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Kenilworth

Metra UP-N from Kenilworth to Ogilvie Transportation Center, 38 minutes on a weekday. Most of the town is served by Kenilworth School District 38 and New Trier Township High School District 203.

Fund a home in Kenilworth

Typical home, August 2026

$2,142,373

+81% since January 2020 ($1,186,735)

Payment on it at 7%

$11,403

a month, 20% down ($428,475), 30 years

Median household income

$250,000+

The Census reports incomes above $250,000 only as '$250,000 or more'

Payment as a share of that income

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Not meaningful where income is top-coded

Householders under 35 who own

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Sample too small to report reliably

Monthly gap, same share of pay as 2020

$5,746

$863,709 of assistance closes it

Home values since 2000, against pay

Zillow Home Value Index, monthly. Earnings: BLS median usual weekly earnings, full-time workers 16+, annual averages; Q2 2026 for this year. Over a long span the comparison depends on the starting year, which is why the site measures what the monthly payment takes from pay, and compares it with January 2020.

The gap, job by job

By the site's method the monthly gap in Kenilworth is the same for every job whose pay grew at the national pace: it is the part of the payment rise that pay growth did not cover. What differs from job to job is how much of each paycheck the payment now takes.

Payment on the typical home in Kenilworth as a share of pay
Job (Chicago metro median pay)	Jan 2020	Today	Change
Accountant$82,360 a year	82.4%	166.1%	+83.7 pts
Carpenter$80,440 a year	84.4%	170.1%	+85.7 pts
Electrician$102,350 a year	66.3%	133.7%	+67.4 pts
Elementary school teacher$78,390 a year	86.6%	174.6%	+88.0 pts
Firefighter$82,820 a year	82.0%	165.2%	+83.3 pts
High school teacher$98,970 a year	68.6%	138.3%	+69.7 pts
Paramedic$77,670 a year	87.4%	176.2%	+88.8 pts
Physical therapist$105,720 a year	64.2%	129.4%	+65.2 pts
Plumber$103,380 a year	65.7%	132.4%	+66.7 pts
Police officer$107,810 a year	63.0%	126.9%	+64.0 pts
Registered nurse$100,490 a year	67.5%	136.2%	+68.6 pts
Social worker$64,790 a year	104.8%	211.2%	+106.4 pts

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Mortgage rate 7.00%

In Kenilworth, the payment on the typical home takes 136.2% of the pay of a registered nurse today, up from 67.5% in January 2020.

Typical home (2026-08): $2,142,373
Same home, January 2020: $1,186,735
Payment today at 7.00%: $11,403
Payment at the 2020 share of pay: $5,656
Monthly gap: $5,746
Assistance that closes it: $863,709

Principal and interest, 20% down, 30-year fixed. Typical home: Zillow Home Value Index. Pay: BLS median wage, Chicago metro, May 2025; January 2020 pay is estimated with the national growth in median full-time earnings (+30.7%). Latest weekly average rate 7.03% (2026-09-24). More on Kenilworth

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