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Highest median rent, Illinois cities · 2000

Illinois cities ranked by median gross rent (2000 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 1990

01Hawthorn Woods, ILIL9,679$2,001+516%

02Lincolnwood, ILIL13,039$2,001+100%

03South Barrington, ILIL5,071$2,001+100%

04Lake Barrington, ILIL5,130$1,406+40%

05Northbrook, ILIL34,744$1,279+40%

06Inverness, ILIL7,418$1,271+27%

07Burr Ridge, ILIL11,179$1,205+25%

08Lincolnshire, ILIL7,963$1,188+19%

09Northfield, ILIL5,632$1,158+29%

10Streamwood, ILIL38,277$1,130+27%

11Glencoe, ILIL8,724$1,091+48%

12Buffalo Grove, ILIL42,812$1,079+43%

13Palos Heights, ILIL12,084$1,053+42%

14Winnetka, ILIL12,518$1,038+47%

15Wilmette, ILIL27,459$1,028+26%

16Warrenville, ILIL15,211$1,019+39%

17Deerfield, ILIL19,642$1,018+41%

18Grandwood Park, ILIL5,262$1,007+26%

19Lake Forest, ILIL19,731$1,005+32%

20Oak Brook, ILIL8,108$996+54%

21Shorewood, ILIL18,536$994+49%

22Flossmoor, ILIL9,358$989+34%

23Schaumburg, ILIL77,249$981+33%

24Country Club Hills, ILIL16,215$972+44%

25Winfield, ILIL10,146$971+18%

26Lake in the Hills, ILIL28,590$963+39%

27Bloomingdale, ILIL22,476$961+34%

28Lakemoor, ILIL6,449$943+39%

29Naperville, ILIL153,114$942+35%

30Hazel Crest, ILIL13,024$934+59%

31Island Lake, ILIL8,047$934+75%

32Arlington Heights, ILIL76,216$933+31%

33Romeoville, ILIL41,281$933+22%

34Western Springs, ILIL13,588$932+6%

35Barrington, ILIL10,586$931+26%

36Highland Park, ILIL30,767$931+34%

37Willowbrook, ILIL9,126$930+25%

38Lindenhurst, ILIL14,810$929+23%

39Wonder Lake, ILIL5,593$921+28%

40Westchester, ILIL16,300$906+27%

41Wood Dale, ILIL14,081$905+43%

42Roselle, ILIL22,756$895+30%

43Lisle, ILIL23,432$893+39%

44Wheaton, ILIL54,065$892+38%

45Lombard, ILIL44,399$889+33%

46Sugar Grove, ILIL9,381$889+63%

47Hoffman Estates, ILIL50,858$888+28%

48Wheeling, ILIL38,391$885+30%

49Hinsdale, ILIL17,573$885+36%

50Palatine, ILIL65,842$884+33%

51Boulder Hill, ILIL8,989$883+40%

52Johnsburg, ILIL6,445$871–

53Lake Bluff, ILIL5,563$869+30%

54Rolling Meadows, ILIL23,690$867+28%

55Vernon Hills, ILIL26,825$866+21%

56Itasca, ILIL9,488$863+33%

57Geneva, ILIL21,138$860+34%

58Park Ridge, ILIL38,463$858+34%

59Evanston, ILIL76,380$856+35%

60Crystal Lake, ILIL42,288$855+34%

61Frankfort Square, ILIL9,560$852+42%

62Gilberts, ILIL9,082$850+109%

63Volo, ILIL6,805$850–

64Round Lake Park, ILIL7,844$849+23%

65Elmhurst, ILIL46,111$840+39%

66Libertyville, ILIL20,701$835+33%

67Gages Lake, ILIL10,819$833+40%

68Glenview, ILIL47,711$828+7%

69Round Lake Beach, ILIL26,902$827+39%

70Channahon, ILIL14,530$825+88%

71Elk Grove, ILIL31,885$825+28%

72Wauconda, ILIL13,993$824+32%

73Glendale Heights, ILIL32,655$823+32%

74Grayslake, ILIL21,140$820+38%

75Lake Villa, ILIL8,692$816+41%

76Huntley, ILIL29,132$813+47%

77Highwood, ILIL5,323$811+34%

78Gurnee, ILIL30,458$806+27%

79Skokie, ILIL66,544$800+24%

80Bensenville, ILIL18,525$798+30%

81Carol Stream, ILIL39,315$798+29%

82St. Charles, ILIL33,594$797+32%

83Cary, ILIL17,932$796+30%

84Algonquin, ILIL30,824$795+51%

85Lake Zurich, ILIL19,868$786+25%

86Bolingbrook, ILIL74,803$786+41%

87Mount Prospect, ILIL55,395$786+28%

88West Chicago, ILIL25,296$785+40%

89La Grange Park, ILIL13,453$782+44%

90Markham, ILIL11,274$776+25%

91Mundelein, ILIL32,680$774+28%

92Batavia, ILIL26,586$771+38%

93Downers Grove, ILIL50,365$768+36%

94South Elgin, ILIL25,656$765+27%

95Des Plaines, ILIL58,772$764+32%

96Darien, ILIL22,032$763+21%

97Orland Park, ILIL57,954$760+23%

98Westmont, ILIL24,155$759+33%

99Palos Hills, ILIL18,028$758+39%

100Woodridge, ILIL34,028$756+30%

101Orland Hills, ILIL6,663$755+29%

102Lemont, ILIL18,513$753+72%

103Bartlett, ILIL40,855$752+24%

104Yorkville, ILIL26,730$752+44%

105Hanover Park, ILIL36,568$750+26%

106Niles, ILIL30,443$747+26%

107Homewood, ILIL18,773$741+29%

108Berkeley, ILIL5,141$738+31%

109Oswego, ILIL39,948$737+36%

110Glen Ellyn, ILIL28,750$736+25%

111Hillside, ILIL8,140$735+31%

112River Forest, ILIL11,393$735+17%

113Brookfield, ILIL18,879$730+30%

114La Grange, ILIL15,935$727+26%

115Winthrop Harbor, ILIL6,525$727+37%

116North Aurora, ILIL19,406$725+32%

117Hampshire, ILIL9,266$724+45%

118McHenry, ILIL29,217$722+39%

119Clarendon Hills, ILIL8,681$721+20%

120Villa Park, ILIL21,888$720+31%

121Beach Park, ILIL14,114$718+25%

122Countryside, ILIL6,260$718+24%

123Sauk, ILIL9,624$716+29%

124Long Grove, ILIL8,343$716+79%

125Plainfield, ILIL50,043$713+46%

126Justice, ILIL12,285$712+31%

127Matteson, ILIL18,543$711+31%

128Oak Park, ILIL52,823$710+33%

129Tinley Park, ILIL55,140$709+27%

130Harwood Heights, ILIL8,761$706+29%

131Frankfort, ILIL21,365$705+27%

132Glenwood, ILIL8,416$702+31%

133Aurora, ILIL181,505$700+40%

134Roscoe, ILIL11,034$700+58%

135Woodstock, ILIL25,740$699+40%

136Prospect Heights, ILIL15,552$698+24%

137West Dundee, ILIL8,570$698+32%

138Richton Park, ILIL12,483$694+30%

139Elburn, ILIL7,084$692+36%

140Morton Grove, ILIL24,582$691+11%

141Park Forest, ILIL21,079$689+44%

142Addison, ILIL35,758$688+30%

143Oak Lawn, ILIL56,450$687+29%

144Dolton, ILIL20,671$686+30%

145Fox Lake, ILIL10,849$685+34%

146New Lenox, ILIL28,893$683+32%

147Burbank, ILIL28,578$682+34%

148Harvard, ILIL9,504$679+45%

149Park City, ILIL7,893$679+53%

150Norridge, ILIL14,808$678+21%

151Antioch, ILIL15,000$678+25%

152Chicago Ridge, ILIL14,036$676+30%

153Carpentersville, ILIL37,045$675+26%

154Elgin, ILIL115,476$675+35%

155Bellwood, ILIL18,116$673+27%

156Mahomet, ILIL10,516$672+38%

157Minooka, ILIL12,899$671+33%

158North Chicago, ILIL34,050$670+38%

159Bridgeview, ILIL16,521$670+35%

160Elmwood Park, ILIL23,675$670+30%

161Forest Park, ILIL13,829$670+33%

162Oak Forest, ILIL26,792$667+23%

163River Grove, ILIL10,409$666+29%

164Savoy, ILIL9,113$664+74%

165Willow Springs, ILIL5,788$663+28%

166University Park, ILIL7,019$663+27%

167O'Fallon, ILIL32,656$660+26%

168Montgomery, ILIL21,978$659+29%

169Lansing, ILIL28,068$658+29%

170Crest Hill, ILIL20,695$655+41%

171Crete, ILIL8,345$654+44%

172Manhattan, ILIL10,943$654+39%

173Worth, ILIL10,696$653+29%

174Riverdale, ILIL10,280$652+32%

175Zion, ILIL24,447$651+34%

176Lockport, ILIL27,822$649+38%

177Chatham, ILIL14,579$648+49%

178Waukegan, ILIL87,940$647+32%

179Riverside, ILIL8,939$647+23%

180Hickory Hills, ILIL14,101$646+27%

181Alsip, ILIL18,483$646+25%

182Marengo, ILIL7,737$645+47%

183Loves Park, ILIL23,712$645+46%

184Mokena, ILIL19,897$644+22%

185Lyons, ILIL10,433$643+28%

186Crestwood, ILIL10,529$640+21%

187Lynwood, ILIL9,297$639+10%

188North Riverside, ILIL7,161$638+27%

189Maywood, ILIL23,330$638+32%

190South Holland, ILIL20,749$637+37%

191Broadview, ILIL7,871$635+28%

192Calumet City, ILIL34,798$630+38%

193Coal City, ILIL5,831$625+52%

194Schiller Park, ILIL11,317$624+22%

195Evergreen Park, ILIL19,283$623+31%

196Calumet Park, ILIL6,772$621+31%

197Sandwich, ILIL7,380$620+56%

198Monee, ILIL5,119$620+32%

199Glen Carbon, ILIL13,898$618+27%

200Fairview Heights, ILIL16,175$618+20%

201Chicago, ILIL2,731,585$616+38%

202Plano, ILIL12,677$613+40%

203Manteno, ILIL9,201$613+74%

204Melrose Park, ILIL23,936$610+35%

205Steger, ILIL9,352$610+33%

206Columbia, ILIL10,865$609+41%

207Bourbonnais, ILIL17,658$607+42%

208Stickney, ILIL6,897$606+30%

209Machesney Park, ILIL22,805$604+34%

210Northlake, ILIL12,462$604+35%

211Bradley, ILIL15,214$598+59%

212Braidwood, ILIL6,259$597+46%

213Poplar Grove, ILIL5,206$594+12%

214Berwyn, ILIL55,001$593+32%

215Harvey, ILIL19,849$593+31%

216Midlothian, ILIL13,841$593+24%

217Sycamore, ILIL19,083$589+38%

218Rockton, ILIL7,870$589+37%

219Spring Grove, ILIL5,526$588+8%

220Morris, ILIL14,669$580+46%

221Genoa, ILIL5,547$579+61%

222Blue Island, ILIL21,805$578+33%

223Troy, ILIL11,893$578+32%

224Round Lake, ILIL18,526$576+30%

225Morton, ILIL17,565$575+48%

226Mascoutah, ILIL9,239$571+48%

227Franklin Park, ILIL18,045$567+30%

228Chicago Heights, ILIL26,508$566+41%

229DeKalb, ILIL40,467$565+30%

230Cicero, ILIL81,858$561+35%

231Pontoon Beach, ILIL5,887$560+35%

232Shiloh, ILIL14,604$558+9%

233Edwardsville, ILIL26,463$556+28%

234Normal, ILIL53,275$554+28%

235Summit, ILIL10,753$553+34%

236Champaign, ILIL91,195$549+30%

237Joliet, ILIL152,241$549+36%

238Waterloo, ILIL11,132$543+60%

239Godfrey, ILIL17,620$539+17%

240Posen, ILIL5,405$539+21%

241Urbana, ILIL39,719$537+30%

242Washington, ILIL15,902$534+42%

243Bloomington, ILIL78,804$525+40%

244Swansea, ILIL14,356$522+26%

245Bethalto, ILIL9,202$520+25%

246Belvidere, ILIL25,462$517+38%

247Collinsville, ILIL23,717$513+21%

248Highland, ILIL10,042$510+40%

249Wilmington, ILIL5,614$510+30%

250South Beloit, ILIL7,996$505+33%

251Spring Valley, ILIL5,408$500+54%

252Springfield, ILIL112,989$499+32%

253Rantoul, ILIL11,991$499+41%

254Rockford, ILIL147,384$498+36%

255Belleville, ILIL40,237$497+26%

256Wood River, ILIL10,224$497+27%

257Peoria, ILIL110,920$496+38%

258Kankakee, ILIL23,400$491+38%

259Ottawa, ILIL18,684$490+41%

260Sterling, ILIL14,394$486+39%

261Peru, ILIL9,780$484+44%

262Monticello, ILIL6,080$480+35%

263Geneseo, ILIL6,505$478+47%

264Carterville, ILIL5,839$477+47%

265Rochelle, ILIL9,498$476+43%

266Pingree Grove, ILIL12,545$475+6%

267Moline, ILIL42,362$474+35%

268Bartonville, ILIL5,804$468+35%

269Silvis, ILIL7,979$465+43%

270Peoria Heights, ILIL5,767$460+34%

271Mendota, ILIL6,894$458+44%

272Rock Falls, ILIL8,521$454+44%

273Maryville, ILIL8,413$451+25%

274Lincoln, ILIL12,981$451+40%

275Pontiac, ILIL10,806$451+27%

276East Peoria, ILIL22,088$448+35%

277Decatur, ILIL67,884$447+32%

278LaSalle, ILIL9,388$446+57%

279Streator, ILIL12,190$442+39%

280Charleston, ILIL17,466$441+20%

281Dixon, ILIL14,582$439+38%

282Eureka, ILIL5,129$437+41%

283Rock Island, ILIL36,225$437+40%

284Chillicothe, ILIL6,033$435+35%

285Pekin, ILIL31,277$434+41%

286Mattoon, ILIL16,667$432+44%

287Murphysboro, ILIL6,977$432+54%

288Effingham, ILIL12,406$431+49%

289Alton, ILIL25,013$430+30%

290Granite City, ILIL26,807$429+22%

291Freeport, ILIL23,202$425+35%

292Jacksonville, ILIL17,752$419+29%

293Taylorville, ILIL10,522$418+29%

294East Moline, ILIL20,453$416+32%

295Galesburg, ILIL28,581$412+39%

296Quincy, ILIL38,918$410+49%

297East Alton, ILIL5,621$410+23%

298Danville, ILIL28,138$410+26%

299Beardstown, ILIL5,691$409+51%

300Marion, ILIL17,148$407+31%

301Mount Zion, ILIL5,880$407+20%

302Carlinville, ILIL5,465$406+25%

303Jerseyville, ILIL8,409$406+42%

304Canton, ILIL13,297$405+33%

305Princeton, ILIL7,674$405+21%

306Carbondale, ILIL21,811$403+26%

307Macomb, ILIL14,530$399+37%

308Mount Vernon, ILIL14,187$398+33%

309Paris, ILIL8,026$397+43%

310Chester, ILIL6,847$389+34%

311Olney, ILIL8,347$389+50%

312Hillsboro, ILIL6,184$388+31%

313West Frankfort, ILIL7,105$388+38%

314Vandalia, ILIL7,108$388+40%

315Clinton, ILIL6,781$386+31%

316Kewanee, ILIL12,115$384+39%

317Benton, ILIL6,558$382+24%

318Herrin, ILIL12,268$380+31%

319Metropolis, ILIL5,727$377+33%

320Centralia, ILIL11,863$375+31%

321Robinson, ILIL7,283$374+26%

322Du Quoin, ILIL5,569$373+52%

323Milan, ILIL5,028$368+14%

324Salem, ILIL7,035$367+26%

325Monmouth, ILIL8,599$364+27%

326Litchfield, ILIL6,598$363+16%

327East St. Louis, ILIL17,682$361+13%

328Harrisburg, ILIL7,922$361+31%

329Greenville, ILIL7,469$360+33%

330Pana, ILIL5,010$345+29%

331Mount Carmel, ILIL6,723$333+24%

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS