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A DuPage County village of about 25,000 with its own BNSF Metra station, a compact downtown along Cass Avenue, Ty Warner Park, and some of the broadest price range in the western suburbs—entry-level condos to million-dollar estates, minutes from Oak Brook and Downers Grove.
Westmont is the value play of DuPage County’s eastern tier, and I mean that as a compliment. About 25,000 people live here, wedged between Downers Grove, Clarendon Hills, Oak Brook, and Darien—a location that puts Oakbrook Center, two tollways, and some of the most expensive real estate in the Chicago suburbs within a ten-minute drive. Westmont delivers the same geography at a meaningfully lower price point, and that math is why so many of my buyers end up here after starting their search in the pricier towns next door.
The village is built around a real downtown. Cass Avenue runs north-south through the middle of town, and the blocks around the Metra station hold a walkable mix of restaurants, bars, and local businesses—the village counts more than 100 restaurants in all, which is a remarkable number for a town this size. Summer Thursday evenings bring Cruisin’ Nights car shows and the street fair to downtown, Taste of Westmont takes over in July, and the calendar runs right through Wicked West Fest in October and Holly Days in December. Westmont also has a music pedigree most suburbs can’t touch: blues legend Muddy Waters spent the last decade of his life here, and the village leans into that heritage. Ty Inc.—the Beanie Babies company—is headquartered in town, and its founder’s name is on 36-acre Ty Warner Park.
The housing stock is the widest-ranging I work with in DuPage. Entry-level condos at communities like Cass Lake Village and The Piers trade from the low-to-mid $100Ks—genuinely one of the most affordable ways to own in this county. Townhome communities like Orchard Gate, Indian Trail, and Citadel on the Pond step up from there. Detached streets run from mid-century ranches and split-levels in the $300Ks through established subdivisions like Oakwood, Ashford, and Farmingdale Cove in the $400Ks–$700Ks, and top out with estate streets around Fairfield and Tartan Lakes that clear $1M. Very little here is new construction—this is a resale market with occasional infill—so homes with updates done carry a premium.
Westmont incorporated in 1921 along the old Chicago–Aurora rail line, and the grid near downtown still reflects that commuter-town DNA: modest lots, mature trees, and the train at the center of daily life. It is not a flashy town. It is a convenient, well-run, well-located one—and the market has steadily rewarded that.
The Westmont Metra station sits downtown at Quincy and Cass on the BNSF line—the busiest line in the Metra system—with service to Chicago Union Station in roughly 25 to 40 minutes depending on express versus local, and about 500 commuter parking spaces across the station lots. Pace Route 715 connects the station along Ogden Avenue. By road, Ogden Avenue (US 34) is the east-west retail corridor across the north side, 63rd Street crosses the south side, and Cass Avenue ties them together; I-55 is minutes south via Cass, I-88 picks up to the north, and I-294 runs just east—which is why commuters who drive in any direction like this address. O’Hare and Midway each run roughly 30 to 45 minutes in normal traffic.
How the Westmont market typically behaves—and why it stays steady. For current numbers on any street, call or text Kealan at 630-381-4995.
Detached Westmont homes typically trade in the low-to-mid $400Ks overall—solidly below neighboring Downers Grove, Clarendon Hills, and Hinsdale for comparable location. That gap is Westmont’s core appeal.
Few DuPage towns cover this much range: condos from the low-to-mid $100Ks, townhomes through the $300Ks–$500Ks, and estate streets past $1M. Whatever the budget, there is usually a Westmont answer.
Well-priced Westmont homes typically go under contract within a few weeks. Updated, move-in-ready listings move at the fast end of that range—dated homes take longer and negotiate harder.
Sales here typically close right around asking, and sharp listings routinely clear it. Pricing accurately out of the gate—off subdivision-level comps, not town-wide averages—is what separates the two outcomes.
Active listings usually number in the dozens, not hundreds—a couple months of supply in a typical season. That keeps conditions seller-leaning, with the entry-level and move-in-ready segments the most contested.
Westmont’s effective property tax rate runs around 2%, with a typical bill near $6,000—moderate for the collar counties and below many nearby towns as a share of value. Always verify the exact bill and exemptions on any specific DuPage County property.
From walk-to-train blocks downtown to estate streets on the edges—the areas our buyers ask about most.
The original commuter grid around Cass Avenue and the BNSF station—older bungalows and ranches mixed with newer infill, steps from the restaurants and the Thursday-night street fairs. Walk-to-train addresses carry a lasting premium.
See Downtown Listings →Established single-family streets with mature trees and solid mid-century-and-later housing stock, generally trading in the $400Ks–$600Ks. The classic Westmont move-up neighborhoods.
See Available Homes →South-side subdivisions with later-built singles that typically trade from the mid $400Ks into the $700Ks—larger floor plans and attached garages, convenient to 63rd Street and I-55 via Cass Avenue.
See Larger Homes →Mid-range classics—ranches, split-levels, and two-stories that generally run from around $300K into the $400Ks. Where many first-time Westmont buyers land, and where updated homes get competed over.
See $300K–$500K Homes →Westmont’s top tier, near the Oak Brook border—estate-scale homes and upscale attached living where sales reach from the high $700Ks past $1.3M. Oak Brook geography without the Oak Brook price tag.
See Luxury Listings →Cass Lake Village, The Piers, Parkwood, and Birch Point anchor one of DuPage’s most affordable condo markets from the low-to-mid $100Ks; Orchard Gate, Indian Trail, and Citadel on the Pond carry townhome living into the $300Ks–$500Ks.
See Condos & Townhomes →Every active listing in Westmont, pulled directly from the MLS. Use the filters to narrow by price, beds, or property type.
Westmont is one of the few DuPage towns served by several school districts at once. The central core of the village is in Westmont CUSD 201; northern and eastern sections fall in Maercker District 60, which feeds Hinsdale Township District 86 high schools; southern edges are served by Darien District 61, and western edges by Downers Grove Districts 58 and 99. The district a given address feeds is a street-by-street question here.
The village’s own high school, serving the central core of town along with Westmont Junior High and the Miller and Manning elementary schools.
CUSD 201’s middle school, fed by C. E. Miller and J. T. Manning elementary schools and the South Early Childhood Center.
Part of Maercker District 60 with Maercker Intermediate and Westview Hills Middle School, serving northeast Westmont and neighboring Clarendon Hills addresses.
Maercker D60’s middle school. District 60 addresses feed Hinsdale Township High School District 86 for high school.
The two District 86 high schools that serve Maercker D60 and Darien D61 portions of Westmont, by address.
Serves southern Westmont addresses in Darien District 61 along with Mark DeLay and Lace schools.
Western Westmont edges in Downers Grove District 58 feed Community High School District 99.
Note: District boundaries in Westmont cross municipal lines in every direction, and assignments can differ block to block. Buyers should always verify the school assignment for any specific address directly with the district before writing an offer. Visit Westmont CUSD 201 →
The park district’s 36-acre flagship, named for the Beanie Babies founder whose Ty Inc. is headquartered in town: a spray park, lighted ball fields, tennis courts, disc golf, a sled hill, fishing, a zip line, and the village’s July 4th fireworks.
The blocks around Cass Avenue and the Metra station anchor a dining scene of more than 100 restaurants village-wide—from Whiskey Hill Brewing and Dolce Restaurant and Wine Bar to live blues on weekends at Johnny’s Blitz.
Muddy Waters lived in Westmont from the early 1970s until his death in 1983, and the village embraces that history—blues acts on local stages and heritage nods around town keep the connection alive.
Spring Fling over Memorial Day weekend, Cruisin’ Nights car shows and the street fair on summer Thursday evenings, Taste of Westmont in July with music stages and a carnival, Wicked West Fest in October, and Holly Days in December.
The park district’s nine-hole Twin Lakes Golf Course covers 25 rolling, wooded acres, while Veterans Memorial Park adds lighted ball fields, sand volleyball, playgrounds, and the Westmont Community Center.
Oakbrook Center—one of the Midwest’s premier shopping districts—is about ten minutes north, and the Ogden Avenue corridor through town covers everyday retail, groceries, and services without getting on a highway.
Location arbitrage, mostly. Westmont sits in the middle of DuPage’s most expensive corridor—Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills, Oak Brook, Downers Grove—with its own BNSF Metra station and a downtown of its own, at prices meaningfully below every one of those neighbors. Buyers who start their search next door and run the numbers tend to end up looking here. The condo and townhome stock also makes Westmont one of the most realistic first-ownership moves in the county.
Housing is the headline: detached homes typically trade in the low-to-mid $400Ks overall, from the $300Ks for solid mid-century stock to $1M+ around Tartan Lakes and Fairfield. Condos from the low-to-mid $100Ks and townhomes through the $300Ks–$500Ks keep entry points open that barely exist in neighboring towns. Compare Downers Grove or Lisle to see the gap for yourself.
The effective property tax rate runs around 2%, with a typical bill near $6,000—moderate for the Chicago collar counties. Residential Special Service Areas aren’t a typical factor on Westmont resales the way they are in newer far-west subdivisions. The due diligence that matters here is school district verification—several districts serve the village, street by street—and confirming the exact tax bill and exemptions on the specific property.
An easy town to live in: the train downtown, Ogden Avenue retail five minutes away, Oakbrook Center ten minutes, and two tollways plus I-55 within a short drive. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove and UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale are both close. Weekends take care of themselves between the festival calendar, Ty Warner Park, and a dining scene that outsizes the village. Expect competition on updated homes—and a steady buyer pool when you eventually sell.
From our Yorkville office we work DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Will counties daily. We know how Westmont prices against Downers Grove, Clarendon Hills, and Darien—and when the value gap makes crossing a boundary line the smarter move.
Westmont’s range—$100K condos to $1M+ estates—means town-wide averages mislead. We price and negotiate off subdivision-level comps, from Cass Lake Village to Tartan Lakes, which is where accurate answers live here.
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