Gurnee · Lake County · IL
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About the community
An established Warren Township subdivision with a Gurnee address.
Country Towne is a compact, fully grown subdivision between Almond Road, Washington Street, and Gages Lake Road, entered from Julie Lane and Homestead Road. The association counts 140 single-family homes plus four separately governed townhome complexes, built by Towne Development Group off a final plat recorded in July 1987. The detail that matters most to a buyer is one that many listing sites get wrong: despite the Gurnee mailing address, Country Towne is in unincorporated Warren Township, outside village limits, so Lake County issues the permits. Its other defining feature is adjacency. The Warren Township civic campus, Woodland Middle School, and the Warren Township High School Almond Campus are all essentially across the street.
At a glance
140 homes plus townhomes
The association counts 140 single-family homes and four separately governed townhome complexes.
Unincorporated Warren Township
A Gurnee mailing address outside village limits, so permits and code enforcement run through Lake County.
Woodland District 50
One school per grade band district-wide, so there is no elementary boundary question inside the district.
High school next door
The Warren Township High School Almond Campus, which houses grades 11 and 12, sits adjacent to the subdivision.
Township campus across the street
Warren Township Park, township hall, and the senior and teen centers face the neighborhood on Almond Road.
Low annual assessment
POACT is self-managed and bills single-family owners $175 for 2026, due March 1.
Cedar shake roof covenant
The recorded covenants specify roof materials, and the board maintains an approved alternatives list for re-roofing.
Two miles to Grand Avenue
Gurnee Mills, Six Flags Great America, and the I-94 interchange are about two miles east.
What’s close
Country Towne sits between Almond Road, Washington Street, and Gages Lake Road in Warren Township, with entrances on Julie Lane and Homestead Road and I-94 reached via the Grand Avenue interchange.
- Schools
- Woodland District 50 for pre-K through 8, then Warren Township High School District 121, whose Almond Campus is adjacent to the subdivision.
- Parks and civic
- Warren Township Park, township hall, the senior center, and the teen center directly across Almond Road, with playgrounds, paths, a sledding hill, and a skate plaza.
- Shopping
- Gurnee Mills and the Grand Avenue retail corridor about two miles east, along with Six Flags Great America and Great Wolf Lodge.
- Highway
- I-94, the Tri-State Tollway, reached from the Grand Avenue interchange.
- Train
- No Metra station in Gurnee. Rail commuters drive to Waukegan on the Union Pacific North line or to Washington Street in Grayslake on the North Central Service.
- Hospital
- Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan and Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, with urgent care closer in Gurnee.
What it’s actually like to live here
Country Towne is what a late-1980s Lake County subdivision looks like when it has stayed small and aged well. One hundred forty single-family homes and four townhome clusters, entered from Julie Lane or Homestead Road, laid out with sidewalks and street lighting and stitched together by association-owned open space. The houses still read like their era: two-story and split-level plans, cedar detailing, three and four bedroom layouts, and trees that were saplings when the first families moved in. It is a neighborhood of known quantities rather than surprises, which is the appeal for a buyer who wants real square footage and a yard without paying a new-construction premium.
The location is stronger than the address suggests. The Warren Township civic campus sits directly across the street with township hall, a senior center, a teen center, youth and family services, and Warren Township Park with its playgrounds, picnic areas, paths, sledding hill, and skate plaza. Woodland Middle School is across the street as well, and the Warren Township High School Almond Campus, where juniors and seniors attend, is next door. Two miles east, Grand Avenue delivers Gurnee Mills, Six Flags Great America, Great Wolf Lodge, and the interstate. That combination is unusual: civic and school infrastructure at walking distance, regional retail at driving distance, and interior streets that carry traffic from neither.
The tradeoffs are worth hearing plainly. This is unincorporated Warren Township, not the Village of Gurnee, so permits for a fence, a pool, a re-roof, or an addition go through Lake County rather than the village, and fire and ambulance service comes from the Warren-Waukegan Fire Protection District. Some buyers prefer that arrangement and others find county permitting slower. Lake County property taxes run well above the state median, driven almost entirely by school levies, and unincorporated status does not lower the bill, it swaps a village levy for a fire district levy. The association is self-managed with a token annual assessment, which keeps carrying costs low but means covenants are enforced by volunteer neighbors and there is no clubhouse or pool in the deal for single-family owners. Most practically, the original covenants specify roof materials and the neighborhood was shingled in cedar shake, so anyone facing a re-roof should read the board's approved alternatives policy before ordering materials.
The questions buyers actually ask
Country Towne FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Country Towne. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- How much is the HOA?
- Single-family homes are $15 per month.
- What does the HOA actually cover?
- The Property Owners Association of Country Towne (POACT) is self-managed by resident volunteers and bills single-family owners $175 for 2026, annually rather than monthly, due March 1. Documented association work is maintenance and use enforcement of the common open spaces plus architectural review of roofs, fences, and above-ground pools. At this level the assessment funds administration and common ground, not services like lawn care or snow removal. The four townhome complexes that share the Country Towne name carry their own separate monthly assessments, so confirm which structure applies to a specific home.
- What are property taxes like?
- Roughly $9,000 – $13,000 per year, depending on home size and value. Lake County assessor records are the source of truth. Happy to pull a specific bill on any home you're considering.
- When was Country Towne built?
- Towne Development Group built the community between 1987 and 1996. There are 140+ homes total. Towne Development Group stopped new construction in 1996, so every sale today is a resale.
- 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 Country Towne actually in the Village of Gurnee?
- No, and it matters. Country Towne carries a Gurnee mailing address but sits in unincorporated Warren Township, Lake County, outside village limits. The association states it directly: village ordinances and permits do not apply, and residents follow Warren Township and Lake County guidelines. Permits for fences, pools, roofs, windows, and additions go through Lake County Planning, Building and Development. Fire and ambulance coverage comes from the Warren-Waukegan Fire Protection District, which contracts service from the Gurnee Fire Department. Confirm the fire district assignment for a specific parcel, since neighboring Gages Lake and Wildwood are covered by Grayslake.
- Which schools serve Country Towne?
- Elementary and middle school fall under Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50, and high school under Warren Township High School District 121. Woodland 50 runs one building per grade band, so there is no elementary boundary lottery: Woodland Primary for pre-K and kindergarten, Woodland Elementary for grades 1 through 3, Woodland Intermediate for grades 4 and 5, and Woodland Middle School for grades 6 through 8 on Washington Street, essentially across the street. Warren Township High School places grades 9 and 10 at the O'Plaine Campus and grades 11 and 12 at the Almond Campus next door to the subdivision. Attendance is set by the districts and can change, so confirm the assignment in writing for a specific address.
- Is there an HOA, and what does it cost?
- Yes. The Property Owners Association of Country Towne is a self-managed, volunteer-run Illinois not-for-profit. The single-family assessment is $175 for 2026, billed annually and due March 1, with a late penalty added quarterly after the due date and a lien possible after a year of non-payment. Documented association functions are maintenance and use enforcement of the common open spaces plus architectural review of roofs, fences, and above-ground pools, and the board publishes current and past budgets. The four townhome complexes carrying the Country Towne name have their own separate monthly assessments, so an attached home will not be at the annual single-family figure.
- What are the rules on roofs, fences, and pools?
- This is the covenant question that actually costs money here. The original 1987 building covenants specify roof materials and the neighborhood was built with cedar shake. The updated declaration adopted in December 2018 carries the current roofing requirement along with rules for above-ground pools and a defined fence approval procedure, and the board maintains a cedar shake roof alternative policy with a published list of approved alternative roofing companies. Read the current declaration and that alternatives policy before you order materials or sign a roofing contract. The association posts all of it publicly.
- What should I expect for property taxes?
- Plan on an effective rate in the range of roughly 2.5 to 3.0 percent of market value, which is normal for northern Lake County and well above the Illinois median. The bill is a stack of independent levies rather than one municipal rate, dominated by Woodland District 50 and Warren Township High School District 121, with additional lines for Lake County, the Forest Preserve District, College of Lake County, the Township of Warren, the fire protection district, and the Warren-Newport Public Library District. Do not assume unincorporated status lowers the bill. Illinois exemptions change a specific bill materially, so verify the actual figure per parcel with the county.
- What do homes here cost, and how is the market moving?
- Rather than freeze a number into a sentence that goes stale, use the Market snapshot on this page. It pulls live from the MLS and shows current pricing, inventory, and pace for Country Towne specifically. In character terms this is one of the more attainable established subdivisions in the Gurnee area for the square footage you get, with the larger four-bedroom detached plans reaching noticeably higher than the smaller and attached units. Because the housing stock dates to the late 1980s and 1990s, condition and mechanical updates drive the spread in value as much as size does, and turnover is low in a neighborhood this small, so a well-updated home tends to draw attention quickly.
- Who is the real estate agent for Country Towne?
- Joe Keegan is the local licensed Illinois real estate broker who covers Country Towne in Gurnee, 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 Country Towne specifically, not national averages, and can help you buy or sell here. Reach Joe at 224-385-8779 or joe@joekeeganhomes.com.
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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
Country Towne, 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 sale price · last 90 days
$435,000
Sold in the last year
7
This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC for the period August 17, 2025 through August 17, 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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