35 min
- Chicago Loop: ~40 min
By the numbers
Glen Ellyn taxes + market stats.
Property tax rates vary by exact township and assessor district. Confirm per address before pricing a purchase.
Property tax rate
2.38%
effective avg
Sales tax
8.25%
combined
Median sold price
$549,950
MRED · last 12 mo (446 sales)
Median household income
$133,346
ACS
How Glen Ellyn got here
A bit of history.
The first European-American settlers arrived in 1833, and by the 1840s the crossroads at St. Charles Road, Geneva Road, and Main Street was called Fish's Corners. Moses Stacy built his home there in 1846 and opened it as a wayside inn for travelers running between Chicago and the Fox River Valley, today preserved as Stacy's Tavern Museum and run by the Glen Ellyn Historical Society. The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad came through in 1849, and after landowner Lewey Q. Newton donated land for a depot and water tank, trains finally started stopping, shifting the village center to what is now the downtown around the Metra station.
The village cycled through several names (Babcock's Grove, DuPage Center, Newton's Station, Danby, Prospect Park) before adopting Glen Ellyn in 1889, when village president Thomas E. Hill and businessman Philo Stacy dammed a stream to create Lake Glen Ellyn, today's Lake Ellyn. The Village of Glen Ellyn was officially incorporated on May 10, 1892. The eleven buildings of the Glen Ellyn Main Street Historic District, built between 1874 and 1890, still anchor the north side of downtown. Lake Ellyn Boathouse was designed in 1935 by local architect Frederick G. Walker and built by the WPA, and it sits on the National Register of Historic Places.
The questions buyers actually ask
Glen Ellyn FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Glen Ellyn. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- Which high school do Glen Ellyn kids attend?
- Most Glen Ellyn students attend Glenbard West High School at 670 Crescent Blvd, part of Glenbard Township High School District 87. A small portion of southern Glen Ellyn can feed Glenbard South, so confirm the address before assuming.
- What's the commute to downtown Chicago?
- Glen Ellyn has two stops on the Metra UP-W line: Glen Ellyn at 551 Crescent Blvd and College Avenue to the south. Express trains hit Ogilvie Transportation Center in about 35 to 40 minutes, with the village sitting 22.4 miles east of downtown.
- How high are property taxes in Glen Ellyn?
- The effective property tax rate is roughly 2.38 percent per Ownwell, with a median annual bill near $9,300. That is above the Illinois median but lower than several DuPage neighbors. Buyers typically pay the bill for the D41 + Glenbard West school combination.
- What kind of houses are for sale in Glen Ellyn?
- A mix of vintage Queen Anne, Italianate, and Gothic Revival homes near downtown and Lake Ellyn, plus mid-century and newer construction in subdivisions like Arboretum Estates, Butterfield West, and Woodglen / Baker Hill. Tear-down infill on premium streets is a real factor at the top of the market.
- What's there to do downtown?
- Walkable historic downtown along Main Street and Crescent Blvd, with restaurants like Nobel House and Santa Fe, locally owned shops, the Glen Ellyn Metra station as the anchor, and Lake Ellyn just north up the hill.
- Is Lake Ellyn actually a lake?
- Yes, a 25-acre lake created in 1889 by damming a local stream. The 1935 WPA-built Boathouse is on the National Register of Historic Places and the park still hosts catch-and-release fishing, tennis courts, and a paved loop trail.
- What's the College of DuPage angle?
- College of DuPage is the largest community college in Illinois, with a 425-acre campus on Glen Ellyn's south side. It brings the McAninch Arts Center, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art, and a meaningful daytime population to the village without changing the residential character.
Nearby
Towns next to Glen Ellyn.
If you’re cross-shopping the area, these are the places that border Glen Ellyn.
Your local agent
Joe knows Glen Ellyn
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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- Honest local market take
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