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Highest median rent, Illinois counties · 1990

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

01DuPage County, ILIL934,298$625−25%

02Lake County, ILIL719,339$558−25%

03McHenry County, ILIL317,751$537−29%

04Kane County, ILIL525,757$508−26%

05Kendall County, ILIL145,470$495−31%

06Cook County, ILIL5,194,625$478−26%

07Will County, ILIL712,253$453−28%

08DeKalb County, ILIL101,835$424−27%

09Champaign County, ILIL209,972$411−24%

10Grundy County, ILIL54,052$410−32%

11St. Clair County, ILIL250,708$399−21%

12McLean County, ILIL171,419$387−27%

13Madison County, ILIL263,110$384−22%

14Sangamon County, ILIL194,170$382−24%

15Boone County, ILIL53,568$378−29%

16Winnebago County, ILIL283,674$377−27%

17Monroe County, ILIL34,840$376−33%

18Kankakee County, ILIL105,525$376−30%

19Peoria County, ILIL178,553$359−27%

20Piatt County, ILIL16,791$350−24%

21Ogle County, ILIL51,399$343−30%

22Livingston County, ILIL35,057$340−27%

23Macon County, ILIL99,300$340−24%

24Tazewell County, ILIL130,049$337−28%

25Woodford County, ILIL38,111$337−30%

26Whiteside County, ILIL54,121$335−28%

27Coles County, ILIL46,607$332−24%

28Rock Island County, ILIL141,869$331−26%

29Lee County, ILIL32,914$331−29%

30Clinton County, ILIL37,128$330−23%

31Washington County, ILIL13,564$329−22%

32Logan County, ILIL27,182$327−28%

33Bureau County, ILIL32,510$326−25%

34LaSalle County, ILIL107,773$324−32%

35Vermilion County, ILIL71,259$324−23%

36Macoupin County, ILIL43,748$322−24%

37Morgan County, ILIL32,515$321−24%

38Stephenson County, ILIL43,220$321−26%

39Menard County, ILIL11,863$320−30%

40Jersey County, ILIL21,160$318−25%

41Henry County, ILIL48,095$315−25%

42Moultrie County, ILIL14,371$315−28%

43Jackson County, ILIL52,501$314−23%

44Christian County, ILIL33,443$313−23%

45Putnam County, ILIL5,619$310−30%

46Douglas County, ILIL19,880$309−28%

47Iroquois County, ILIL26,150$306−31%

48Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594$306−22%

49Randolph County, ILIL29,921$306−22%

50De Witt County, ILIL15,118$305−25%

51Mercer County, ILIL15,229$304−22%

52Montgomery County, ILIL28,076$302−22%

53Jefferson County, ILIL36,147$300−23%

54Williamson County, ILIL67,225$300−25%

55Effingham County, ILIL34,519$299−31%

56Stark County, ILIL5,319$299−25%

57Knox County, ILIL47,767$298−27%

58Mason County, ILIL12,411$298−24%

59Marshall County, ILIL11,473$297−28%

60Ford County, ILIL13,216$296−28%

61Fulton County, ILIL32,901$296−24%

62Shelby County, ILIL20,576$296−29%

63Franklin County, ILIL36,916$295−22%

64Marion County, ILIL36,382$295−20%

65Warren County, ILIL16,222$295−22%

66Cass County, ILIL12,463$294−30%

67McDonough County, ILIL25,916$289−26%

68Carroll County, ILIL15,419$286−26%

69Crawford County, ILIL18,648$282−24%

70Edgar County, ILIL16,323$282−28%

71Fayette County, ILIL20,790$279−27%

72Hancock County, ILIL16,803$276−24%

73Lawrence County, ILIL13,790$275−24%

74Adams County, ILIL64,267$275−32%

75Henderson County, ILIL5,984$273−27%

76Perry County, ILIL20,160$272−26%

77Bond County, ILIL16,959$271−30%

78Massac County, ILIL13,502$271−27%

79Saline County, ILIL22,772$269−22%

80Cumberland County, ILIL10,208$268−28%

81Wabash County, ILIL10,907$266−21%

82Schuyler County, ILIL6,657$265−22%

83White County, ILIL13,250$265−15%

84Clark County, ILIL15,114$264−37%

85Richland County, ILIL15,219$261−32%

86Jasper County, ILIL9,032$259−29%

87Brown County, ILIL6,401$251−21%

88Union County, ILIL16,656$251−26%

89Scott County, ILIL4,866$249−24%

90Greene County, ILIL11,313$248−33%

91Wayne County, ILIL15,882$248−19%

92Calhoun County, ILIL4,300$246−30%

93Clay County, ILIL12,793$246−29%

94Edwards County, ILIL5,898$245−23%

95Gallatin County, ILIL4,616$237−13%

96Johnson County, ILIL13,363$235−33%

97Hamilton County, ILIL7,859$231−25%

98Pike County, ILIL14,231$230−33%

99Hardin County, ILIL3,588$214−13%

100Pulaski County, ILIL4,820$212−30%

101Pope County, ILIL3,672$194−25%

102Alexander County, ILIL4,570$174−34%

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