Merrionette Park · Cook County · IL
Homes for sale in
Merrionette Park.
- Active listings
- 2
- Median list
- $215K
- Avg time on market
- 3 days
- Sold · last year
- 0
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About the community
Living in Merrionette Park.
Merrionette Park is one of the smallest municipalities in Cook County, a village of roughly 1,900 to 2,400 residents packed into about 0.37 square miles on Chicago's southwest edge. The community is organized around Kedzie Avenue, its main commercial corridor, just north of Blue Island and against the Chicago city limit. Housing here skews to modest single-family homes, with a recent median property value of about $173,400, well below the national figure, and a homeownership rate near 73 percent. For buyers, the appeal is affordability paired with location: residents report an average commute of about 28 minutes, and the village sits roughly 15 to 16 miles from downtown Chicago with quick access to nearby expressways and CTA bus service.
At a glance
Worth Township village
Merrionette Park is a village in Cook County's Worth Township.
~1,969 residents
The 2020 census counted 1,969 residents, with recent estimates near 2,350.
0.37 square miles
One of the smallest municipalities in Cook County by land area, all land.
Incorporated 1947
The village was formally incorporated in 1947 from a mid-1940s housing development.
~$173,400 median value
Home values are well below the national figure, making it one of the more affordable communities in the area.
~73% homeownership
A recent homeownership rate near 73 percent reflects the village's owner-occupied single-family stock.
CTA Route 52A
CTA Route 52A bus service runs through the village along Kedzie Avenue.
ZIP 60803
The village uses ZIP 60803 and area code 708.
What’s close
Merrionette Park is a compact village in southwest Cook County, organized along Kedzie Avenue just north of Blue Island and against the Chicago city limit.
- County and region
- Cook County, Worth Township, in the Chicago Southland.
- Neighboring towns
- Blue Island to the south, the Chicago city limit, and nearby Alsip, Robbins, and Crestwood.
- Main corridor
- Kedzie Avenue is the village's central commercial street, with village hall at 11720 S. Kedzie.
- Street grid
- Roughly the 113th to 119th Street range on the southwest side, with the original plat at 113th to 115th Streets.
- Distance to the Loop
- About 15 to 16 miles to downtown Chicago by road, roughly a 25 minute drive off-peak.
- ZIP and area code
- ZIP 60803, area code 708.
What it’s actually like to live here
Daily life in Merrionette Park reflects its size. At about a third of a square mile, the village is almost entirely residential, built around modest single-family homes, and most amenities are a short drive away in neighboring towns. The village maintains its own small civic footprint, including a youth baseball program on the Merrionette Park baseball fields and a neighborhood green space renamed Patriot Park in 2022. Commuting is a way of life, with most workers driving to jobs across the Southland and the city.
Because the village itself is so small, much of the shopping, dining, and recreation that residents use is just outside its borders. Neighboring Blue Island offers a walkable historic core along Olde Western Avenue, with independent restaurants, a craft brewery, an antique mall, and the long-running Lyric Theater, while Worth Township communities such as Crestwood and Oak Lawn are common destinations for larger-scale shopping and entertainment. The broader Forest Preserves of Cook County system, including Dan Ryan Woods to the north in Chicago, adds nearby trails and open space.
Neighborhoods
Detailed Merrionette 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 Merrionette Park.
Boundary lines do shift. Always confirm in writing for a specific address before writing an offer.
- SD125Grades PreK-8
Atwood Heights School District 125
Schools serving the area
- Meadow Lane School (in Merrionette Park)
- Hamlin Upper Grade Center (Alsip)
- Atwood Heights Primary
Elementary and middle students attend Atwood Heights School District 125, a PreK-8 district based in Alsip. Meadow Lane School is physically in Merrionette Park. Confirm assignment per address.
- CHSD218Grades 9-12
Community High School District 218
Schools serving the area
- Dwight D. Eisenhower High School (Blue Island)
High school students attend Eisenhower High School in Blue Island, which also serves Garden Homes, Alsip, and Robbins.
Around town
What there is to do in Merrionette Park.
A handful of the places people who live here actually use. Not a directory.
- Culture
Olde Western Avenue Historic District (Blue Island)
Blue Island's walkable historic commercial street, a few minutes south, with independent shops and restaurants.
- Culture
Lyric Theater (Blue Island)
A live-music venue operating since 1917 on the historic Western Avenue strip in neighboring Blue Island.
- Food & Drink
Blue Island Beer Company
A craft brewery and taproom reviving Blue Island's brewing tradition on Olde Western Avenue.
- Shopping
Three Sisters Antique Mall (Blue Island)
A large multi-dealer antique mall in a 1915 landmark building, a top south-suburban antique destination.
- Parks
Dan Ryan Woods
A 257-acre Forest Preserves of Cook County site to the north with trails, picnic groves, and sledding hills.
- Family
Patriot Park and Merrionette Park baseball fields
The village's own small park, renamed Patriot Park in 2022, and volunteer-run summer youth baseball fields.
Getting around
Commute + transit from Merrionette Park.
MetraRock Island District (nearest service) line
- Stations: Blue Island / Vermont Street (nearby)
- Terminal: Chicago LaSalle Street Station
- Distance: 16 miles to downtown Chicago
DriveBy car
- Routes: Kedzie Avenue · I-57 (nearby) · 127th Street
- Chicago Loop: ~25 min
By the numbers
Merrionette Park taxes + market stats.
Property tax rates vary by exact township and assessor district. Confirm per address before pricing a purchase.
Property tax rate
2.51%
effective avg
Sales tax
10.00%
combined
Median sold price
$235,000
MRED · last 12 mo (21 sales)
Median household income
$56,515
ACS
How Merrionette Park got here
A bit of history.
Merrionette Park grew out of a residential development on land once known locally as farmland on Chicago's southwest fringe, built up in the mid-1940s to roughly 125 single-family homes. The community was formally incorporated as a village in 1947, and its early civic life centered on basic municipal needs such as water service and fire protection. The original village plat was bounded by 113th and 115th Streets and by Kedzie and Whipple Streets, the small core the village grew from.
Public safety shaped much of the village's documented early history. After Chicago raised the fees and bonding requirements for fire service outside the city in the late 1940s, the 125-home village could not qualify, which led residents to form the Merrionette Park Volunteer Fire Department, with the village contracting with the Blue Island Fire Department for protection in 1947. The village built its first fire station in 1949, and a combined village hall and fire station followed on 115th Street in 1953. The Merrionette Park Police Department dates to 1947 and hired its first full-time officers in 2023.
The questions buyers actually ask
Merrionette Park FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Merrionette Park. If yours isn't here, text 815-355-0582, same-day reply.
- Where is Merrionette Park, IL located?
- It is a small village in southwest Cook County, organized along Kedzie Avenue just north of Blue Island and next to the Chicago city limit, about 15 to 16 miles from downtown Chicago.
- How big is Merrionette Park?
- It is one of Cook County's smallest municipalities, covering about 0.37 square miles with a population of 1,969 at the 2020 census, roughly 2,350 by recent estimates.
- How much do homes cost in Merrionette Park?
- The recent median property value was about $173,400, well below the national average, making it one of the more affordable communities in the area, with a homeownership rate near 73 percent.
- What are the property and sales taxes?
- The effective property tax rate is roughly 2.51 percent in Cook County, and the combined sales tax rate is about 10.0 percent. Confirm the property tax by pulling the actual bill for the address.
- What schools serve Merrionette Park?
- Elementary and middle students attend Atwood Heights School District 125, including Meadow Lane School in the village, and high schoolers attend Eisenhower High School in Community High School District 218 in Blue Island.
- How is the commute to Chicago?
- Driving downtown is roughly 25 minutes off-peak over about 15 to 16 miles, with the nearest Metra service at the Blue Island / Vermont Street station on the Rock Island District line and CTA Route 52A bus service through the village.
- What is there to do near Merrionette Park?
- Most amenities are just outside the village, including Blue Island's historic Olde Western Avenue district with restaurants, a brewery, and the Lyric Theater, plus Cook County forest preserves such as Dan Ryan Woods to the north.
Nearby
Towns next to Merrionette Park.
If you’re cross-shopping the area, these are the places that border Merrionette Park.
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