Melrose Park · Cook County · IL
Homes for sale in
Melrose Park.
- Active listings
- 15
- Median list
- $370K
- Avg time on market
- 24 days
- Sold · last year
- 0
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Active listings
15 homes on the market
About the community
Living in Melrose Park.
Melrose Park is a village of about 24,800 residents in Leyden and Proviso Townships, Cook County, sitting roughly 12 miles west of downtown Chicago. The village carries one of the region's strongest Italian-American identities, with the first Italian-American families arriving in 1888 and the parish marking the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel since the 1890s, alongside a large manufacturing and commercial base that earned it the local motto Corporate King of the Suburbs. Daily Metra Union Pacific West service runs from the Melrose Park station to Ogilvie Transportation Center, and the village is home to Loyola Medicine's Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, a 254-bed acute-care hospital. With a median home value near $230,000, Melrose Park is one of the more affordable established communities in the near-western suburbs.
At a glance
~24,800 residents
The 2020 census counted 24,796 residents in the village.
Incorporated 1882
The village was incorporated September 11, 1882, with Park added to the name in 1893.
~$230,000 median value
Median home values make Melrose Park one of the more affordable near-western suburbs.
Metra UP-W
The Melrose Park station is on the Union Pacific West line, Fare Zone 2, to Ogilvie Transportation Center.
Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
Loyola Medicine's 254-bed acute-care hospital is located in the village.
Italian-American heritage
Italian-American families arrived in 1888, and the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has run since the 1890s.
Industrial base
A large industrial and commercial base long earned the village the nickname Corporate King of the Suburbs.
About 4.35 square miles
Melrose Park spans roughly 4.35 square miles in Leyden and Proviso Townships.
What’s close
Melrose Park is a compact 4.35-square-mile village in the near-western Cook County suburbs, about 12 miles west of the Chicago Loop.
- County and region
- Cook County, Leyden and Proviso Townships, in the near-western Chicago suburbs.
- Neighboring towns
- Borders Maywood, Bellwood, Northlake, Stone Park, Franklin Park, and River Grove.
- Main corridors
- North Avenue, IL 64, and West Main Street run through the village.
- Distance to the Loop
- About 12 miles to the Chicago Loop, roughly a 23 minute drive in typical conditions.
- ZIP codes
- ZIP codes 60160, 60161, and 60164.
- Area code
- Area codes 708 and 464.
What it’s actually like to live here
Melrose Park's signature event is the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a celebration the parish community has marked for well over a century, centered on the July 16 feast day with a solemn novena and a street procession through the community. The Parish-Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was dedicated as a diocesan shrine in 2006 and remains the heart of the village's Italian-American religious and cultural life.
That Italian heritage also shows up in the village's food scene, anchored by long-standing Italian grocers, delis, and bakeries in and around Melrose Park, including the Caputo family's markets known for fresh cheese, salumi, imported goods, and bakery items. For recreation, the Veterans Park District serves Melrose Park and neighboring communities with baseball and softball diamonds, multi-use playgrounds, pools, tennis and racquetball courts, ice rinks, and picnic areas.
Neighborhoods
Detailed Melrose Park 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 Melrose Park.
Boundary lines do shift. Always confirm in writing for a specific address before writing an offer.
- SD89Grades K-8
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89
Schools serving the area
- Jane Addams Elementary
- Melrose Park Elementary
- Stevenson Middle School
Serves sections of Melrose Park for elementary and middle grades. The village is split among elementary districts, so confirm assignment per address.
- SD83Grades K-8
Mannheim School District 83
Schools serving the area
- Scott Elementary
- Mannheim Middle School
- Enger School
Serves other sections of Melrose Park for elementary and middle grades. Confirm assignment per address.
- D209Grades 9-12
Proviso Township High Schools District 209
Schools serving the area
- Proviso East High School (in Maywood)
Serves Melrose Park high school students. Triton College in River Grove is the local community college.
From the neighborhood
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What there is to do in Melrose Park.
A handful of the places people who live here actually use. Not a directory.
- Culture
Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Melrose Park's century-old Italian-American religious festival, with a July novena and street procession centered on the Parish-Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
- Parks
Veterans Park District
The local park district serving Melrose Park with diamonds, playgrounds, pools, ice rinks, and tennis and racquetball courts.
- Culture
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
A 254-bed Loyola Medicine acute-care hospital and campus, including the Gottlieb Center for Fitness.
- Food & Drink
Angelo Caputo's Fresh Markets
Chicagoland Italian grocer rooted in the Melrose Park area, known for imported Italian foods and an in-house Italian bakery.
- Shopping
Costco (former Kiddieland site)
The warehouse store at 8400 W. North Avenue that opened on the site of the historic Kiddieland amusement park.
- Culture
Melrose Park Public Library
The village library, where the preserved Kiddieland amusement-park sign was relocated.
Getting around
Commute + transit from Melrose Park.
MetraUnion Pacific West (UP-W) line
- Stations: Melrose Park
- Terminal: Chicago Ogilvie Transportation Center
- Distance: 12 miles to downtown Chicago
DriveBy car
- Routes: North Avenue (IL 64) · West Main Street · Mannheim Road (US 12/45)
- Chicago Loop: ~23 min
By the numbers
Melrose Park taxes + market stats.
Property tax rates vary by exact township and assessor district. Confirm per address before pricing a purchase.
Property tax rate
2.48%
effective avg
Sales tax
10.50%
combined
Median sold price
$327,500
MRED · last 12 mo (141 sales)
Median household income
$66,189
ACS
How Melrose Park got here
A bit of history.
In 1882 residents of a then-unincorporated portion of Proviso Township voted to establish their own municipality, called simply Melrose, and the village was incorporated on September 11, 1882. Eleven years later, in 1893, Park was added to the name and the population began to steadily increase. The first Italian-American families had arrived in 1888, beginning the heritage that still defines the community. On March 28, 1920, an F4 Palm Sunday tornado cut a path through the village, killing ten people and destroying Sacred Heart Church and its attached convent.
After World War I and again after World War II, manufacturers set up shop in Melrose Park, drawn by the village's location next to the Proviso freight yards. Major employers over the decades included Zenith Electronics, Alberto-Culver, Jewel, and International Harvester, later Navistar. From 1929 until it closed in September 2009, Melrose Park was home to Kiddieland Amusement Park at North Avenue and First Avenue. The park was demolished in 2010 and a Costco warehouse now occupies the site, while the preserved Kiddieland sign was relocated to the Melrose Park Public Library.
The questions buyers actually ask
Melrose Park FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Melrose Park. If yours isn't here, text 815-355-0582, same-day reply.
- What school districts serve Melrose Park?
- Different parts of the village are served by Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 and Mannheim School District 83 at the elementary and middle-school level, with high schoolers attending Proviso Township High Schools District 209, Proviso East in Maywood. Triton College in River Grove is the local community college.
- How is the commute to downtown Chicago?
- The Melrose Park Metra station is on the Union Pacific West line in Fare Zone 2, with daily trains to Ogilvie Transportation Center. By car the Chicago Loop is about 12 miles, roughly 23 minutes in typical conditions.
- What are property taxes like in Melrose Park?
- The median effective property tax rate is about 2.48 percent per Ownwell, higher than the Illinois state median, with a median annual tax bill around $5,700. Confirm by pulling the actual bill for the specific address.
- What is the sales tax rate?
- The combined sales tax rate is about 10.5 percent, which includes the 6.25 percent Illinois state rate plus Cook County, the village, and regional transit add-ons.
- How much do homes cost in Melrose Park?
- The median home value is about $230,000, making Melrose Park one of the more affordable established near-western suburbs for value-focused buyers.
- What is Melrose Park known for?
- It has a strong Italian-American heritage dating to 1888 and is home to the long-running Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a large industrial and commercial base, Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, and the former site of Kiddieland Amusement Park, now a Costco.
Nearby
Towns next to Melrose Park.
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