
Cobblers Crossing, Elgin
A Elgin, IL neighborhood: what the housing is, what is nearby, and what has closed there.
Located on the east side of Elgin near Lake Street and US Route 20, Cobblers Crossing is a master-planned subdivision developed in the late 1980s and 1990s. The community contains single-family detached homes and attached townhomes arrayed around cul-de-sacs, retention ponds, and green spaces.
Homes in Cobblers Crossing
Developed in the late 1980s and 1990s, the area includes traditional two-story single-family homes and attached two-story townhomes. Properties feature attached two-car garages, lot sizes up to a third of an acre, and a curvilinear street layout with cul-de-sacs.
Cobblers Crossing sits inside Elgin, so the Elgin market report is the right read on prices and pace; the figures beside this are the town's, not the neighborhood's.

Landmarks and anchors
- Lake Street
- US Route 20
- Cobblers Crossing Lake
Elgin market snapshot
Source: Redfin (through May 2026) · U.S. Census ACS (2024)
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