Park Ridge · Cook County · IL
Homes for sale in
Country Club.
- Active listings
- 2
- Median list
- $1.14M
- Avg time on market
- 43 days
- Sold · last year
- 8
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About the community
Park Ridge's north side, built around a 1906 golf course.
Country Club is the local and MLS name for the residential blocks that wrap the Park Ridge Country Club golf course on the north side of town, on streets including Austin, Cuttriss, Elmore, Merrill, East, Cherry, Hastings, Leonard, Ashland, Michael John and Joyce. Park Ridge incorporated in 1873 and was deliberately built to look like a New England town, with wide lots, heavy tree planting, no apartment buildings and no industry. The club followed in 1906 on the old Robb Farm, and Frank Lloyd Wright was engaged in 1912 to expand the original farmhouse clubhouse before the 1925 Georgian building replaced it. The result today is two street patterns on either side of one course: an older rectilinear grid south and southeast, and curving postwar streets north and east.
At a glance
Park Ridge Country Club
Private and member-owned, founded 1906. Golf, clay tennis, paddle, a 25-yard pool and the 1925 Georgian clubhouse.
Field, Emerson and Maine South
District 64 Field Elementary and Emerson Middle, then Maine South High School in District 207.
Metra UP-NW under a mile
Park Ridge station at 100 S Summit Avenue, about 13 miles from Ogilvie, with median inbound runs near 32 minutes.
Prospect Park across the street
11.35 acres with a splash pad, playground and the Park Ridge History Center, right at the club gates.
No HOA
Conventionally platted city blocks. No association, no dues, and city zoning rather than private covenants.
Advocate Lutheran General
A 645-bed teaching hospital with a Level I trauma center, about a mile and a half northwest.
Three vintages on one block
1910s and 1920s boom housing, postwar ranches and Capes, and modern rebuilds side by side.
City lots to double lots
Roughly 0.14 to 0.28 acre, with a 45 percent maximum floor area ratio in the R-1 and R-2 districts.
Uptown Park Ridge
Trader Joe's, restaurants, the farmers market and the 1928 Pickwick Theatre, about seven tenths of a mile south.
What’s close
The neighborhood sits on Park Ridge's north side around the golf course, with Uptown and the Metra station just south and O'Hare a few miles southwest.
- Train
- Metra Union Pacific Northwest from the Park Ridge station, about seven tenths of a mile south. Inbound runs to Ogilvie run roughly 32 to 42 minutes, with a median near 32.
- Highway
- I-294 at Touhy Avenue about two miles west and I-90 at Cumberland about two and a half miles south.
- Shopping
- Uptown Park Ridge at Northwest Highway, Prospect and Touhy, anchored by Trader Joe's at the Shops of Uptown.
- Hospital
- Advocate Lutheran General Hospital at 1775 Dempster Street, a 645-bed teaching hospital with a Level I trauma center.
- Schools
- District 64 Field Elementary at 707 N Wisner and Emerson Middle at 8101 N Cumberland, then Maine South High School at 1111 S Dee Road.
- Parks
- Prospect Park at the club gates, Northeast Park with seven pickleball courts half a mile out, and Hinkley Park with its outdoor pool in Uptown.
What it’s actually like to live here
Living around the Park Ridge Country Club is a version of suburban life that predates the cul-de-sac. The blocks are on a grid, the sidewalks connect, the parkway trees are old enough to arch over the street, and the things a family uses most are a short walk or a five minute drive. Field Elementary is a few blocks from most of these addresses with Northeast Park essentially behind it, and Prospect Park with its splash pad and the Park Ridge History Center sits across Prospect Avenue from the club gates. Uptown, with Trader Joe's, the farmers market and the Pickwick marquee, is under a mile south, and so is the train.
The golf course changes the feel of the place more than buyers expect. It is a large piece of open, treed, mowed ground in the middle of an otherwise fully built-out grid, which means quieter interior streets, longer sightlines and more sky than comparable suburbs get. Homes on Austin Avenue along the north edge and the streets running up to the course are the ones that trade on that. Be clear on what the club is: private, member-owned, founded 1906, with golf, four clay tennis courts, paddle, a 25-yard pool and a Georgian clubhouse, and membership by invitation. Buying a house here gives you the view and the neighbors, not the club.
The tradeoffs are real. O'Hare's east runway ends are under four miles away and Park Ridge maintains its own airport commission and noise complaint process, so any buyer should stand in the backyard at 6 a.m. and again at 9 p.m. before deciding. Cook County taxes are heavy here because they fund two well-regarded school districts, a park district and a library. And the housing stock is genuinely mixed: a 1920s bungalow, a tired 1955 ranch and a recent rebuild can share a block, and the city has documented resident concern that new construction maximizing the 45 percent floor area ratio does not always sit comfortably next to what it replaced. Older homes here often come with older systems, one-car garages off the alley, and basements never meant to be living space.
Market trends
Why this market moves the way it does
Park Ridge trades on schools plus a fast train plus a real downtown, and this neighborhood delivers all three without sitting on top of the tracks. Within it, price is set mostly by condition and by proximity to the course, because the location fundamentals are identical from block to block.
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.
- Maine South and District 64
- Field Elementary, Emerson Middle and Maine South is the demand engine for the whole town, and it is the most durable value support here.
- Golf course frontage
- Austin Avenue and the streets fronting the course carry a premium over interior blocks for the open sightlines and permanent green.
- Condition and vintage
- A 1920s original, a postwar ranch and a recent rebuild sit on the same block, so condition creates most of the spread.
- Lot size and the FAR ceiling
- At a 45 percent floor area ratio, a larger lot buys a meaningfully larger permitted house, which shows up in land value on the wider parcels.
- Walk to Uptown and Metra
- The southern blocks shorten the walk to the Park Ridge station and Uptown, and that convenience is priced in.
Real talk
Who shouldn’t buy here
Here is the honest version before you tour.
Airport noise is the single biggest variable and it is not a rumor. O'Hare's east runway ends sit under four miles from these blocks, and how much you hear depends heavily on which runway configuration is in use that day. Park Ridge has a standing O'Hare Airport Commission and a resident complaint process, and parts of the city have qualified for the Chicago Residential Sound Insulation Program for homes inside the 65 DNL contour. Check the Chicago Department of Aviation property locator for the specific address and visit at different hours.
Cook County taxes are substantial. The Cook County Clerk reported the City of Park Ridge average composite rate at 8.985 percent for tax year 2023, and with a 10 percent residential assessment level and the state equalization factor that lands at an effective burden of roughly 2.5 to 2.7 percent of the Assessor's estimated market value before exemptions. The north and northwest suburbs were being reassessed for tax year 2025, so pull the actual bill and the exemption status for the specific PIN rather than working from an old figure.
If you plan to rebuild or add on, the numbers are the constraint rather than a homeowners association. In the R-1 and R-2 districts maximum floor area ratio is 45 percent of lot area, maximum lot coverage is 35 percent, and required open space is 45 percent in R-1 and 40 percent in R-2. Demolition and construction both require permits and the city reviews the design of new residential construction. Ask Community Preservation and Development what is currently in force before you plan a project.
One piece of advice
“This is one of the better addresses in a town that already sells itself on schools and the train, and the course is what makes it feel different from the rest of the grid. Two things to do before you fall for a house here: stand in the backyard early in the morning and late in the evening and decide honestly how you feel about the planes, and pull the real tax bill rather than the listing estimate. If both land fine, buy the house on its own condition, because the block will not be uniform.”
The questions buyers actually ask
Country Club FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Country Club. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- What are property taxes like?
- Roughly $14,000 – $28,000 per year, depending on home size and value. Cook 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.
- Do I have to join Park Ridge Country Club to buy a house here?
- No. Park Ridge Country Club is a private, member-owned club founded in 1906, and it is completely separate from home ownership on the surrounding blocks. There is no mandatory membership, no assessment tied to your deed, and no automatic access to the golf course, pool, tennis or paddle facilities. Membership is by invitation through the club's membership committee, and the club does not publish its initiation or dues figures, so contact the club directly rather than relying on numbers you find online.
- Is there an HOA, and what are the dues?
- There is no homeowners association and there are no dues. These are conventionally platted City of Park Ridge blocks, not a planned development, so streets, parkways, street trees, water, refuse and snow removal are city services. What governs your property is the Park Ridge zoning ordinance, and the city does conduct design review on new residential construction, so plan on a permit process for anything structural.
- What schools serve this neighborhood?
- Field Elementary School at 707 N Wisner Street for grades K through 5 and Emerson Middle School at 8101 N Cumberland Avenue for grades 6 through 8, both in Park Ridge-Niles School District 64, then Maine South High School at 1111 S Dee Road in Maine Township High School District 207. That combination checks out across Austin, Cherry, Cuttriss, East, Elmore, Hastings, Joyce, Merrill, Michael John and Ashland. District 64 states that all attendance decisions are subject to its own verification, so confirm the exact address with both districts before you write an offer.
- How bad is the airplane noise, really?
- It is a real factor, not a rumor. O'Hare's east runway ends are under four miles from this neighborhood, and Park Ridge maintains its own O'Hare Airport Commission, a resident noise complaint process, and a seat at the O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission. Parts of Park Ridge have qualified for the City of Chicago's Residential Sound Insulation Program for homes inside the 65 DNL noise contour. How much you hear depends heavily on which runway configuration is in use that day, so check the Chicago Department of Aviation property locator for the specific address and visit the house early in the morning and late in the evening before you commit.
- Can I tear down and rebuild, or put on a big addition?
- Yes, subject to City of Park Ridge zoning and permits, and the numbers are the constraint. In the single family R-1 and R-2 districts, maximum floor area ratio is 45 percent of lot area, maximum lot coverage is 35 percent, and required open space is 45 percent in R-1 and 40 percent in R-2. On the lot sizes typical here that ceiling works out to a permitted house in the roughly 2,750 to 5,500 square foot range depending on the parcel. The city has also offered a small floor area bonus for homes originally permitted before 1960, intended to encourage renovation over demolition, so confirm what is currently in force before you plan a project.
- What do homes cost here, and how is the market moving?
- Prices cover a wide band, because a 1920s original and a recent full rebuild can sit on adjacent lots and homes fronting the golf course carry a premium over interior blocks. Rather than quote a number that goes stale, check the Market snapshot on this page. It pulls live from the MLS and shows current asking and sold activity for this specific area. If you want a read on what a particular block or a particular condition of home is trading at, reach out and we will pull the comps.
- Who is the real estate agent for Country Club?
- Joe Keegan is the local licensed Illinois real estate broker who covers Country Club in Park Ridge, 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 Club specifically, not national averages, and can help you buy or sell here. Reach Joe at 224-385-8779 or joe@joekeeganhomes.com.
Your local agent
Joe knows Country Club
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.
- Licensed Illinois broker
- Comp-driven pricing
- Park Ridge specialist
- Honest local market take
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Market snapshot
Country Club, 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
$1,144,450
Homes for sale right now
2
Avg time on market
43 days
Sold in the last year
8
This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC for the period August 16, 2025 through August 16, 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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Where Country Club homes go to school
Homes in Country Club are most often zoned to Maine South HS. Open a school to see its area, the district, and every home for sale that feeds it.
School assignment is derived from the school the MRED listing agent entered and is not a guarantee. Always verify current attendance boundaries with the district before writing an offer.
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