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Highest median rent, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by median gross rent (2023 ACS). This list covers the 102 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01Kendall County, ILIL145,470$1,781+147%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,298$1,688+102%

03Lake County, ILIL719,339$1,477+99%

04Will County, ILIL712,253$1,462+132%

05Kane County, ILIL525,757$1,453+112%

06Cook County, ILIL5,194,625$1,435+121%

07McHenry County, ILIL317,751$1,401+84%

08Grundy County, ILIL54,052$1,177+96%

09Kankakee County, ILIL105,525$1,097+104%

10St. Clair County, ILIL250,708$1,090+117%

11Champaign County, ILIL209,972$1,051+95%

12DeKalb County, ILIL101,835$1,049+82%

13Piatt County, ILIL16,791$1,046+127%

14Monroe County, ILIL34,840$1,042+85%

15Boone County, ILIL53,568$1,041+96%

16Madison County, ILIL263,110$1,024+109%

17Winnebago County, ILIL283,674$1,021+99%

18McLean County, ILIL171,419$1,009+89%

19Peoria County, ILIL178,553$993+103%

20Sangamon County, ILIL194,170$983+95%

21Ogle County, ILIL51,399$936+91%

22Williamson County, ILIL67,225$930+133%

23LaSalle County, ILIL107,773$928+96%

24Ford County, ILIL13,216$923+124%

25Clinton County, ILIL37,128$912+112%

26Woodford County, ILIL38,111$912+88%

27Tazewell County, ILIL130,049$909+93%

28De Witt County, ILIL15,118$903+121%

29Lee County, ILIL32,914$894+91%

30Rock Island County, ILIL141,869$889+98%

31Jefferson County, ILIL36,147$885+126%

32Menard County, ILIL11,863$885+95%

33Livingston County, ILIL35,057$880+90%

34Clark County, ILIL15,114$861+104%

35Whiteside County, ILIL54,121$856+85%

36Schuyler County, ILIL6,657$853+150%

37Putnam County, ILIL5,619$851+91%

38Douglas County, ILIL19,880$848+97%

39Macon County, ILIL99,300$847+89%

40Jersey County, ILIL21,160$846+100%

41Henry County, ILIL48,095$842+101%

42Vermilion County, ILIL71,259$838+100%

43Lawrence County, ILIL13,790$836+132%

44Bureau County, ILIL32,510$832+93%

45Logan County, ILIL27,182$829+82%

46Adams County, ILIL64,267$828+106%

47Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594$825+110%

48Carroll County, ILIL15,419$818+112%

49Washington County, ILIL13,564$818+93%

50Shelby County, ILIL20,576$814+95%

51Crawford County, ILIL18,648$811+118%

52Edwards County, ILIL5,898$811+154%

53Richland County, ILIL15,219$805+109%

54Moultrie County, ILIL14,371$804+84%

55Franklin County, ILIL36,916$803+111%

56Mason County, ILIL12,411$802+106%

57Macoupin County, ILIL43,748$801+90%

58Iroquois County, ILIL26,150$799+79%

59Fayette County, ILIL20,790$798+108%

60Stephenson County, ILIL43,220$798+84%

61Marion County, ILIL36,382$794+114%

62Wabash County, ILIL10,907$794+136%

63Jasper County, ILIL9,032$793+118%

64Knox County, ILIL47,767$788+92%

65Warren County, ILIL16,222$788+110%

66Mercer County, ILIL15,229$786+101%

67Bond County, ILIL16,959$785+104%

68Christian County, ILIL33,443$785+93%

69Fulton County, ILIL32,901$785+101%

70Hancock County, ILIL16,803$782+115%

71Jackson County, ILIL52,501$782+91%

72Marshall County, ILIL11,473$782+91%

73Johnson County, ILIL13,363$781+123%

74Coles County, ILIL46,607$780+78%

75Randolph County, ILIL29,921$780+98%

76Edgar County, ILIL16,323$775+98%

77Cumberland County, ILIL10,208$772+108%

78Henderson County, ILIL5,984$764+104%

79McDonough County, ILIL25,916$761+94%

80Massac County, ILIL13,502$756+103%

81Greene County, ILIL11,313$754+104%

82Clay County, ILIL12,793$735+111%

83Stark County, ILIL5,319$735+85%

84Effingham County, ILIL34,519$733+68%

85Perry County, ILIL20,160$728+97%

86Saline County, ILIL22,772$726+109%

87Cass County, ILIL12,463$723+73%

88Montgomery County, ILIL28,076$723+86%

89Morgan County, ILIL32,515$722+72%

90White County, ILIL13,250$719+130%

91Brown County, ILIL6,401$698+121%

92Scott County, ILIL4,866$689+111%

93Pike County, ILIL14,231$676+98%

94Wayne County, ILIL15,882$657+113%

95Alexander County, ILIL4,570$656+148%

96Union County, ILIL16,656$648+90%

97Pulaski County, ILIL4,820$634+108%

98Calhoun County, ILIL4,300$583+67%

99Hamilton County, ILIL7,859$568+84%

100Gallatin County, ILIL4,616$541+99%

101Pope County, ILIL3,672$449+75%

102Hardin County, ILIL3,588$379+54%

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