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Highest median rent, Illinois cities · 2000

Illinois cities ranked by median gross rent (2023 ACS). This list covers the 331 cities in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01Lincolnwood, ILIL13,039$2,001+0%

02Hawthorn Woods, ILIL9,679$2,001+0%

03South Barrington, ILIL5,071$2,001+0%

04Lake Barrington, ILIL5,130$1,406+0%

05Northbrook, ILIL34,744$1,279+0%

06Inverness, ILIL7,418$1,271+0%

07Burr Ridge, ILIL11,179$1,205+0%

08Lincolnshire, ILIL7,963$1,188+0%

09Northfield, ILIL5,632$1,158+0%

10Streamwood, ILIL38,277$1,130+0%

11Glencoe, ILIL8,724$1,091+0%

12Buffalo Grove, ILIL42,812$1,079+0%

13Palos Heights, ILIL12,084$1,053+0%

14Winnetka, ILIL12,518$1,038+0%

15Wilmette, ILIL27,459$1,028+0%

16Warrenville, ILIL15,211$1,019+0%

17Deerfield, ILIL19,642$1,018+0%

18Grandwood Park, ILIL5,262$1,007+0%

19Lake Forest, ILIL19,731$1,005+0%

20Oak Brook, ILIL8,108$996+0%

21Shorewood, ILIL18,536$994+0%

22Flossmoor, ILIL9,358$989+0%

23Schaumburg, ILIL77,249$981+0%

24Country Club Hills, ILIL16,215$972+0%

25Winfield, ILIL10,146$971+0%

26Lake in the Hills, ILIL28,590$963+0%

27Bloomingdale, ILIL22,476$961+0%

28Lakemoor, ILIL6,449$943+0%

29Naperville, ILIL153,114$942+0%

30Island Lake, ILIL8,047$934+0%

31Hazel Crest, ILIL13,024$934+0%

32Arlington Heights, ILIL76,216$933+0%

33Romeoville, ILIL41,281$933+0%

34Western Springs, ILIL13,588$932+0%

35Barrington, ILIL10,586$931+0%

36Highland Park, ILIL30,767$931+0%

37Willowbrook, ILIL9,126$930+0%

38Lindenhurst, ILIL14,810$929+0%

39Wonder Lake, ILIL5,593$921+0%

40Westchester, ILIL16,300$906+0%

41Wood Dale, ILIL14,081$905+0%

42Roselle, ILIL22,756$895+0%

43Lisle, ILIL23,432$893+0%

44Wheaton, ILIL54,065$892+0%

45Lombard, ILIL44,399$889+0%

46Sugar Grove, ILIL9,381$889+0%

47Hoffman Estates, ILIL50,858$888+0%

48Hinsdale, ILIL17,573$885+0%

49Wheeling, ILIL38,391$885+0%

50Palatine, ILIL65,842$884+0%

51Boulder Hill, ILIL8,989$883+0%

52Johnsburg, ILIL6,445$871+0%

53Lake Bluff, ILIL5,563$869+0%

54Rolling Meadows, ILIL23,690$867+0%

55Vernon Hills, ILIL26,825$866+0%

56Itasca, ILIL9,488$863+0%

57Geneva, ILIL21,138$860+0%

58Park Ridge, ILIL38,463$858+0%

59Evanston, ILIL76,380$856+0%

60Crystal Lake, ILIL42,288$855+0%

61Frankfort Square, ILIL9,560$852+0%

62Gilberts, ILIL9,082$850+0%

63Volo, ILIL6,805$850+0%

64Round Lake Park, ILIL7,844$849+0%

65Elmhurst, ILIL46,111$840+0%

66Libertyville, ILIL20,701$835+0%

67Gages Lake, ILIL10,819$833+0%

68Glenview, ILIL47,711$828+0%

69Round Lake Beach, ILIL26,902$827+0%

70Channahon, ILIL14,530$825+0%

71Elk Grove, ILIL31,885$825+0%

72Wauconda, ILIL13,993$824+0%

73Glendale Heights, ILIL32,655$823+0%

74Grayslake, ILIL21,140$820+0%

75Lake Villa, ILIL8,692$816+0%

76Huntley, ILIL29,132$813+0%

77Highwood, ILIL5,323$811+0%

78Gurnee, ILIL30,458$806+0%

79Skokie, ILIL66,544$800+0%

80Carol Stream, ILIL39,315$798+0%

81Bensenville, ILIL18,525$798+0%

82St. Charles, ILIL33,594$797+0%

83Cary, ILIL17,932$796+0%

84Algonquin, ILIL30,824$795+0%

85Lake Zurich, ILIL19,868$786+0%

86Bolingbrook, ILIL74,803$786+0%

87Mount Prospect, ILIL55,395$786+0%

88West Chicago, ILIL25,296$785+0%

89La Grange Park, ILIL13,453$782+0%

90Markham, ILIL11,274$776+0%

91Mundelein, ILIL32,680$774+0%

92Batavia, ILIL26,586$771+0%

93Downers Grove, ILIL50,365$768+0%

94South Elgin, ILIL25,656$765+0%

95Des Plaines, ILIL58,772$764+0%

96Darien, ILIL22,032$763+0%

97Orland Park, ILIL57,954$760+0%

98Westmont, ILIL24,155$759+0%

99Palos Hills, ILIL18,028$758+0%

100Woodridge, ILIL34,028$756+0%

101Orland Hills, ILIL6,663$755+0%

102Lemont, ILIL18,513$753+0%

103Bartlett, ILIL40,855$752+0%

104Yorkville, ILIL26,730$752+0%

105Hanover Park, ILIL36,568$750+0%

106Niles, ILIL30,443$747+0%

107Homewood, ILIL18,773$741+0%

108Berkeley, ILIL5,141$738+0%

109Oswego, ILIL39,948$737+0%

110Glen Ellyn, ILIL28,750$736+0%

111River Forest, ILIL11,393$735+0%

112Hillside, ILIL8,140$735+0%

113Brookfield, ILIL18,879$730+0%

114Winthrop Harbor, ILIL6,525$727+0%

115La Grange, ILIL15,935$727+0%

116North Aurora, ILIL19,406$725+0%

117Hampshire, ILIL9,266$724+0%

118McHenry, ILIL29,217$722+0%

119Clarendon Hills, ILIL8,681$721+0%

120Villa Park, ILIL21,888$720+0%

121Beach Park, ILIL14,114$718+0%

122Countryside, ILIL6,260$718+0%

123Long Grove, ILIL8,343$716+0%

124Sauk, ILIL9,624$716+0%

125Plainfield, ILIL50,043$713+0%

126Justice, ILIL12,285$712+0%

127Matteson, ILIL18,543$711+0%

128Oak Park, ILIL52,823$710+0%

129Tinley Park, ILIL55,140$709+0%

130Harwood Heights, ILIL8,761$706+0%

131Frankfort, ILIL21,365$705+0%

132Glenwood, ILIL8,416$702+0%

133Roscoe, ILIL11,034$700+0%

134Aurora, ILIL181,505$700+0%

135Woodstock, ILIL25,740$699+0%

136Prospect Heights, ILIL15,552$698+0%

137West Dundee, ILIL8,570$698+0%

138Richton Park, ILIL12,483$694+0%

139Elburn, ILIL7,084$692+0%

140Morton Grove, ILIL24,582$691+0%

141Park Forest, ILIL21,079$689+0%

142Addison, ILIL35,758$688+0%

143Oak Lawn, ILIL56,450$687+0%

144Dolton, ILIL20,671$686+0%

145Fox Lake, ILIL10,849$685+0%

146New Lenox, ILIL28,893$683+0%

147Burbank, ILIL28,578$682+0%

148Harvard, ILIL9,504$679+0%

149Park City, ILIL7,893$679+0%

150Norridge, ILIL14,808$678+0%

151Antioch, ILIL15,000$678+0%

152Chicago Ridge, ILIL14,036$676+0%

153Carpentersville, ILIL37,045$675+0%

154Elgin, ILIL115,476$675+0%

155Bellwood, ILIL18,116$673+0%

156Mahomet, ILIL10,516$672+0%

157Minooka, ILIL12,899$671+0%

158North Chicago, ILIL34,050$670+0%

159Forest Park, ILIL13,829$670+0%

160Bridgeview, ILIL16,521$670+0%

161Elmwood Park, ILIL23,675$670+0%

162Oak Forest, ILIL26,792$667+0%

163River Grove, ILIL10,409$666+0%

164Savoy, ILIL9,113$664+0%

165University Park, ILIL7,019$663+0%

166Willow Springs, ILIL5,788$663+0%

167O'Fallon, ILIL32,656$660+0%

168Montgomery, ILIL21,978$659+0%

169Lansing, ILIL28,068$658+0%

170Crest Hill, ILIL20,695$655+0%

171Crete, ILIL8,345$654+0%

172Manhattan, ILIL10,943$654+0%

173Worth, ILIL10,696$653+0%

174Riverdale, ILIL10,280$652+0%

175Zion, ILIL24,447$651+0%

176Lockport, ILIL27,822$649+0%

177Chatham, ILIL14,579$648+0%

178Waukegan, ILIL87,940$647+0%

179Riverside, ILIL8,939$647+0%

180Alsip, ILIL18,483$646+0%

181Hickory Hills, ILIL14,101$646+0%

182Loves Park, ILIL23,712$645+0%

183Marengo, ILIL7,737$645+0%

184Mokena, ILIL19,897$644+0%

185Lyons, ILIL10,433$643+0%

186Crestwood, ILIL10,529$640+0%

187Lynwood, ILIL9,297$639+0%

188North Riverside, ILIL7,161$638+0%

189Maywood, ILIL23,330$638+0%

190South Holland, ILIL20,749$637+0%

191Broadview, ILIL7,871$635+0%

192Calumet City, ILIL34,798$630+0%

193Coal City, ILIL5,831$625+0%

194Schiller Park, ILIL11,317$624+0%

195Evergreen Park, ILIL19,283$623+0%

196Calumet Park, ILIL6,772$621+0%

197Sandwich, ILIL7,380$620+0%

198Monee, ILIL5,119$620+0%

199Fairview Heights, ILIL16,175$618+0%

200Glen Carbon, ILIL13,898$618+0%

201Chicago, ILIL2,731,585$616+0%

202Plano, ILIL12,677$613+0%

203Manteno, ILIL9,201$613+0%

204Steger, ILIL9,352$610+0%

205Melrose Park, ILIL23,936$610+0%

206Columbia, ILIL10,865$609+0%

207Bourbonnais, ILIL17,658$607+0%

208Stickney, ILIL6,897$606+0%

209Machesney Park, ILIL22,805$604+0%

210Northlake, ILIL12,462$604+0%

211Bradley, ILIL15,214$598+0%

212Braidwood, ILIL6,259$597+0%

213Poplar Grove, ILIL5,206$594+0%

214Berwyn, ILIL55,001$593+0%

215Harvey, ILIL19,849$593+0%

216Midlothian, ILIL13,841$593+0%

217Sycamore, ILIL19,083$589+0%

218Rockton, ILIL7,870$589+0%

219Spring Grove, ILIL5,526$588+0%

220Morris, ILIL14,669$580+0%

221Genoa, ILIL5,547$579+0%

222Troy, ILIL11,893$578+0%

223Blue Island, ILIL21,805$578+0%

224Round Lake, ILIL18,526$576+0%

225Morton, ILIL17,565$575+0%

226Mascoutah, ILIL9,239$571+0%

227Franklin Park, ILIL18,045$567+0%

228Chicago Heights, ILIL26,508$566+0%

229DeKalb, ILIL40,467$565+0%

230Cicero, ILIL81,858$561+0%

231Pontoon Beach, ILIL5,887$560+0%

232Shiloh, ILIL14,604$558+0%

233Edwardsville, ILIL26,463$556+0%

234Normal, ILIL53,275$554+0%

235Summit, ILIL10,753$553+0%

236Champaign, ILIL91,195$549+0%

237Joliet, ILIL152,241$549+0%

238Waterloo, ILIL11,132$543+0%

239Godfrey, ILIL17,620$539+0%

240Posen, ILIL5,405$539+0%

241Urbana, ILIL39,719$537+0%

242Washington, ILIL15,902$534+0%

243Bloomington, ILIL78,804$525+0%

244Swansea, ILIL14,356$522+0%

245Bethalto, ILIL9,202$520+0%

246Belvidere, ILIL25,462$517+0%

247Collinsville, ILIL23,717$513+0%

248Wilmington, ILIL5,614$510+0%

249Highland, ILIL10,042$510+0%

250South Beloit, ILIL7,996$505+0%

251Spring Valley, ILIL5,408$500+0%

252Springfield, ILIL112,989$499+0%

253Rantoul, ILIL11,991$499+0%

254Rockford, ILIL147,384$498+0%

255Wood River, ILIL10,224$497+0%

256Belleville, ILIL40,237$497+0%

257Peoria, ILIL110,920$496+0%

258Kankakee, ILIL23,400$491+0%

259Ottawa, ILIL18,684$490+0%

260Sterling, ILIL14,394$486+0%

261Peru, ILIL9,780$484+0%

262Monticello, ILIL6,080$480+0%

263Geneseo, ILIL6,505$478+0%

264Carterville, ILIL5,839$477+0%

265Rochelle, ILIL9,498$476+0%

266Pingree Grove, ILIL12,545$475+0%

267Moline, ILIL42,362$474+0%

268Bartonville, ILIL5,804$468+0%

269Silvis, ILIL7,979$465+0%

270Peoria Heights, ILIL5,767$460+0%

271Mendota, ILIL6,894$458+0%

272Rock Falls, ILIL8,521$454+0%

273Maryville, ILIL8,413$451+0%

274Lincoln, ILIL12,981$451+0%

275Pontiac, ILIL10,806$451+0%

276East Peoria, ILIL22,088$448+0%

277Decatur, ILIL67,884$447+0%

278LaSalle, ILIL9,388$446+0%

279Streator, ILIL12,190$442+0%

280Charleston, ILIL17,466$441+0%

281Dixon, ILIL14,582$439+0%

282Eureka, ILIL5,129$437+0%

283Rock Island, ILIL36,225$437+0%

284Chillicothe, ILIL6,033$435+0%

285Pekin, ILIL31,277$434+0%

286Murphysboro, ILIL6,977$432+0%

287Mattoon, ILIL16,667$432+0%

288Effingham, ILIL12,406$431+0%

289Alton, ILIL25,013$430+0%

290Granite City, ILIL26,807$429+0%

291Freeport, ILIL23,202$425+0%

292Jacksonville, ILIL17,752$419+0%

293Taylorville, ILIL10,522$418+0%

294East Moline, ILIL20,453$416+0%

295Galesburg, ILIL28,581$412+0%

296Quincy, ILIL38,918$410+0%

297Danville, ILIL28,138$410+0%

298East Alton, ILIL5,621$410+0%

299Beardstown, ILIL5,691$409+0%

300Mount Zion, ILIL5,880$407+0%

301Marion, ILIL17,148$407+0%

302Carlinville, ILIL5,465$406+0%

303Jerseyville, ILIL8,409$406+0%

304Canton, ILIL13,297$405+0%

305Princeton, ILIL7,674$405+0%

306Carbondale, ILIL21,811$403+0%

307Macomb, ILIL14,530$399+0%

308Mount Vernon, ILIL14,187$398+0%

309Paris, ILIL8,026$397+0%

310Chester, ILIL6,847$389+0%

311Olney, ILIL8,347$389+0%

312Vandalia, ILIL7,108$388+0%

313West Frankfort, ILIL7,105$388+0%

314Hillsboro, ILIL6,184$388+0%

315Clinton, ILIL6,781$386+0%

316Kewanee, ILIL12,115$384+0%

317Benton, ILIL6,558$382+0%

318Herrin, ILIL12,268$380+0%

319Metropolis, ILIL5,727$377+0%

320Centralia, ILIL11,863$375+0%

321Robinson, ILIL7,283$374+0%

322Du Quoin, ILIL5,569$373+0%

323Milan, ILIL5,028$368+0%

324Salem, ILIL7,035$367+0%

325Monmouth, ILIL8,599$364+0%

326Litchfield, ILIL6,598$363+0%

327East St. Louis, ILIL17,682$361+0%

328Harrisburg, ILIL7,922$361+0%

329Greenville, ILIL7,469$360+0%

330Pana, ILIL5,010$345+0%

331Mount Carmel, ILIL6,723$333+0%

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