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Highest median rent, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties ranked by median gross rent (2020 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$1,487+107%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,298$1,365+63%

03Lake County, ILIL719,339$1,216+64%

04McHenry County, ILIL317,751$1,200+58%

05Kane County, ILIL525,757$1,187+73%

06Will County, ILIL712,253$1,183+88%

07Cook County, ILIL5,194,625$1,160+79%

08Grundy County, ILIL54,052$987+64%

09Boone County, ILIL53,568$927+75%

10DeKalb County, ILIL101,835$917+59%

11Kankakee County, ILIL105,525$906+68%

12St. Clair County, ILIL250,708$881+75%

13Champaign County, ILIL209,972$873+62%

14Piatt County, ILIL16,791$865+88%

15Monroe County, ILIL34,840$846+51%

16McLean County, ILIL171,419$842+58%

17Madison County, ILIL263,110$835+70%

18Sangamon County, ILIL194,170$829+65%

19Winnebago County, ILIL283,674$817+59%

20Peoria County, ILIL178,553$813+66%

21LaSalle County, ILIL107,773$785+66%

22Clinton County, ILIL37,128$777+81%

23Schuyler County, ILIL6,657$766+125%

24Ogle County, ILIL51,399$763+56%

25Woodford County, ILIL38,111$754+56%

26Rock Island County, ILIL141,869$753+67%

27Tazewell County, ILIL130,049$751+59%

28Menard County, ILIL11,863$750+65%

29Livingston County, ILIL35,057$745+61%

30Douglas County, ILIL19,880$734+70%

31Macoupin County, ILIL43,748$727+72%

32Williamson County, ILIL67,225$725+81%

33Washington County, ILIL13,564$723+71%

34Massac County, ILIL13,502$719+93%

35Lawrence County, ILIL13,790$717+99%

36Jefferson County, ILIL36,147$717+83%

37Logan County, ILIL27,182$714+57%

38McDonough County, ILIL25,916$714+82%

39Whiteside County, ILIL54,121$711+54%

40Shelby County, ILIL20,576$707+69%

41Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594$699+78%

42Clark County, ILIL15,114$697+65%

43Moultrie County, ILIL14,371$695+59%

44Bureau County, ILIL32,510$693+60%

45Adams County, ILIL64,267$692+72%

46Henry County, ILIL48,095$692+65%

47Iroquois County, ILIL26,150$690+55%

48Macon County, ILIL99,300$690+54%

49Mercer County, ILIL15,229$688+76%

50De Witt County, ILIL15,118$686+68%

51Morgan County, ILIL32,515$684+63%

52Vermilion County, ILIL71,259$683+63%

53Jackson County, ILIL52,501$682+67%

54Putnam County, ILIL5,619$682+53%

55Coles County, ILIL46,607$678+55%

56Christian County, ILIL33,443$677+66%

57Randolph County, ILIL29,921$674+72%

58Stark County, ILIL5,319$672+69%

59Lee County, ILIL32,914$671+43%

60Stephenson County, ILIL43,220$671+55%

61Saline County, ILIL22,772$664+91%

62Wabash County, ILIL10,907$664+97%

63Marshall County, ILIL11,473$661+61%

64Hamilton County, ILIL7,859$660+114%

65Mason County, ILIL12,411$655+68%

66Effingham County, ILIL34,519$654+50%

67Edgar County, ILIL16,323$653+67%

68Hancock County, ILIL16,803$652+80%

69Crawford County, ILIL18,648$650+75%

70Fulton County, ILIL32,901$650+67%

71Ford County, ILIL13,216$645+57%

72Franklin County, ILIL36,916$645+70%

73Jasper County, ILIL9,032$645+78%

74Alexander County, ILIL4,570$643+143%

75Marion County, ILIL36,382$639+72%

76Union County, ILIL16,656$639+87%

77Henderson County, ILIL5,984$638+71%

78Johnson County, ILIL13,363$637+81%

79Jersey County, ILIL21,160$632+49%

80Montgomery County, ILIL28,076$628+62%

81Cass County, ILIL12,463$627+50%

82Clay County, ILIL12,793$625+80%

83Knox County, ILIL47,767$623+52%

84Carroll County, ILIL15,419$621+61%

85Fayette County, ILIL20,790$610+59%

86Edwards County, ILIL5,898$609+91%

87Warren County, ILIL16,222$608+62%

88Greene County, ILIL11,313$607+64%

89Bond County, ILIL16,959$603+57%

90Perry County, ILIL20,160$593+60%

91Cumberland County, ILIL10,208$589+58%

92Wayne County, ILIL15,882$577+87%

93Richland County, ILIL15,219$569+48%

94White County, ILIL13,250$560+79%

95Pike County, ILIL14,231$554+62%

96Calhoun County, ILIL4,300$546+56%

97Scott County, ILIL4,866$538+65%

98Pulaski County, ILIL4,820$518+70%

99Brown County, ILIL6,401$485+53%

100Gallatin County, ILIL4,616$460+69%

101Hardin County, ILIL3,588$350+42%

102Pope County, ILIL3,672$325+26%

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