Millbrook
Millbrook, IL, provides rural living with Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area. Newark Elementary and Millbrook Junior High are highly rated, and the area is safer than the national average.
Average Value
$545K
List Price
$241K - $1.2M
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1 Listing
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Big Rock
Big Rock, IL, 50 miles west of Chicago, offers rural living with spacious homes and nature preserves. The Big Rock Forest Preserve provides outdoor recreation. Hinckley-Big Rock High School is highly rated.
Average Value
$424K
List Price
$267K - $944K
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0 Listings
Lisbon
Lisbon, IL, a quiet farming village 60 miles from Chicago, has older homes on large lots. John Moore Park offers outdoor recreation. Nearby Newark has local eateries. The highly rated Lisbon Grade School serves local students.
Average Value
$386K
List Price
$236K - $1.1M
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1 Listing
Sandwich
Sandwich is a community of about 7,200 people, past the western suburbs of Chicago , where the land transforms into miles of farms and crop fields. Halfway between rural and suburban, Sandwich is close to a few large Illinois cities for everyday amenities and entertainment, but far enough for the peace of countryside living. "It's more rural and
Average Value
$328K
List Price
$215K - $795K
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12 Listings
Plano
Plano, IL, 55 miles from Chicago, is known as Superman's Smallville in "Man of Steel." This small city features a quaint Main Street, local events, and highly rated P.H. Miller Elementary. Foli Park offers outdoor recreation.
Average Value
$309K
List Price
$210K - $566K
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24 Listings
Lake Holiday
Among the many lake-centered communities within two hours of Chicago , Lake Holiday stands out for its rural atmosphere and private amenities. There's a feeling of exclusivity, with resident-only access to the marina and beaches, and a 24-hour security patrol. However, it's not a gated community, and although golf carts are allowed within the
Average Value
$408K
List Price
$245K - $1M
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9 Listings
Hinckley
Set within the vast farmland west of Chicago’s suburban sprawl, life in Hinckley is defined by its slow pace of life. “It’s a small, friendly farming community,” says Linda Swenson, a Realtor with Century 21 Real Estate who has called DeKalb County home for over 50 years. “Being right off Interstate 88 and close to Aurora is a big pull for the
Average Value
$353K
List Price
$218K - $572K
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16 Listings
Somonauk
Somonauk has the atmosphere of a classic rural Illinois town, where diners serve homemade pie and quiet neighborhoods are surrounded by miles of cornfields. Named after a word from the Potawatomi tribe that originally lived in the area, Somonauk today is a small community several miles outside the busier Chicago suburbs. The population is fewer than
Average Value
$301K
List Price
$190K - $544K
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2 Listings
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