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What Percentage of Highland Park Homes are Mortgage-Free?

More than 32 percent of Highland Park homeowners own their homes outright.

Communities with a large segment of senior citizens or high median incomes tend to have the highest percentage mortgage-free homes, according to Crain’s Chicago Business

In Highland Park, 32.6 percent or 9,743 of homes are mortgage free, according to Crain’s analysis.

Here’s a look at neighboring communities: 

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Percentage of

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Mortgage-Free Homes

Deerfield

28.1% 5,776

Riverwoods 29% (1,277)
Lake Forest 36.2% (6,070) Lake Bluff 20.3% (1,962) Lincolnshire
40.8% (2,515)

Highland Park

32.6% (9,743)

Buffalo Grove

20.9% (13,483)

Northbrook
35% (10,851)
Glenview 32.7% (13,699)

Green Oaks

21.4% (1,158)

Mettawa

33% (191)

Related:

  • Home Sale Prices Up in Highland Park
  • Illinois Home Foreclosures Top National Average

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