McHenry · McHenry County · IL
Homes for sale in
Oaks of McHenry.
- Active listings
- 1
- Median list
- $425K
- Avg time on market
- 11 days
- Sold · last year
- 4
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About the community
Tree-named streets and a city park, on McHenry's north side.
Oaks of McHenry sits in the pocket between McCullom Lake Road and Richmond Road (Illinois Route 31) on the north side of the City of McHenry. Every street in it is named for a tree, from Almond and Birch to Hemlock, Magnolia and Redwood, and the subdivision was platted in the early 1990s and built out in phases through the mid 2000s. What that buys today is a neighborhood thirty years into its life: full tree canopy, sidewalks and street lights on every loop, and North Oak Park sitting inside the subdivision on Chestnut Drive. The park, the streets and the lighting are maintained by the city rather than by an association, which is why homes here generally carry no association dues.
At a glance
Streets named for trees
Almond, Arbor, Birch, Chestnut, Cottonwood, Hemlock, Magnolia, Pine and Redwood, platted in the early 1990s.
North Oak Park inside
A city-maintained park at 3300 Chestnut Drive with a playground, an open play area and a natural area.
Detached single-family
Two-story and ranch plans, roughly 1,500 to just over 4,000 finished square feet, attached garages and full basements common.
District 15, then District 156
Hilltop for K-3, Duker for 4-5 and McHenry Middle for 6-8, then McHenry High School. Confirm by address.
No association dues on record
No active homeowners association could be verified, and the city maintains the park, streets and lighting. Confirm recorded covenants at closing.
Prairie Trail and a beach
Petersen Park, about a mile northwest, has a swimming beach plus a trailhead on the 25.9-mile Prairie Trail.
Route 31 retail a mile south
Meijer, Home Depot, Kohl's and Aldi along the Richmond Road corridor.
Hospital about three miles
Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, which runs the only open-heart surgery program in McHenry County.
Metra, but limited
The McHenry branch runs roughly three trains each direction on weekdays with no weekend service.
What’s close
The subdivision sits off McCullom Lake Road just east of Illinois Route 31, close enough to the Richmond Road retail corridor for daily errands but set back far enough to stay residential.
- Inside the neighborhood
- North Oak Park at 3300 Chestnut Drive, with a playground, open play area and natural area, maintained by the City of McHenry.
- Parks and trails
- McBark Dog Park under a mile north, and Petersen Park about a mile northwest with a swimming beach and access to the Prairie Trail.
- Shopping
- Meijer, Home Depot, Kohl's, Aldi and the Shoppers Drive stores about a mile south on Richmond Road.
- Hospital
- Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital on West Medical Center Drive, roughly three miles southwest.
- Highway
- Illinois Route 31 on the western edge and Route 120 about two miles south. There is no nearby expressway, with I-90 roughly twenty miles south at Randall Road.
- Train
- McHenry station on the Union Pacific Northwest McHenry branch, about a mile and a half south, weekdays only.
What it’s actually like to live here
Oaks of McHenry is what a well-aged suburban subdivision looks like three decades in. The tree-named streets were platted in the early 1990s and filled in through the mid 2000s, so the canopy has closed over, the landscaping has matured, and the interior loops read as quiet residential lanes rather than cut-throughs. North Oak Park sits inside the subdivision on Chestnut Drive, which means a kid can walk out the front door and be at a playground in a few minutes without crossing an arterial. The city maintains it, along with the streets and the lighting, so residents get the amenity without carrying an association budget for it.
Location is the quiet argument here. The neighborhood is tucked far enough off Richmond Road to feel residential, but the Route 31 retail corridor with a Meijer, a Home Depot, a Kohl's and an Aldi is about a mile away. McBark Dog Park is under a mile, and Petersen Park with its swimming beach and its trailhead on the 25.9-mile Prairie Trail is roughly a mile northwest. Moraine Hills State Park, the Fox River and the Chain O'Lakes are all a short drive, so this is genuinely an outdoors-adjacent address rather than a subdivision with a walking path. All three District 15 buildings are within about a mile and a half, and the hospital is about three miles out.
The honest tradeoffs are the ones you would expect from north McHenry. Commuting is the big one: the Metra station is close, but the McHenry branch runs only about three trains each direction on weekdays and nothing on weekends, so anyone who needs flexible rail drives to Crystal Lake or Pingree Road on the main line instead, and there is no expressway nearby. McHenry County property taxes are high and belong in the monthly math from the start rather than as a surprise later. And the housing stock is at the age where roofs, furnaces, windows and water heaters come due, with the phased build meaning condition varies house to house rather than moving as a block. There is no pool or clubhouse here. What you get instead is a park at the center, little to no association overhead, and short errands.
Market trends
Why this market moves the way it does
Oaks of McHenry trades as a mature, mid-market McHenry subdivision where condition does most of the pricing work. The homes span roughly fifteen years of construction and a wide size range, so per-square-foot comparisons matter more than headline price, and an updated home separates itself quickly from an original one.
What holds value
The fundamentals matter more than the cosmetics here. Buyers want floor plan, lot, and basement, in that order. Cosmetics are the tiebreaker.
- Condition and mechanicals
- Roofs, furnaces, windows and water heaters from the original build are at or past their service life, so a documented replacement history is worth real money here.
- The park inside the subdivision
- North Oak Park is city-maintained and sits within the neighborhood, a durable draw for families that plainer nearby subdivisions do not offer.
- No association overhead
- With no verified active association, buyers are not underwriting a monthly assessment on top of the tax bill, which helps affordability at this price point.
- Size range
- The stock runs from roughly 1,500 to just over 4,000 finished square feet, so the larger four-bedroom plans price into a different bracket than the smaller ranches.
- Lot position
- Homes backing to the park or to the natural area carry an edge over interior lots on the tighter loops.
Real talk
Who shouldn’t buy here
Here is the honest version before you tour.
Verify the association question in writing rather than assuming. No active homeowners association turned up for this subdivision in any directory, management roster or listing detail, and the park and streets are city-maintained. That is a real affordability advantage, but recorded covenants can still exist even where nobody collects dues, so have the seller's disclosure and a title search confirm what is actually on file for the specific parcel.
The train is closer than it is useful. McHenry station is about a mile and a half away, which looks great on a map, until you learn the branch runs roughly three trains each direction on weekdays and nothing at all on weekends or holidays. Riders who need midday or weekend service drive to Crystal Lake or Pingree Road. If you commute downtown on a flexible schedule, drive that trip at rush hour before you commit.
Budget for the age of the house, not the age of the neighborhood. Because the subdivision built out in phases over about fifteen years, two homes on adjacent streets can be a decade apart in vintage and a full replacement cycle apart in condition. Ask for dates on every major system, look hard at the roof and windows, and pay attention to basement moisture management and the age of the sump and drain tile.
One piece of advice
“Oaks of McHenry is one of the better quiet-street buys on the north side of town: mature trees, a city park in the middle of it, groceries a mile away, and no association assessment stacked on top of a McHenry County tax bill. Just go in with clear eyes on the mechanicals and drive the commute before you fall for the canopy.”
The questions buyers actually ask
Oaks of McHenry FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Oaks of McHenry. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- What are property taxes like?
- Roughly $9,000 – $14,000 per year, depending on home size and value. McHenry County assessor records are the source of truth. Happy to pull a specific bill on any home you're considering.
- 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 there a homeowners association at Oaks of McHenry?
- We could not verify an active homeowners association here. The subdivision does not appear in Illinois HOA directories or management company rosters, and listings in the neighborhood do not show an association fee. The park inside the subdivision, along with the streets, sidewalks and lighting, is maintained by the City of McHenry, which removes the usual reason an association would exist. Recorded covenants can still be on file even without anyone collecting dues, so confirm through the seller's disclosure and a title search before you write an offer.
- What schools serve Oaks of McHenry?
- Elementary and middle school is McHenry Community Consolidated School District 15. Based on the district's own published boundary map, the subdivision feeds Hilltop Elementary for grades K-3, Chauncey H. Duker School for grades 4-5, and McHenry Middle School for grades 6-8. High school is McHenry Community High School District 156, meaning the Freshman Campus for ninth grade and the Upper Campus for grades 10 through 12. Boundaries do change and the district advises confirming by address, so verify with District 15 before you rely on it.
- What do homes here cost and how fast do they move?
- Pricing and pace shift month to month, so rather than quote a number that goes stale, check the Market snapshot on this page. It pulls live from the MLS and shows what is actually active and what has recently closed in Oaks of McHenry. In character terms the subdivision sits in the mid-market band for McHenry, with the larger four-bedroom plans reaching toward the upper end of what the city offers, and it is generally attainable compared with Crystal Lake.
- How is the commute to Chicago?
- McHenry station is about a mile and a half south on the Union Pacific Northwest line's McHenry branch, in fare Zone 4. The catch is frequency: the branch runs roughly three trains each direction on weekdays and no weekend or holiday service, so riders who need midday or weekend trains drive fifteen to twenty minutes to Crystal Lake or Pingree Road on the main line. By car there is no nearby expressway, with I-90 about twenty miles south at Randall Road in Elgin. Confirm current schedules at metra.com.
- What should I watch for on inspection in a home this age?
- These homes were built between the early 1990s and the mid 2000s, which puts original roofs, furnaces, air conditioners, water heaters and windows at or beyond their expected service life. Some sellers have replaced them and some have not, and because the subdivision was built in phases the condition varies house to house rather than uniformly. Ask for dates on every major system, look closely at the roof and windows, and check basement moisture management along with the age of the sump and drain tile.
- Is there anything to do nearby?
- A fair amount. North Oak Park with its playground and natural area is inside the subdivision on Chestnut Drive. McBark Dog Park is under a mile north on Richmond Road. Petersen Park, about a mile northwest, has a swimming beach, ballfields and tennis courts, and the Prairie Trail, a 25.9-mile county rail-trail, runs right through it. Moraine Hills State Park is roughly three miles south with about 2,200 acres and more than ten miles of trails, and the Fox River and Chain O'Lakes are close by. The city also runs a recreation center on Municipal Drive.
- Who is the real estate agent for Oaks of McHenry?
- Joe Keegan is the local licensed Illinois real estate broker who covers Oaks of McHenry in McHenry, 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 Oaks of McHenry 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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Joe knows Oaks of McHenry
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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Market snapshot
Oaks of McHenry, 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 list price
$425,000
Typical sale price · last 90 days
$485,000
Homes for sale right now
1
Avg time on market
11 days
Sold in the last year
4
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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