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Highest median rent, Illinois cities · 2010

Illinois cities ranked by median gross rent (2010 ACS). This list covers the 332 cities in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. 6 cities are tied at the $2,000+ ceiling. The median across all 332 is $861.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

The US Census Bureau caps reported median gross rent at $2,000 for 2010. Places shown as “$2,000+” exceed that ceiling by an amount the Census does not publish, so their exact values (and the order among them) cannot be distinguished.

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

T1Hawthorn Woods, ILIL9,679$2,000+0%

T1Inverness, ILIL7,418$2,000++57%

T1Long Grove, ILIL8,343$2,000++179%

T1South Barrington, ILIL5,071$2,000+0%

T1Lincolnshire, ILIL7,963$2,000++68%

T1Western Springs, ILIL13,588$2,000++115%

07Lake Bluff, ILIL5,563$1,875+116%

08Northfield, ILIL5,632$1,827+58%

09Homer Glen, ILIL24,873$1,738–

10Spring Grove, ILIL5,526$1,727+194%

11Shorewood, ILIL18,536$1,683+69%

12Deerfield, ILIL19,642$1,661+63%

13Northbrook, ILIL34,744$1,653+29%

14Gilberts, ILIL9,082$1,649+94%

15Lincolnwood, ILIL13,039$1,527−24%

16Palos Heights, ILIL12,084$1,512+44%

17South Holland, ILIL20,749$1,459+129%

18Wilmette, ILIL27,459$1,450+41%

19Glenview, ILIL47,711$1,444+74%

20Algonquin, ILIL30,824$1,424+79%

21Streamwood, ILIL38,277$1,410+25%

22Flossmoor, ILIL9,358$1,404+42%

23Country Club Hills, ILIL16,215$1,399+44%

24Hazel Crest, ILIL13,024$1,331+43%

25Round Lake Park, ILIL7,844$1,331+57%

26Oswego, ILIL39,948$1,328+80%

27Romeoville, ILIL41,281$1,321+42%

28Glencoe, ILIL8,724$1,313+20%

29Barrington, ILIL10,586$1,302+40%

30Huntley, ILIL29,132$1,302+60%

31Lindenhurst, ILIL14,810$1,298+40%

32Vernon Hills, ILIL26,825$1,275+47%

33Warrenville, ILIL15,211$1,275+25%

34Volo, ILIL6,805$1,267+49%

35Gages Lake, ILIL10,819$1,251+50%

36Winfield, ILIL10,146$1,248+29%

37Plainfield, ILIL50,043$1,240+74%

38Westchester, ILIL16,300$1,232+36%

39Buffalo Grove, ILIL42,812$1,231+14%

40Island Lake, ILIL8,047$1,220+31%

41Sugar Grove, ILIL9,381$1,219+37%

42Minooka, ILIL12,899$1,217+81%

43Bloomingdale, ILIL22,476$1,197+25%

44Winnetka, ILIL12,518$1,194+15%

45Boulder Hill, ILIL8,989$1,192+35%

46Lake Forest, ILIL19,731$1,192+19%

47Johnsburg, ILIL6,445$1,182+36%

48Lake Barrington, ILIL5,130$1,181−16%

49Highland Park, ILIL30,767$1,177+26%

50Park Ridge, ILIL38,463$1,177+37%

51Geneva, ILIL21,138$1,153+34%

52Markham, ILIL11,274$1,153+49%

53Sauk, ILIL9,624$1,151+61%

54Naperville, ILIL153,114$1,150+22%

55Schaumburg, ILIL77,249$1,147+17%

56Crystal Lake, ILIL42,288$1,116+31%

57Elmhurst, ILIL46,111$1,114+33%

58Hampshire, ILIL9,266$1,108+53%

59Highwood, ILIL5,323$1,107+36%

60Willowbrook, ILIL9,126$1,105+19%

61Lombard, ILIL44,399$1,105+24%

62Lakemoor, ILIL6,449$1,102+17%

63Matteson, ILIL18,543$1,101+55%

64Mokena, ILIL19,897$1,093+70%

65Evanston, ILIL76,380$1,092+28%

66Wonder Lake, ILIL5,593$1,090+18%

67Elburn, ILIL7,084$1,087+57%

68Wheaton, ILIL54,065$1,082+21%

69Wood Dale, ILIL14,081$1,080+19%

70Grandwood Park, ILIL5,262$1,079+7%

71Lake in the Hills, ILIL28,590$1,076+12%

72Arlington Heights, ILIL76,216$1,075+15%

73Lake Holiday, ILIL5,641$1,073–

74South Elgin, ILIL25,656$1,071+40%

75Hinsdale, ILIL17,573$1,062+20%

76Gurnee, ILIL30,458$1,061+32%

77West Dundee, ILIL8,570$1,058+52%

78Yorkville, ILIL26,730$1,055+40%

79Rolling Meadows, ILIL23,690$1,048+21%

80Skokie, ILIL66,544$1,045+31%

81Winthrop Harbor, ILIL6,525$1,044+44%

82Morton Grove, ILIL24,582$1,038+50%

83Bartlett, ILIL40,855$1,036+38%

84Lake Zurich, ILIL19,868$1,033+31%

85Orland Hills, ILIL6,663$1,031+37%

86Hoffman Estates, ILIL50,858$1,028+16%

87St. Charles, ILIL33,594$1,027+29%

88Lisle, ILIL23,432$1,010+13%

89Palatine, ILIL65,842$1,010+14%

90Posen, ILIL5,405$1,006+87%

91North Chicago, ILIL34,050$1,005+50%

92Mundelein, ILIL32,680$998+29%

93Woodridge, ILIL34,028$997+32%

94Channahon, ILIL14,530$989+20%

95La Grange Park, ILIL13,453$989+26%

96Poplar Grove, ILIL5,206$988+66%

97Itasca, ILIL9,488$987+14%

98Glendale Heights, ILIL32,655$986+20%

99Batavia, ILIL26,586$985+28%

100Crete, ILIL8,345$985+51%

101Roselle, ILIL22,756$985+10%

102Wheeling, ILIL38,391$980+11%

103Aurora, ILIL181,505$979+40%

104Round Lake, ILIL18,526$979+70%

105Bensenville, ILIL18,525$973+22%

106Libertyville, ILIL20,701$972+16%

107McHenry, ILIL29,217$971+34%

108Frankfort, ILIL21,365$970+38%

109Darien, ILIL22,032$966+27%

110Brookfield, ILIL18,879$963+32%

111Carpentersville, ILIL37,045$963+43%

112Hanover Park, ILIL36,568$958+28%

113Dolton, ILIL20,671$956+39%

114Elk Grove, ILIL31,885$955+16%

115Oak Brook, ILIL8,108$954−4%

116Coal City, ILIL5,831$952+52%

117Evergreen Park, ILIL19,283$950+52%

118Berkeley, ILIL5,141$950+29%

119New Lenox, ILIL28,893$949+39%

120Carol Stream, ILIL39,315$945+18%

121Downers Grove, ILIL50,365$945+23%

122Montgomery, ILIL21,978$944+43%

123La Grange, ILIL15,935$943+30%

124Orland Park, ILIL57,954$942+24%

125Lake Villa, ILIL8,692$939+15%

126Bolingbrook, ILIL74,803$933+19%

127North Aurora, ILIL19,406$932+29%

128Richton Park, ILIL12,483$932+34%

129Des Plaines, ILIL58,772$928+21%

130Prospect Heights, ILIL15,552$927+33%

131Tinley Park, ILIL55,140$927+31%

132Wauconda, ILIL13,993$926+12%

133Manhattan, ILIL10,943$926+42%

134Niles, ILIL30,443$921+23%

135University Park, ILIL7,019$919+39%

136Westmont, ILIL24,155$917+21%

137Bellwood, ILIL18,116$915+36%

138Cary, ILIL17,932$913+15%

139Villa Park, ILIL21,888$913+27%

140O'Fallon, ILIL32,656$911+38%

141Oak Park, ILIL52,823$910+28%

142Riverdale, ILIL10,280$909+39%

143Campton Hills, ILIL10,894$906–

144Roscoe, ILIL11,034$905+29%

145Mount Prospect, ILIL55,395$905+15%

146Fairview Heights, ILIL16,175$904+46%

147Palos Hills, ILIL18,028$903+19%

148River Forest, ILIL11,393$902+23%

149Glenwood, ILIL8,416$899+28%

150Burr Ridge, ILIL11,179$897−26%

151Oak Forest, ILIL26,792$896+34%

152Maywood, ILIL23,330$896+40%

153Burbank, ILIL28,578$890+30%

154Justice, ILIL12,285$889+25%

155Round Lake Beach, ILIL26,902$888+7%

156Woodstock, ILIL25,740$886+27%

157Chicago, ILIL2,731,585$885+44%

158Forest Park, ILIL13,829$883+32%

159Elgin, ILIL115,476$883+31%

160Oak Lawn, ILIL56,450$881+28%

161Harvey, ILIL19,849$880+48%

162Park Forest, ILIL21,079$879+28%

163Calumet Park, ILIL6,772$877+41%

164Addison, ILIL35,758$876+27%

165Beach Park, ILIL14,114$862+20%

166Countryside, ILIL6,260$861+20%

167Harvard, ILIL9,504$860+27%

168Homewood, ILIL18,773$859+16%

169Elmwood Park, ILIL23,675$858+28%

170Clarendon Hills, ILIL8,681$857+19%

171Lyons, ILIL10,433$857+33%

172Worth, ILIL10,696$856+31%

173West Chicago, ILIL25,296$854+9%

174Sycamore, ILIL19,083$853+45%

175Schiller Park, ILIL11,317$850+36%

176Glen Carbon, ILIL13,898$850+38%

177Norridge, ILIL14,808$848+25%

178Morris, ILIL14,669$847+46%

179Riverside, ILIL8,939$846+31%

180Lansing, ILIL28,068$846+29%

181Midlothian, ILIL13,841$846+43%

182Marengo, ILIL7,737$845+31%

183Calumet City, ILIL34,798$844+34%

184Berwyn, ILIL55,001$843+42%

185Stickney, ILIL6,897$843+39%

186Crest Hill, ILIL20,695$842+29%

187Bradley, ILIL15,214$842+41%

188Chicago Ridge, ILIL14,036$841+24%

189Grayslake, ILIL21,140$840+2%

190Mahomet, ILIL10,516$837+25%

191Zion, ILIL24,447$833+28%

192Hickory Hills, ILIL14,101$832+29%

193Summit, ILIL10,753$832+50%

194Fox Lake, ILIL10,849$831+21%

195Harwood Heights, ILIL8,761$829+17%

196Crestwood, ILIL10,529$827+29%

197Chatham, ILIL14,579$823+27%

198River Grove, ILIL10,409$823+24%

199Bridgeview, ILIL16,521$822+23%

200Morton, ILIL17,565$822+43%

201Waukegan, ILIL87,940$821+27%

202North Riverside, ILIL7,161$821+29%

203Glen Ellyn, ILIL28,750$821+12%

204Lemont, ILIL18,513$820+9%

205Joliet, ILIL152,241$819+49%

206Antioch, ILIL15,000$818+21%

207Savoy, ILIL9,113$818+23%

208Machesney Park, ILIL22,805$812+34%

209Lynwood, ILIL9,297$809+27%

210Melrose Park, ILIL23,936$809+33%

211Willow Springs, ILIL5,788$808+22%

212Manteno, ILIL9,201$802+31%

213Sandwich, ILIL7,380$802+29%

214Alsip, ILIL18,483$795+23%

215Hillside, ILIL8,140$794+8%

216Lockport, ILIL27,822$791+22%

217Edwardsville, ILIL26,463$789+42%

218Blue Island, ILIL21,805$788+36%

219Steger, ILIL9,352$788+29%

220Godfrey, ILIL17,620$787+46%

221Northlake, ILIL12,462$786+30%

222Shiloh, ILIL14,604$785+41%

223Pontoon Beach, ILIL5,887$783+40%

224DeKalb, ILIL40,467$781+38%

225Cicero, ILIL81,858$778+39%

226Chicago Heights, ILIL26,508$776+37%

227Columbia, ILIL10,865$774+27%

228Broadview, ILIL7,871$774+22%

229Franklin Park, ILIL18,045$764+35%

230Monee, ILIL5,119$761+23%

231Bourbonnais, ILIL17,658$760+25%

232Park City, ILIL7,893$759+12%

233Genoa, ILIL5,547$753+30%

234Geneseo, ILIL6,505$751+57%

235Champaign, ILIL91,195$748+36%

236Braidwood, ILIL6,259$746+25%

237Maryville, ILIL8,413$741+64%

238Plano, ILIL12,677$741+21%

239Mascoutah, ILIL9,239$737+29%

240Loves Park, ILIL23,712$737+14%

241Swansea, ILIL14,356$734+41%

242Urbana, ILIL39,719$720+34%

243Wood River, ILIL10,224$717+44%

244Waterloo, ILIL11,132$715+32%

245South Beloit, ILIL7,996$711+41%

246Collinsville, ILIL23,717$703+37%

247Mendota, ILIL6,894$702+53%

248Bloomington, ILIL78,804$700+33%

249Washington, ILIL15,902$697+31%

250Belleville, ILIL40,237$694+40%

251Alton, ILIL25,013$694+61%

252Bethalto, ILIL9,202$694+33%

253Normal, ILIL53,275$691+25%

254Belvidere, ILIL25,462$678+31%

255Peoria, ILIL110,920$675+36%

256Springfield, ILIL112,989$671+34%

257Monticello, ILIL6,080$667+39%

258Ottawa, ILIL18,684$666+36%

259Macomb, ILIL14,530$663+66%

260Troy, ILIL11,893$662+15%

261Carterville, ILIL5,839$659+38%

262Rockford, ILIL147,384$655+32%

263Charleston, ILIL17,466$655+49%

264Highland, ILIL10,042$654+28%

265Kankakee, ILIL23,400$650+32%

266Rochelle, ILIL9,498$645+36%

267Granite City, ILIL26,807$642+50%

268Hillsboro, ILIL6,184$642+65%

269Mount Zion, ILIL5,880$642+58%

270Moline, ILIL42,362$637+34%

271Bartonville, ILIL5,804$634+35%

272Greenville, ILIL7,469$633+76%

273Beardstown, ILIL5,691$630+54%

274Peru, ILIL9,780$623+29%

275Rantoul, ILIL11,991$618+24%

276Rockton, ILIL7,870$615+4%

277Rock Falls, ILIL8,521$613+35%

278Silvis, ILIL7,979$610+31%

279Sterling, ILIL14,394$606+25%

280Streator, ILIL12,190$604+37%

281Peoria Heights, ILIL5,767$597+30%

282Decatur, ILIL67,884$594+33%

283Kewanee, ILIL12,115$590+54%

284Marion, ILIL17,148$587+44%

285Salem, ILIL7,035$585+59%

286Taylorville, ILIL10,522$583+39%

287Danville, ILIL28,138$582+42%

288Canton, ILIL13,297$580+43%

289Herrin, ILIL12,268$577+52%

290East Peoria, ILIL22,088$576+29%

291Rock Island, ILIL36,225$574+31%

292Vandalia, ILIL7,108$572+47%

293Carbondale, ILIL21,811$571+42%

294Eureka, ILIL5,129$570+30%

295Chillicothe, ILIL6,033$568+31%

296Murphysboro, ILIL6,977$568+31%

297Mount Vernon, ILIL14,187$567+42%

298Pekin, ILIL31,277$566+30%

299Freeport, ILIL23,202$564+33%

300Quincy, ILIL38,918$564+38%

301Olney, ILIL8,347$563+45%

302West Frankfort, ILIL7,105$562+45%

303Jacksonville, ILIL17,752$561+34%

304Dixon, ILIL14,582$560+28%

305Litchfield, ILIL6,598$556+53%

306Lincoln, ILIL12,981$553+23%

307Wilmington, ILIL5,614$552+8%

308Mattoon, ILIL16,667$551+28%

309Jerseyville, ILIL8,409$550+35%

310Galesburg, ILIL28,581$550+33%

311Pontiac, ILIL10,806$546+21%

312East Moline, ILIL20,453$544+31%

313Monmouth, ILIL8,599$544+49%

314Spring Valley, ILIL5,408$540+8%

315Effingham, ILIL12,406$540+25%

316Centralia, ILIL11,863$538+43%

317Pana, ILIL5,010$536+55%

318Harrisburg, ILIL7,922$536+48%

319Robinson, ILIL7,283$535+43%

320LaSalle, ILIL9,388$534+20%

321Paris, ILIL8,026$528+33%

322Clinton, ILIL6,781$523+35%

323Metropolis, ILIL5,727$516+37%

324Milan, ILIL5,028$513+39%

325Chester, ILIL6,847$512+32%

326Princeton, ILIL7,674$508+25%

327Mount Carmel, ILIL6,723$505+52%

328East Alton, ILIL5,621$501+22%

329East St. Louis, ILIL17,682$487+35%

330Carlinville, ILIL5,465$485+19%

331Du Quoin, ILIL5,569$472+27%

332Benton, ILIL6,558$461+21%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS