Highland Park
Arts & Culture
Median Sale Price: $897K
Arts & Culture
Median Sale Price: $897K
Properties
Current active listings in Highland Park, updated continuously from the MLS.
Highland Park shines with cultural richness, home to the world-renowned Ravinia Festival and stunning lakefront bluffs. This vibrant community combines arts, music, and dining with excellent schools and neighborhood charm. Downtown Highland Park offers boutique shopping along Central Avenue alongside a thriving restaurant and entertainment scene that rivals much larger cities.
The real estate market in Highland Park reflects its unique combination of cultural richness and residential quality. Highland Park High School leads academic achievement, and the proximity to the Highwood dining district adds additional culinary resources beyond Highland Park's own robust offerings.
Rosewood Beach serves as a hidden gem, a private beach for residents offering direct Lake Michigan access and stunning waterfront views. The architectural variety, from prairie style to modern, provides a wide range of housing options. Metra Union Pacific North Line service to Chicago keeps downtown within easy reach while Fort Sheridan's historic district adds another layer to the community's rich heritage.
Highland Park celebrates the arts as a cornerstone of community life. The Ravinia Festival brings world-class music and performance to outdoor grounds each summer, drawing residents and visitors from across the region. Yet Highland Park is far more than festival season, downtown thrives year-round with galleries, theaters, boutique shops, and restaurants that reflect the community's vibrant cultural appetite.
Highland Park offers an unbeatable combination of cultural engagement, excellent schools, and lakefront access, proof that suburban living need not mean cultural compromise. From Rosewood Beach to Central Avenue to nearby Highwood's dining treasures, Highland Park invites residents to engage deeply with arts, culture, and community beyond the typical suburban experience.
The Metra Union Pacific North Line from Highland Park or Ravinia stations provides access to downtown Chicago in approximately 45-50 minutes. While among the longest commutes on the North Shore, many professionals find the vibrant cultural scene, excellent schools, and lakefront living worth the additional travel time.
Highland Park is served by Highland Park High School (District 113) and multiple respected elementary districts. The community offers exceptional cultural engagement through Ravinia Festival, robust parks systems, a walkable downtown, and lakefront recreation at Rosewood Beach. Recreation includes both educational facilities and cultural programming.
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Year to date through August 2026, the median sale price for detached single family homes in Highland Park was $897,000, up 6.8% from the same period in 2025, with sellers receiving 102.2% of their original list price. Homes went under contract in a median of 8 days across 348 closed sales. Attached homes had a median of $430,000 across 95 sales, at 99.9% of original list price. Source: Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), January through August 2026.
Highland Park is served by Highland Park High School (Township High School District 113) and several elementary districts. The community offers strong public education alongside private options.
Detached single family homes in Highland Park went under contract in a median of 8 days year to date through August 2026. The average was 43 days. The two differ because most homes sell quickly while a smaller number stay on the market much longer and pull the average up. Highland Park had 1.4 months of supply and sellers received 102.2% of their original list price across 348 closed sales. Source: Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), January through August 2026.
Highland Park is the cultural heart of the North Shore, home to the world-renowned Ravinia Festival, Rosewood Beach, varied architecture from prairie-style to modern, the Highwood dining district, and Fort Sheridan historic district. It offers the widest range of housing options on the North Shore with Metra access to Chicago.
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