Zip lookup · IL

60012
Crystal Lake, Illinois.

Crystal Lake, McHenry County, IL · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro · population 12,368

What it costs per month · 60012 $2,553/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,472 (+136%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $25,924 +6%
$460,485$486,409 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $133,437 +38%
$352,972$486,409 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 60012 $2,553 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 60012$2,553
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.

Typical home values in zip 60012 rose 5.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Crystal Lake, IL — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $486,409 as of Sep 2026
+5.6%year on year

Typical home value — 60012

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 60012 $486,409 Chicago $355,650 United States $366,157
$300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 60012$486,409
  • Chicago$355,650
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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2.9 60014 Crystal Lake 48,590 $1,963 $368,086
4.1 60050 Mchenry 31,781 $1,851 $313,516
5.3 60013 Cary 26,694 $2,583 $382,573
5.8 60042 Island Lake 8,347 — $307,064
5.9 60156 Lake In The Hills 28,800 $2,184 $377,901
7.1 60051 Mchenry 24,621 $1,974 $332,477
7.2 60021 Fox River Grove 4,996 $2,100 $362,104
7.5 60102 Algonquin 32,286 $2,370 $415,406
8.3 60098 Woodstock 33,130 $1,474 $341,571
8.8 60097 Wonder Lake 11,983 — $294,105
8.8 60084 Wauconda 17,192 — $366,979
9.3 60072 Ringwood 870 — $505,691
9.6 60142 Huntley 29,692 $2,550 $428,019
10.4 60110 Carpentersville 38,558 $2,297 $294,633
10.5 60041 Ingleside 9,024 — $308,646
11.1 60020 Fox Lake 10,970 $1,600 $267,418
11.1 60010 Barrington 45,747 $3,125 $732,042
11.2 60180 Union 1,831 — $432,848
11.3 60118 Dundee 15,892 $2,419 $419,336
11.9 60073 Round Lake 62,868 $2,494 $281,120
12.0 60136 Gilberts 8,777 — $418,068
13.2 60081 Spring Grove 9,088 — $425,415
13.3 60071 Richmond 3,851 $1,300 $393,901
13.9 60060 Mundelein 37,344 $2,358 $391,057
14.2 60034 Hebron 2,033 — $324,073
14.3 60030 Grayslake 35,792 $2,299 $358,110
14.5 60047 Lake Zurich 44,240 $3,191 $663,464
15.6 60192 Hoffman Estates 16,461 — $506,830
16.0 60123 Elgin 48,379 $1,598 $314,550
16.2 60046 Lake Villa 34,613 $2,258 $361,602

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.