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Highest median rent, Illinois cities · 1990

Illinois cities ranked by median gross rent (2023 ACS). This list covers the 329 cities in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01Inverness, ILIL7,418$1,001−21%

02South Barrington, ILIL5,071$1,001−50%

03Lake Barrington, ILIL5,130$1,001−29%

04Lincolnshire, ILIL7,963$1,001−16%

05Lincolnwood, ILIL13,039$1,001−50%

06Burr Ridge, ILIL11,179$964−20%

07Northbrook, ILIL34,744$916−28%

08Northfield, ILIL5,632$898−22%

09Streamwood, ILIL38,277$891−21%

10Western Springs, ILIL13,588$878−6%

11Winfield, ILIL10,146$825−15%

12Wilmette, ILIL27,459$818−20%

13Grandwood Park, ILIL5,262$802−20%

14Glenview, ILIL47,711$777−6%

15Romeoville, ILIL41,281$763−18%

16Lake Forest, ILIL19,731$762−24%

17Lindenhurst, ILIL14,810$758−18%

18Buffalo Grove, ILIL42,812$754−30%

19Willowbrook, ILIL9,126$743−20%

20Barrington, ILIL10,586$741−20%

21Schaumburg, ILIL77,249$739−25%

22Glencoe, ILIL8,724$739−32%

23Palos Heights, ILIL12,084$739−30%

24Flossmoor, ILIL9,358$736−26%

25Warrenville, ILIL15,211$735−28%

26Deerfield, ILIL19,642$723−29%

27Wonder Lake, ILIL5,593$721−22%

28Bloomingdale, ILIL22,476$715−26%

29Vernon Hills, ILIL26,825$713−18%

30Westchester, ILIL16,300$713−21%

31Arlington Heights, ILIL76,216$711−24%

32Winnetka, ILIL12,518$705−32%

33Naperville, ILIL153,114$698−26%

34Highland Park, ILIL30,767$696−25%

35Lake in the Hills, ILIL28,590$695−28%

36Hoffman Estates, ILIL50,858$693−22%

37Roselle, ILIL22,756$689−23%

38Round Lake Park, ILIL7,844$688−19%

39Wheeling, ILIL38,391$679−23%

40Lakemoor, ILIL6,449$678−28%

41Country Club Hills, ILIL16,215$677−30%

42Rolling Meadows, ILIL23,690$676−22%

43Lombard, ILIL44,399$668−25%

44Shorewood, ILIL18,536$667−33%

45Lake Bluff, ILIL5,563$666−23%

46Palatine, ILIL65,842$665−25%

47Hinsdale, ILIL17,573$650−27%

48Itasca, ILIL9,488$648−25%

49Elk Grove, ILIL31,885$647−22%

50Oak Brook, ILIL8,108$646−35%

51Wheaton, ILIL54,065$646−28%

52Skokie, ILIL66,544$645−19%

53Lisle, ILIL23,432$641−28%

54Geneva, ILIL21,138$641−25%

55Park Ridge, ILIL38,463$640−25%

56Crystal Lake, ILIL42,288$640−25%

57Evanston, ILIL76,380$636−26%

58Wood Dale, ILIL14,081$634−30%

59Gurnee, ILIL30,458$633−21%

60Boulder Hill, ILIL8,989$631−29%

61River Forest, ILIL11,393$630−14%

62Darien, ILIL22,032$628−18%

63Lake Zurich, ILIL19,868$627−20%

64Libertyville, ILIL20,701$627−25%

65Wauconda, ILIL13,993$625−24%

66Morton Grove, ILIL24,582$624−10%

67Glendale Heights, ILIL32,655$623−24%

68Markham, ILIL11,274$622−20%

69Carol Stream, ILIL39,315$620−22%

70Orland Park, ILIL57,954$620−18%

71Bensenville, ILIL18,525$616−23%

72Mount Prospect, ILIL55,395$615−22%

73Cary, ILIL17,932$614−23%

74Bartlett, ILIL40,855$607−19%

75Mundelein, ILIL32,680$606−22%

76Elmhurst, ILIL46,111$605−28%

77Highwood, ILIL5,323$604−26%

78St. Charles, ILIL33,594$604−24%

79South Elgin, ILIL25,656$601−21%

80Clarendon Hills, ILIL8,681$600−17%

81Frankfort Square, ILIL9,560$599−30%

82Grayslake, ILIL21,140$596−27%

83Round Lake Beach, ILIL26,902$595−28%

84Gages Lake, ILIL10,819$593−29%

85Hanover Park, ILIL36,568$593−21%

86Niles, ILIL30,443$591−21%

87Glen Ellyn, ILIL28,750$589−20%

88Hazel Crest, ILIL13,024$588−37%

89Orland Hills, ILIL6,663$585−23%

90Woodridge, ILIL34,028$581−23%

91Countryside, ILIL6,260$580−19%

92Lynwood, ILIL9,297$579−9%

93La Grange, ILIL15,935$578−20%

94Lake Villa, ILIL8,692$578−29%

95Des Plaines, ILIL58,772$577−24%

96Beach Park, ILIL14,114$573−20%

97Homewood, ILIL18,773$573−23%

98Westmont, ILIL24,155$572−25%

99Downers Grove, ILIL50,365$566−26%

100Norridge, ILIL14,808$562−17%

101Prospect Heights, ILIL15,552$562−19%

102Berkeley, ILIL5,141$562−24%

103Brookfield, ILIL18,879$561−23%

104Hillside, ILIL8,140$561−24%

105Tinley Park, ILIL55,140$560−21%

106West Chicago, ILIL25,296$559−29%

107Bolingbrook, ILIL74,803$558−29%

108Batavia, ILIL26,586$557−28%

109Sauk, ILIL9,624$557−22%

110Frankfort, ILIL21,365$556−21%

111Huntley, ILIL29,132$552−32%

112Villa Park, ILIL21,888$550−24%

113North Aurora, ILIL19,406$549−24%

114Palos Hills, ILIL18,028$547−28%

115Harwood Heights, ILIL8,761$546−23%

116Sugar Grove, ILIL9,381$546−39%

117Justice, ILIL12,285$544−24%

118Antioch, ILIL15,000$544−20%

119Matteson, ILIL18,543$544−23%

120Oak Forest, ILIL26,792$544−18%

121La Grange Park, ILIL13,453$543−31%

122Spring Grove, ILIL5,526$543−8%

123Oswego, ILIL39,948$542−26%

124Carpentersville, ILIL37,045$537−20%

125Oak Park, ILIL52,823$535−25%

126Glenwood, ILIL8,416$534−24%

127Island Lake, ILIL8,047$534−43%

128Oak Lawn, ILIL56,450$534−22%

129Richton Park, ILIL12,483$533−23%

130Winthrop Harbor, ILIL6,525$532−27%

131Addison, ILIL35,758$531−23%

132Poplar Grove, ILIL5,206$531−11%

133Crestwood, ILIL10,529$530−17%

134West Dundee, ILIL8,570$529−24%

135Bellwood, ILIL18,116$528−22%

136Algonquin, ILIL30,824$527−34%

137Mokena, ILIL19,897$527−18%

138Riverside, ILIL8,939$527−19%

139Dolton, ILIL20,671$526−23%

140Yorkville, ILIL26,730$524−30%

141University Park, ILIL7,019$523−21%

142O'Fallon, ILIL32,656$522−21%

143Chicago Ridge, ILIL14,036$520−23%

144McHenry, ILIL29,217$519−28%

145Willow Springs, ILIL5,788$517−22%

146New Lenox, ILIL28,893$516−24%

147River Grove, ILIL10,409$516−23%

148Alsip, ILIL18,483$515−20%

149Fairview Heights, ILIL16,175$514−17%

150Shiloh, ILIL14,604$514−8%

151Elmwood Park, ILIL23,675$514−23%

152Schiller Park, ILIL11,317$511−18%

153Fox Lake, ILIL10,849$511−25%

154Montgomery, ILIL21,978$510−23%

155Burbank, ILIL28,578$509−25%

156Lansing, ILIL28,068$509−23%

157Elburn, ILIL7,084$508−27%

158Worth, ILIL10,696$507−22%

159Hickory Hills, ILIL14,101$507−22%

160Forest Park, ILIL13,829$505−25%

161Minooka, ILIL12,899$505−25%

162North Riverside, ILIL7,161$502−21%

163Lyons, ILIL10,433$502−22%

164Elgin, ILIL115,476$501−26%

165Aurora, ILIL181,505$499−29%

166Woodstock, ILIL25,740$499−29%

167Hampshire, ILIL9,266$498−31%

168Broadview, ILIL7,871$497−22%

169Bridgeview, ILIL16,521$495−26%

170Riverdale, ILIL10,280$493−24%

171Waukegan, ILIL87,940$490−24%

172Zion, ILIL24,447$487−25%

173Plainfield, ILIL50,043$487−32%

174Mahomet, ILIL10,516$486−28%

175North Chicago, ILIL34,050$485−28%

176Glen Carbon, ILIL13,898$485−22%

177Maywood, ILIL23,330$483−24%

178Park Forest, ILIL21,079$479−30%

179Midlothian, ILIL13,841$479−19%

180Evergreen Park, ILIL19,283$477−23%

181Calumet Park, ILIL6,772$475−24%

182Manhattan, ILIL10,943$472−28%

183Lockport, ILIL27,822$472−27%

184Monee, ILIL5,119$469−24%

185Harvard, ILIL9,504$467−31%

186South Holland, ILIL20,749$466−27%

187Stickney, ILIL6,897$466−23%

188Crest Hill, ILIL20,695$464−29%

189Steger, ILIL9,352$460−25%

190Godfrey, ILIL17,620$459−15%

191Calumet City, ILIL34,798$458−27%

192Crete, ILIL8,345$453−31%

193Harvey, ILIL19,849$453−24%

194Melrose Park, ILIL23,936$453−26%

195Machesney Park, ILIL22,805$450−25%

196Pingree Grove, ILIL12,545$450−5%

197Northlake, ILIL12,462$448−26%

198Berwyn, ILIL55,001$448−24%

199Chicago, ILIL2,731,585$445−28%

200Park City, ILIL7,893$445−34%

201Posen, ILIL5,405$445−17%

202Round Lake, ILIL18,526$444−23%

203Loves Park, ILIL23,712$443−31%

204Roscoe, ILIL11,034$442−37%

205Channahon, ILIL14,530$439−47%

206Lemont, ILIL18,513$439−42%

207Plano, ILIL12,677$438−29%

208Marengo, ILIL7,737$438−32%

209Troy, ILIL11,893$437−24%

210Franklin Park, ILIL18,045$436−23%

211Chatham, ILIL14,579$436−33%

212DeKalb, ILIL40,467$436−23%

213Edwardsville, ILIL26,463$435−22%

214Normal, ILIL53,275$433−22%

215Blue Island, ILIL21,805$433−25%

216Columbia, ILIL10,865$432−29%

217Rockton, ILIL7,870$430−27%

218Bourbonnais, ILIL17,658$426−30%

219Sycamore, ILIL19,083$426−28%

220Collinsville, ILIL23,717$424−17%

221Champaign, ILIL91,195$422−23%

222Bethalto, ILIL9,202$416−20%

223Cicero, ILIL81,858$415−26%

224Pontoon Beach, ILIL5,887$415−26%

225Summit, ILIL10,753$414−25%

226Urbana, ILIL39,719$413−23%

227Swansea, ILIL14,356$413−21%

228Coal City, ILIL5,831$412−34%

229Braidwood, ILIL6,259$410−31%

230Gilberts, ILIL9,082$406−52%

231Joliet, ILIL152,241$403−27%

232Chicago Heights, ILIL26,508$402−29%

233Long Grove, ILIL8,343$400−44%

234Sandwich, ILIL7,380$397−36%

235Morris, ILIL14,669$396−32%

236Belleville, ILIL40,237$393−21%

237Wilmington, ILIL5,614$391−23%

238Wood River, ILIL10,224$390−22%

239Morton, ILIL17,565$388−33%

240Mascoutah, ILIL9,239$386−32%

241South Beloit, ILIL7,996$381−25%

242Savoy, ILIL9,113$381−43%

243Springfield, ILIL112,989$379−24%

244Bradley, ILIL15,214$377−37%

245Bloomington, ILIL78,804$375−29%

246Washington, ILIL15,902$375−30%

247Belvidere, ILIL25,462$374−28%

248Rockford, ILIL147,384$367−26%

249Charleston, ILIL17,466$367−17%

250Highland, ILIL10,042$364−29%

251Maryville, ILIL8,413$360−20%

252Peoria, ILIL110,920$360−27%

253Genoa, ILIL5,547$359−38%

254Monticello, ILIL6,080$356−26%

255Rantoul, ILIL11,991$355−29%

256Kankakee, ILIL23,400$355−28%

257Pontiac, ILIL10,806$355−21%

258Manteno, ILIL9,201$352−43%

259Granite City, ILIL26,807$351−18%

260Moline, ILIL42,362$350−26%

261Sterling, ILIL14,394$349−28%

262Bartonville, ILIL5,804$347−26%

263Ottawa, ILIL18,684$347−29%

264Peoria Heights, ILIL5,767$344−25%

265Waterloo, ILIL11,132$340−37%

266Decatur, ILIL67,884$339−24%

267Mount Zion, ILIL5,880$338−17%

268Peru, ILIL9,780$336−31%

269Princeton, ILIL7,674$334−18%

270Rochelle, ILIL9,498$332−30%

271East Alton, ILIL5,621$332−19%

272East Peoria, ILIL22,088$331−26%

273Alton, ILIL25,013$330−23%

274Jacksonville, ILIL17,752$326−22%

275Geneseo, ILIL6,505$325−32%

276Silvis, ILIL7,979$325−30%

277Spring Valley, ILIL5,408$325−35%

278Hawthorn Woods, ILIL9,679$325−84%

279Carterville, ILIL5,839$325−32%

280Danville, ILIL28,138$325−21%

281Milan, ILIL5,028$324−12%

282Carlinville, ILIL5,465$324−20%

283Taylorville, ILIL10,522$324−22%

284Lincoln, ILIL12,981$323−28%

285Chillicothe, ILIL6,033$322−26%

286East St. Louis, ILIL17,682$320−11%

287Carbondale, ILIL21,811$319−21%

288Dixon, ILIL14,582$318−28%

289Mendota, ILIL6,894$318−31%

290Streator, ILIL12,190$317−28%

291Freeport, ILIL23,202$315−26%

292Rock Falls, ILIL8,521$315−31%

293East Moline, ILIL20,453$314−25%

294Rock Island, ILIL36,225$313−28%

295Litchfield, ILIL6,598$312−14%

296Marion, ILIL17,148$311−24%

297Eureka, ILIL5,129$309−29%

298Benton, ILIL6,558$307−20%

299Pekin, ILIL31,277$307−29%

300Canton, ILIL13,297$305−25%

301Mount Vernon, ILIL14,187$300−25%

302Mattoon, ILIL16,667$299−31%

303Robinson, ILIL7,283$297−21%

304Hillsboro, ILIL6,184$297−23%

305Galesburg, ILIL28,581$296−28%

306Clinton, ILIL6,781$295−24%

307Macomb, ILIL14,530$292−27%

308Salem, ILIL7,035$292−20%

309Chester, ILIL6,847$291−25%

310Herrin, ILIL12,268$290−24%

311Effingham, ILIL12,406$290−33%

312Centralia, ILIL11,863$287−23%

313Monmouth, ILIL8,599$286−21%

314Jerseyville, ILIL8,409$285−30%

315LaSalle, ILIL9,388$284−36%

316Metropolis, ILIL5,727$284−25%

317Murphysboro, ILIL6,977$281−35%

318West Frankfort, ILIL7,105$281−28%

319Paris, ILIL8,026$278−30%

320Kewanee, ILIL12,115$277−28%

321Vandalia, ILIL7,108$277−29%

322Quincy, ILIL38,918$276−33%

323Harrisburg, ILIL7,922$276−24%

324Beardstown, ILIL5,691$271−34%

325Greenville, ILIL7,469$271−25%

326Mount Carmel, ILIL6,723$269−19%

327Pana, ILIL5,010$267−23%

328Olney, ILIL8,347$259−33%

329Du Quoin, ILIL5,569$245−34%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES