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Lowest median rent, Illinois cities

Illinois cities with the lowest median gross rent (2024 ACS). This list covers the 332 cities in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. 5 cities are tied at the $3,500+ ceiling. The median across all 332 is $1,306. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Fox Lake, IL, up 72 places to #96.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

The US Census Bureau caps reported median gross rent at $3,500 for 2024. Places shown as “$3,500+” 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

01▲6West Frankfort, ILIL7,105$661+70%

02▲1Litchfield, ILIL6,598$675+86%

03▲12Pana, ILIL5,010$684+98%

04▲17Eureka, ILIL5,129$692+58%

05▲11Murphysboro, ILIL6,977$697+61%

06▲23Jacksonville, ILIL17,752$711+70%

07▲33Hillsboro, ILIL6,184$715+84%

08▲3Du Quoin, ILIL5,569$719+93%

09▲10Effingham, ILIL12,406$725+68%

10▼4Monmouth, ILIL8,599$733+101%

11▲6Mattoon, ILIL16,667$740+71%

12▲25Mount Zion, ILIL5,880$744+83%

13▲36Metropolis, ILIL5,727$752+99%

14▲14Rock Falls, ILIL8,521$754+66%

15▼5Chester, ILIL6,847$760+95%

16▲2Harrisburg, ILIL7,922$760+111%

17▼5Beardstown, ILIL5,691$762+86%

18▼9Centralia, ILIL11,863$765+104%

19▲39Macomb, ILIL14,530$765+92%

20▼15Canton, ILIL13,297$766+89%

21▲24Carbondale, ILIL21,811$771+91%

22▲22Mendota, ILIL6,894$773+69%

23▼1Salem, ILIL7,035$774+111%

24▲2Paris, ILIL8,026$777+96%

25▼11Vandalia, ILIL7,108$778+101%

26▼2Princeton, ILIL7,674$782+93%

27▼25Greenville, ILIL7,469$783+118%

28▲5Freeport, ILIL23,202$793+87%

29▼4Kewanee, ILIL12,115$797+108%

30▲1Benton, ILIL6,558$798+109%

31▼18Galesburg, ILIL28,581$801+94%

32Mount Carmel, ILIL6,723$804+141%

33▼29Olney, ILIL8,347$809+108%

34▲19Charleston, ILIL17,466$817+85%

35▼1Pekin, ILIL31,277$819+89%

36▲64Carlinville, ILIL5,465$824+103%

37▲15Lincoln, ILIL12,981$828+84%

38▼3Taylorville, ILIL10,522$828+98%

39▲12Granite City, ILIL26,807$834+94%

40▼2Quincy, ILIL38,918$837+104%

41▲7Rock Island, ILIL36,225$842+93%

42▲21Pontiac, ILIL10,806$842+87%

43▼4Decatur, ILIL67,884$845+89%

44▼8Danville, ILIL28,138$846+106%

45▼44East St. Louis, ILIL17,682$847+135%

46▼16Streator, ILIL12,190$852+93%

47▲12Highland, ILIL10,042$855+68%

48▼2Sterling, ILIL14,394$859+77%

49▼8East Moline, ILIL20,453$868+109%

50▼30Jerseyville, ILIL8,409$869+114%

51▼1East Alton, ILIL5,621$881+115%

52▼5East Peoria, ILIL22,088$886+98%

53▲9Waterloo, ILIL11,132$886+63%

54▲31Wilmington, ILIL5,614$888+74%

55▲13Rantoul, ILIL11,991$890+78%

56▼2Chillicothe, ILIL6,033$899+107%

57▲8Moline, ILIL42,362$900+90%

58▼31Robinson, ILIL7,283$907+143%

59▲53Carterville, ILIL5,839$909+91%

60Mount Vernon, ILIL14,187$910+129%

61▼38Dixon, ILIL14,582$912+108%

62▲5Peoria Heights, ILIL5,767$913+98%

63▼6Rockton, ILIL7,870$914+55%

64▼56Spring Valley, ILIL5,408$915+83%

65▲14Ottawa, ILIL18,684$920+88%

66▼10Marion, ILIL17,148$921+126%

67▼6Peru, ILIL9,780$921+90%

68▼26Clinton, ILIL6,781$934+142%

69▲3Wood River, ILIL10,224$936+88%

70▲45Genoa, ILIL5,547$940+62%

71▲47Harvey, ILIL19,849$960+62%

72▲3Milan, ILIL5,028$963+162%

73▲11Normal, ILIL53,275$965+74%

74▼10Silvis, ILIL7,979$965+108%

75▼1South Beloit, ILIL7,996$972+92%

76▲5Urbana, ILIL39,719$972+81%

77▲1Springfield, ILIL112,989$975+95%

78▼9Bethalto, ILIL9,202$981+89%

79Cahokia Heights, ILIL16,874$981–

80▼7Rochelle, ILIL9,498$985+107%

81▼15Rockford, ILIL147,384$985+98%

82▲4Belvidere, ILIL25,462$991+92%

83▼40Herrin, ILIL12,268$1,002+164%

84▲27Savoy, ILIL9,113$1,003+51%

85▼8Peoria, ILIL110,920$1,005+103%

86▼16Geneseo, ILIL6,505$1,015+112%

87▼16Alton, ILIL25,013$1,015+136%

88▼12Belleville, ILIL40,237$1,019+105%

89▼6Kankakee, ILIL23,400$1,023+108%

90▲6DeKalb, ILIL40,467$1,029+82%

91▲48Sandwich, ILIL7,380$1,029+66%

92▲14Chicago Heights, ILIL26,508$1,038+83%

93▼3Collinsville, ILIL23,717$1,038+102%

94▲68Braidwood, ILIL6,259$1,044+75%

95▼15LaSalle, ILIL9,388$1,045+134%

96▲72Fox Lake, ILIL10,849$1,047+53%

97▼15Bloomington, ILIL78,804$1,050+100%

98Blue Island, ILIL21,805$1,072+85%

99▼8Morton, ILIL17,565$1,074+87%

100▲1Steger, ILIL9,352$1,076+76%

101▲33Glen Carbon, ILIL13,898$1,097+78%

102▲11Broadview, ILIL7,871$1,099+73%

103▲23Machesney Park, ILIL22,805$1,102+82%

104▲15Franklin Park, ILIL18,045$1,109+96%

105▲9Park City, ILIL7,893$1,110+63%

106▼17Troy, ILIL11,893$1,116+93%

107▼15Loves Park, ILIL23,712$1,120+74%

108▲1Champaign, ILIL91,195$1,123+105%

109▲15Coal City, ILIL5,831$1,123+80%

110▲23Northlake, ILIL12,462$1,123+86%

111▼9Columbia, ILIL10,865$1,128+85%

112▲146Johnsburg, ILIL6,445$1,128+30%

113▲29Antioch, ILIL15,000$1,129+67%

114▲23Morris, ILIL14,669$1,132+95%

115▼20Summit, ILIL10,753$1,137+106%

116▲44Swansea, ILIL14,356$1,137+118%

117▲15Alsip, ILIL18,483$1,140+76%

118▼13Sycamore, ILIL19,083$1,140+94%

119▼11Manteno, ILIL9,201$1,141+86%

120▲5Clarendon Hills, ILIL8,681$1,142+58%

121▼27Maryville, ILIL8,413$1,145+154%

122▲21Hickory Hills, ILIL14,101$1,145+77%

123▲26Godfrey, ILIL17,620$1,153+114%

124▼2Cicero, ILIL81,858$1,154+106%

125▼28Stickney, ILIL6,897$1,154+90%

126▼22Washington, ILIL15,902$1,155+116%

127▲30Worth, ILIL10,696$1,169+79%

128▲19Fairview Heights, ILIL16,175$1,174+90%

129▼30Marengo, ILIL7,737$1,176+82%

130▲26Melrose Park, ILIL23,936$1,176+93%

131▼8Calumet City, ILIL34,798$1,177+87%

132▼12Bridgeview, ILIL16,521$1,177+76%

133▲21Countryside, ILIL6,260$1,180+64%

134▲6Harvard, ILIL9,504$1,183+74%

135▲31Zion, ILIL24,447$1,186+82%

136▲33Bradley, ILIL15,214$1,186+98%

137▼44Shiloh, ILIL14,604$1,187+113%

138▲17Lyons, ILIL10,433$1,198+86%

139▼8Waukegan, ILIL87,940$1,205+86%

140▲72Lemont, ILIL18,513$1,209+61%

141▼14Maywood, ILIL23,330$1,209+89%

142▲16Woodstock, ILIL25,740$1,212+73%

143▲10Manhattan, ILIL10,943$1,213+85%

144▼56Bartonville, ILIL5,804$1,214+159%

145▼9River Grove, ILIL10,409$1,214+82%

146▼5Berwyn, ILIL55,001$1,215+105%

147▲27Schiller Park, ILIL11,317$1,221+96%

148▲19Riverdale, ILIL10,280$1,231+89%

149▼4Harwood Heights, ILIL8,761$1,236+75%

150▲21Addison, ILIL35,758$1,245+81%

151▲14Justice, ILIL12,285$1,247+75%

152▲23Midlothian, ILIL13,841$1,249+111%

153▲51Beach Park, ILIL14,114$1,254+75%

154▲51Mokena, ILIL19,897$1,254+95%

155▼7Chatham, ILIL14,579$1,256+94%

156▲22Burbank, ILIL28,578$1,265+85%

157▼7Lansing, ILIL28,068$1,268+93%

158▼41Bourbonnais, ILIL17,658$1,269+109%

159▲4Palos Hills, ILIL18,028$1,269+67%

160▲4Joliet, ILIL152,241$1,276+132%

161▼58Pontoon Beach, ILIL5,887$1,277+128%

162▼52Calumet Park, ILIL6,772$1,288+107%

163▼11Bellwood, ILIL18,116$1,293+92%

164▼5Richton Park, ILIL12,483$1,294+86%

165▼21North Riverside, ILIL7,161$1,301+104%

166▼37Chicago Ridge, ILIL14,036$1,304+93%

167▼60Edwardsville, ILIL26,463$1,306+135%

168▲4Crete, ILIL8,345$1,309+100%

169▼18Winthrop Harbor, ILIL6,525$1,313+81%

170▲101Hazel Crest, ILIL13,024$1,320+41%

171▲51Hillside, ILIL8,140$1,320+80%

172▲1Oak Forest, ILIL26,792$1,328+99%

173▲11O'Fallon, ILIL32,656$1,332+102%

174▲18Homewood, ILIL18,773$1,333+80%

175▼40Crestwood, ILIL10,529$1,334+108%

176▲31Elmwood Park, ILIL23,675$1,334+99%

177Oak Lawn, ILIL56,450$1,335+94%

178▲4Niles, ILIL30,443$1,336+79%

179▲17Batavia, ILIL26,586$1,347+75%

180▲17Orland Hills, ILIL6,663$1,359+80%

181▼11Elgin, ILIL115,476$1,361+102%

182▲36Park Forest, ILIL21,079$1,365+98%

183▼2Forest Park, ILIL13,829$1,367+104%

184▼68Lynwood, ILIL9,297$1,368+114%

185▼57Mascoutah, ILIL9,239$1,370+140%

186▲4Wauconda, ILIL13,993$1,371+66%

187▼8Posen, ILIL5,405$1,372+155%

188▼50Monticello, ILIL6,080$1,379+187%

189▲51Dolton, ILIL20,671$1,384+102%

190▲103Poplar Grove, ILIL5,206$1,395+135%

191▼70Mahomet, ILIL10,516$1,396+108%

192▼7Round Lake Park, ILIL7,844$1,402+65%

193▼10Bensenville, ILIL18,525$1,407+76%

194▲30Carpentersville, ILIL37,045$1,414+109%

195▼34Brookfield, ILIL18,879$1,414+94%

196▼5Evergreen Park, ILIL19,283$1,420+128%

197▲22North Chicago, ILIL34,050$1,426+113%

198▲31Cary, ILIL17,932$1,428+79%

199▼6New Lenox, ILIL28,893$1,431+110%

200▲74Norridge, ILIL14,808$1,433+111%

201▼25Glen Ellyn, ILIL28,750$1,433+95%

202▼56Berkeley, ILIL5,141$1,434+94%

203▼17Roscoe, ILIL11,034$1,437+105%

204▼3Villa Park, ILIL21,888$1,438+100%

205▼16Chicago, ILIL2,731,585$1,440+134%

206▲4Orland Park, ILIL57,954$1,440+89%

207▲7La Grange Park, ILIL13,453$1,442+84%

208▲1Willow Springs, ILIL5,788$1,463+121%

209▲4Crystal Lake, ILIL42,288$1,468+72%

210▼30West Chicago, ILIL25,296$1,469+87%

211▼24Prospect Heights, ILIL15,552$1,475+111%

212▼125Monee, ILIL5,119$1,477+138%

213▲100Shorewood, ILIL18,536$1,479+49%

214▼16Crest Hill, ILIL20,695$1,481+126%

215▼7Riverside, ILIL8,939$1,484+129%

216▼28Grayslake, ILIL21,140$1,485+81%

217▲80Glenwood, ILIL8,416$1,493+113%

218▲103Winfield, ILIL10,146$1,493+54%

219▲34Woodridge, ILIL34,028$1,494+98%

220▼5Tinley Park, ILIL55,140$1,495+111%

221▲80Lake Holiday, ILIL5,641$1,496–

222▲40Barrington, ILIL10,586$1,500+61%

223▼23Mount Prospect, ILIL55,395$1,502+91%

224▼21Sauk, ILIL9,624$1,502+110%

225▲1North Aurora, ILIL19,406$1,504+107%

226▲19Candlewick Lake, ILIL5,448$1,520–

227▲6Lockport, ILIL27,822$1,525+135%

228▲3Carol Stream, ILIL39,315$1,529+92%

229▼34Lake Villa, ILIL8,692$1,533+88%

230▼28Westmont, ILIL24,155$1,533+102%

231▲16Park Ridge, ILIL38,463$1,537+79%

232▼11Round Lake Beach, ILIL26,902$1,543+87%

233▲21Sugar Grove, ILIL9,381$1,543+74%

234▼17Palatine, ILIL65,842$1,549+75%

235▼12Skokie, ILIL66,544$1,552+94%

236▲67Minooka, ILIL12,899$1,552+131%

237▲5McHenry, ILIL29,217$1,553+115%

238▼2River Forest, ILIL11,393$1,554+111%

239▲20Mundelein, ILIL32,680$1,566+102%

240▼24Matteson, ILIL18,543$1,580+122%

241▼3Glendale Heights, ILIL32,655$1,590+93%

242▼31Oak Park, ILIL52,823$1,593+124%

243▼2Hanover Park, ILIL36,568$1,594+113%

244▼17Aurora, ILIL181,505$1,596+128%

245▲1Bloomingdale, ILIL22,476$1,603+67%

246▼52Des Plaines, ILIL58,772$1,606+110%

247▲13Rolling Meadows, ILIL23,690$1,607+85%

248▼13Elk Grove, ILIL31,885$1,618+96%

249▼1Markham, ILIL11,274$1,621+109%

250▼11Frankfort Square, ILIL9,560$1,622+90%

251▼23Huntley, ILIL29,132$1,622+100%

252▲44Boulder Hill, ILIL8,989$1,633+85%

253▼3Libertyville, ILIL20,701$1,637+96%

254▲30South Elgin, ILIL25,656$1,640+114%

255▲6Roselle, ILIL22,756$1,641+83%

256▼126University Park, ILIL7,019$1,649+149%

257▼37Gurnee, ILIL30,458$1,655+105%

258▼7Downers Grove, ILIL50,365$1,656+116%

259▼16Lisle, ILIL23,432$1,658+86%

260▼8Yorkville, ILIL26,730$1,662+121%

261▼36Wheeling, ILIL38,391$1,663+88%

262▼30West Dundee, ILIL8,570$1,666+139%

263▲3Wood Dale, ILIL14,081$1,675+85%

264▼27Plano, ILIL12,677$1,686+175%

265▲17Lake in the Hills, ILIL28,590$1,689+75%

266▲14Gages Lake, ILIL10,819$1,693+103%

267▲20Channahon, ILIL14,530$1,708+107%

268▼3Elburn, ILIL7,084$1,708+147%

269▼35Country Club Hills, ILIL16,215$1,709+76%

270▼71Round Lake, ILIL18,526$1,710+197%

271▲34Algonquin, ILIL30,824$1,723+117%

272▼15Lakemoor, ILIL6,449$1,726+83%

273▼10Hoffman Estates, ILIL50,858$1,734+95%

274▲28Willowbrook, ILIL9,126$1,747+88%

275▼19Bolingbrook, ILIL74,803$1,749+123%

276▲52Campton Hills, ILIL10,894$1,750–

277▼9Arlington Heights, ILIL76,216$1,760+89%

278▼11Evanston, ILIL76,380$1,762+106%

279▲16Geneva, ILIL21,138$1,768+106%

280▲11Lindenhurst, ILIL14,810$1,768+90%

281▼3Westchester, ILIL16,300$1,794+98%

282▼7Wheaton, ILIL54,065$1,799+102%

283▲27Streamwood, ILIL38,277$1,809+60%

284▼12Schaumburg, ILIL77,249$1,812+85%

285▲14Lake Forest, ILIL19,731$1,815+81%

286▼31St. Charles, ILIL33,594$1,819+128%

287▼18Grandwood Park, ILIL5,262$1,836+82%

288▼9Winnetka, ILIL12,518$1,842+77%

289▼13South Holland, ILIL20,749$1,856+191%

290▼60La Grange, ILIL15,935$1,856+155%

291▼14Darien, ILIL22,032$1,857+143%

292▼6Oswego, ILIL39,948$1,860+152%

293▼87Homer Glen, ILIL24,873$1,861–

294Island Lake, ILIL8,047$1,874+101%

295▲14Bartlett, ILIL40,855$1,883+150%

296▼6Naperville, ILIL153,114$1,885+100%

297▲3Romeoville, ILIL41,281$1,886+102%

298▼54Itasca, ILIL9,488$1,892+119%

299▼35Highwood, ILIL5,323$1,900+134%

300▲24Gilberts, ILIL9,082$1,901+124%

301▲6Vernon Hills, ILIL26,825$1,903+120%

302▼4Lake Zurich, ILIL19,868$1,909+143%

303▲12Hinsdale, ILIL17,573$1,924+117%

304▲2Highland Park, ILIL30,767$1,925+107%

305▼16Warrenville, ILIL15,211$1,926+89%

306▼25Lombard, ILIL44,399$1,948+119%

307▼24Elmhurst, ILIL46,111$1,975+135%

308▼23Wilmette, ILIL27,459$1,978+92%

309▼39Montgomery, ILIL21,978$1,984+201%

310▲10Western Springs, ILIL13,588$2,006+115%

311▼3Buffalo Grove, ILIL42,812$2,037+89%

312▲11Lake Bluff, ILIL5,563$2,063+137%

313▲14Northfield, ILIL5,632$2,083+80%

314▼2Plainfield, ILIL50,043$2,119+197%

315▼1Glenview, ILIL47,711$2,148+159%

316▲3Morton Grove, ILIL24,582$2,164+213%

317▲8Flossmoor, ILIL9,358$2,164+119%

318▼7Volo, ILIL6,805$2,169+155%

319South Barrington, ILIL5,071$2,200+10%

320Glencoe, ILIL8,724$2,211+103%

321▼48Frankfort, ILIL21,365$2,442+246%

322▼4Northbrook, ILIL34,744$2,463+93%

323▼6Deerfield, ILIL19,642$2,482+144%

324▼75Palos Heights, ILIL12,084$2,558+143%

325▼37Hampshire, ILIL9,266$2,589+258%

326Oak Brook, ILIL8,108$2,590+160%

327▲2Lincolnshire, ILIL7,963$2,858+141%

T328Pingree Grove, ILIL12,545$3,500++637%

T328Burr Ridge, ILIL11,179$3,500++191%

T328Lake Barrington, ILIL5,130$3,500++149%

T328Lincolnwood, ILIL13,039$3,500++75%

T328Long Grove, ILIL8,343$3,500++389%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES