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Highest median rent, Illinois counties · 1990

Illinois counties ranked by median gross rent (1990 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 –

01DuPage County, ILIL934,298$625–

02Lake County, ILIL719,339$558–

03McHenry County, ILIL317,751$537–

04Kane County, ILIL525,757$508–

05Kendall County, ILIL145,470$495–

06Cook County, ILIL5,194,625$478–

07Will County, ILIL712,253$453–

08DeKalb County, ILIL101,835$424–

09Champaign County, ILIL209,972$411–

10Grundy County, ILIL54,052$410–

11St. Clair County, ILIL250,708$399–

12McLean County, ILIL171,419$387–

13Madison County, ILIL263,110$384–

14Sangamon County, ILIL194,170$382–

15Boone County, ILIL53,568$378–

16Winnebago County, ILIL283,674$377–

17Monroe County, ILIL34,840$376–

18Kankakee County, ILIL105,525$376–

19Peoria County, ILIL178,553$359–

20Piatt County, ILIL16,791$350–

21Ogle County, ILIL51,399$343–

22Livingston County, ILIL35,057$340–

23Macon County, ILIL99,300$340–

24Tazewell County, ILIL130,049$337–

25Woodford County, ILIL38,111$337–

26Whiteside County, ILIL54,121$335–

27Coles County, ILIL46,607$332–

28Rock Island County, ILIL141,869$331–

29Lee County, ILIL32,914$331–

30Clinton County, ILIL37,128$330–

31Washington County, ILIL13,564$329–

32Logan County, ILIL27,182$327–

33Bureau County, ILIL32,510$326–

34LaSalle County, ILIL107,773$324–

35Vermilion County, ILIL71,259$324–

36Macoupin County, ILIL43,748$322–

37Morgan County, ILIL32,515$321–

38Stephenson County, ILIL43,220$321–

39Menard County, ILIL11,863$320–

40Jersey County, ILIL21,160$318–

41Henry County, ILIL48,095$315–

42Moultrie County, ILIL14,371$315–

43Jackson County, ILIL52,501$314–

44Christian County, ILIL33,443$313–

45Putnam County, ILIL5,619$310–

46Douglas County, ILIL19,880$309–

47Iroquois County, ILIL26,150$306–

48Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594$306–

49Randolph County, ILIL29,921$306–

50De Witt County, ILIL15,118$305–

51Mercer County, ILIL15,229$304–

52Montgomery County, ILIL28,076$302–

53Jefferson County, ILIL36,147$300–

54Williamson County, ILIL67,225$300–

55Effingham County, ILIL34,519$299–

56Stark County, ILIL5,319$299–

57Knox County, ILIL47,767$298–

58Mason County, ILIL12,411$298–

59Marshall County, ILIL11,473$297–

60Ford County, ILIL13,216$296–

61Fulton County, ILIL32,901$296–

62Shelby County, ILIL20,576$296–

63Franklin County, ILIL36,916$295–

64Marion County, ILIL36,382$295–

65Warren County, ILIL16,222$295–

66Cass County, ILIL12,463$294–

67McDonough County, ILIL25,916$289–

68Carroll County, ILIL15,419$286–

69Crawford County, ILIL18,648$282–

70Edgar County, ILIL16,323$282–

71Fayette County, ILIL20,790$279–

72Hancock County, ILIL16,803$276–

73Lawrence County, ILIL13,790$275–

74Adams County, ILIL64,267$275–

75Henderson County, ILIL5,984$273–

76Perry County, ILIL20,160$272–

77Bond County, ILIL16,959$271–

78Massac County, ILIL13,502$271–

79Saline County, ILIL22,772$269–

80Cumberland County, ILIL10,208$268–

81Wabash County, ILIL10,907$266–

82Schuyler County, ILIL6,657$265–

83White County, ILIL13,250$265–

84Clark County, ILIL15,114$264–

85Richland County, ILIL15,219$261–

86Jasper County, ILIL9,032$259–

87Brown County, ILIL6,401$251–

88Union County, ILIL16,656$251–

89Scott County, ILIL4,866$249–

90Greene County, ILIL11,313$248–

91Wayne County, ILIL15,882$248–

92Calhoun County, ILIL4,300$246–

93Clay County, ILIL12,793$246–

94Edwards County, ILIL5,898$245–

95Gallatin County, ILIL4,616$237–

96Johnson County, ILIL13,363$235–

97Hamilton County, ILIL7,859$231–

98Pike County, ILIL14,231$230–

99Hardin County, ILIL3,588$214–

100Pulaski County, ILIL4,820$212–

101Pope County, ILIL3,672$194–

102Alexander County, ILIL4,570$174–

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