Community Corner
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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Community
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)
Northbrook35% (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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