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Lowest median rent, Illinois cities · 2000

Illinois cities with the lowest median gross rent (2000 ACS). This list covers the 331 cities in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. 3 cities are tied at the $2,000+ ceiling. The median across all 331 is $663.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

The US Census Bureau caps reported median gross rent at $2,000 for 2000. Places shown as “$2,000+” 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 1990

01Mount Carmel, ILIL6,723$333+24%

02Pana, ILIL5,010$345+29%

03Greenville, ILIL7,469$360+33%

04East St. Louis, ILIL17,682$361+13%

05Harrisburg, ILIL7,922$361+31%

06Litchfield, ILIL6,598$363+16%

07Monmouth, ILIL8,599$364+27%

08Salem, ILIL7,035$367+26%

09Milan, ILIL5,028$368+14%

10Du Quoin, ILIL5,569$373+52%

11Robinson, ILIL7,283$374+26%

12Centralia, ILIL11,863$375+31%

13Metropolis, ILIL5,727$377+33%

14Herrin, ILIL12,268$380+31%

15Benton, ILIL6,558$382+24%

16Kewanee, ILIL12,115$384+39%

17Clinton, ILIL6,781$386+31%

18Vandalia, ILIL7,108$388+40%

19West Frankfort, ILIL7,105$388+38%

20Hillsboro, ILIL6,184$388+31%

21Chester, ILIL6,847$389+34%

22Olney, ILIL8,347$389+50%

23Paris, ILIL8,026$397+43%

24Mount Vernon, ILIL14,187$398+33%

25Macomb, ILIL14,530$399+37%

26Carbondale, ILIL21,811$403+26%

27Canton, ILIL13,297$405+33%

28Princeton, ILIL7,674$405+21%

29Carlinville, ILIL5,465$406+25%

30Jerseyville, ILIL8,409$406+42%

31Marion, ILIL17,148$407+31%

32Mount Zion, ILIL5,880$407+20%

33Beardstown, ILIL5,691$409+51%

34Quincy, ILIL38,918$410+49%

35Danville, ILIL28,138$410+26%

36East Alton, ILIL5,621$410+23%

37Galesburg, ILIL28,581$412+39%

38East Moline, ILIL20,453$416+32%

39Taylorville, ILIL10,522$418+29%

40Jacksonville, ILIL17,752$419+29%

41Freeport, ILIL23,202$425+35%

42Granite City, ILIL26,807$429+22%

43Alton, ILIL25,013$430+30%

44Effingham, ILIL12,406$431+49%

45Mattoon, ILIL16,667$432+44%

46Murphysboro, ILIL6,977$432+54%

47Pekin, ILIL31,277$434+41%

48Chillicothe, ILIL6,033$435+35%

49Eureka, ILIL5,129$437+41%

50Rock Island, ILIL36,225$437+40%

51Dixon, ILIL14,582$439+38%

52Charleston, ILIL17,466$441+20%

53Streator, ILIL12,190$442+39%

54LaSalle, ILIL9,388$446+57%

55Decatur, ILIL67,884$447+32%

56East Peoria, ILIL22,088$448+35%

57Maryville, ILIL8,413$451+25%

58Lincoln, ILIL12,981$451+40%

59Pontiac, ILIL10,806$451+27%

60Rock Falls, ILIL8,521$454+44%

61Mendota, ILIL6,894$458+44%

62Peoria Heights, ILIL5,767$460+34%

63Silvis, ILIL7,979$465+43%

64Bartonville, ILIL5,804$468+35%

65Moline, ILIL42,362$474+35%

66Pingree Grove, ILIL12,545$475+6%

67Rochelle, ILIL9,498$476+43%

68Carterville, ILIL5,839$477+47%

69Geneseo, ILIL6,505$478+47%

70Monticello, ILIL6,080$480+35%

71Peru, ILIL9,780$484+44%

72Sterling, ILIL14,394$486+39%

73Ottawa, ILIL18,684$490+41%

74Kankakee, ILIL23,400$491+38%

75Peoria, ILIL110,920$496+38%

76Belleville, ILIL40,237$497+26%

77Wood River, ILIL10,224$497+27%

78Rockford, ILIL147,384$498+36%

79Springfield, ILIL112,989$499+32%

80Rantoul, ILIL11,991$499+41%

81Spring Valley, ILIL5,408$500+54%

82South Beloit, ILIL7,996$505+33%

83Highland, ILIL10,042$510+40%

84Wilmington, ILIL5,614$510+30%

85Collinsville, ILIL23,717$513+21%

86Belvidere, ILIL25,462$517+38%

87Bethalto, ILIL9,202$520+25%

88Swansea, ILIL14,356$522+26%

89Bloomington, ILIL78,804$525+40%

90Washington, ILIL15,902$534+42%

91Urbana, ILIL39,719$537+30%

92Godfrey, ILIL17,620$539+17%

93Posen, ILIL5,405$539+21%

94Waterloo, ILIL11,132$543+60%

95Champaign, ILIL91,195$549+30%

96Joliet, ILIL152,241$549+36%

97Summit, ILIL10,753$553+34%

98Normal, ILIL53,275$554+28%

99Edwardsville, ILIL26,463$556+28%

100Shiloh, ILIL14,604$558+9%

101Pontoon Beach, ILIL5,887$560+35%

102Cicero, ILIL81,858$561+35%

103DeKalb, ILIL40,467$565+30%

104Chicago Heights, ILIL26,508$566+41%

105Franklin Park, ILIL18,045$567+30%

106Mascoutah, ILIL9,239$571+48%

107Morton, ILIL17,565$575+48%

108Round Lake, ILIL18,526$576+30%

109Troy, ILIL11,893$578+32%

110Blue Island, ILIL21,805$578+33%

111Genoa, ILIL5,547$579+61%

112Morris, ILIL14,669$580+46%

113Spring Grove, ILIL5,526$588+8%

114Rockton, ILIL7,870$589+37%

115Sycamore, ILIL19,083$589+38%

116Midlothian, ILIL13,841$593+24%

117Berwyn, ILIL55,001$593+32%

118Harvey, ILIL19,849$593+31%

119Poplar Grove, ILIL5,206$594+12%

120Braidwood, ILIL6,259$597+46%

121Bradley, ILIL15,214$598+59%

122Machesney Park, ILIL22,805$604+34%

123Northlake, ILIL12,462$604+35%

124Stickney, ILIL6,897$606+30%

125Bourbonnais, ILIL17,658$607+42%

126Columbia, ILIL10,865$609+41%

127Melrose Park, ILIL23,936$610+35%

128Steger, ILIL9,352$610+33%

129Plano, ILIL12,677$613+40%

130Manteno, ILIL9,201$613+74%

131Chicago, ILIL2,731,585$616+38%

132Fairview Heights, ILIL16,175$618+20%

133Glen Carbon, ILIL13,898$618+27%

134Monee, ILIL5,119$620+32%

135Sandwich, ILIL7,380$620+56%

136Calumet Park, ILIL6,772$621+31%

137Evergreen Park, ILIL19,283$623+31%

138Schiller Park, ILIL11,317$624+22%

139Coal City, ILIL5,831$625+52%

140Calumet City, ILIL34,798$630+38%

141Broadview, ILIL7,871$635+28%

142South Holland, ILIL20,749$637+37%

143North Riverside, ILIL7,161$638+27%

144Maywood, ILIL23,330$638+32%

145Lynwood, ILIL9,297$639+10%

146Crestwood, ILIL10,529$640+21%

147Lyons, ILIL10,433$643+28%

148Mokena, ILIL19,897$644+22%

149Loves Park, ILIL23,712$645+46%

150Marengo, ILIL7,737$645+47%

151Alsip, ILIL18,483$646+25%

152Hickory Hills, ILIL14,101$646+27%

153Waukegan, ILIL87,940$647+32%

154Riverside, ILIL8,939$647+23%

155Chatham, ILIL14,579$648+49%

156Lockport, ILIL27,822$649+38%

157Zion, ILIL24,447$651+34%

158Riverdale, ILIL10,280$652+32%

159Worth, ILIL10,696$653+29%

160Crete, ILIL8,345$654+44%

161Manhattan, ILIL10,943$654+39%

162Crest Hill, ILIL20,695$655+41%

163Lansing, ILIL28,068$658+29%

164Montgomery, ILIL21,978$659+29%

165O'Fallon, ILIL32,656$660+26%

166University Park, ILIL7,019$663+27%

167Willow Springs, ILIL5,788$663+28%

168Savoy, ILIL9,113$664+74%

169River Grove, ILIL10,409$666+29%

170Oak Forest, ILIL26,792$667+23%

171North Chicago, ILIL34,050$670+38%

172Forest Park, ILIL13,829$670+33%

173Bridgeview, ILIL16,521$670+35%

174Elmwood Park, ILIL23,675$670+30%

175Minooka, ILIL12,899$671+33%

176Mahomet, ILIL10,516$672+38%

177Bellwood, ILIL18,116$673+27%

178Carpentersville, ILIL37,045$675+26%

179Elgin, ILIL115,476$675+35%

180Chicago Ridge, ILIL14,036$676+30%

181Norridge, ILIL14,808$678+21%

182Antioch, ILIL15,000$678+25%

183Harvard, ILIL9,504$679+45%

184Park City, ILIL7,893$679+53%

185Burbank, ILIL28,578$682+34%

186New Lenox, ILIL28,893$683+32%

187Fox Lake, ILIL10,849$685+34%

188Dolton, ILIL20,671$686+30%

189Oak Lawn, ILIL56,450$687+29%

190Addison, ILIL35,758$688+30%

191Park Forest, ILIL21,079$689+44%

192Morton Grove, ILIL24,582$691+11%

193Elburn, ILIL7,084$692+36%

194Richton Park, ILIL12,483$694+30%

195Prospect Heights, ILIL15,552$698+24%

196West Dundee, ILIL8,570$698+32%

197Woodstock, ILIL25,740$699+40%

198Aurora, ILIL181,505$700+40%

199Roscoe, ILIL11,034$700+58%

200Glenwood, ILIL8,416$702+31%

201Frankfort, ILIL21,365$705+27%

202Harwood Heights, ILIL8,761$706+29%

203Tinley Park, ILIL55,140$709+27%

204Oak Park, ILIL52,823$710+33%

205Matteson, ILIL18,543$711+31%

206Justice, ILIL12,285$712+31%

207Plainfield, ILIL50,043$713+46%

208Sauk, ILIL9,624$716+29%

209Long Grove, ILIL8,343$716+79%

210Beach Park, ILIL14,114$718+25%

211Countryside, ILIL6,260$718+24%

212Villa Park, ILIL21,888$720+31%

213Clarendon Hills, ILIL8,681$721+20%

214McHenry, ILIL29,217$722+39%

215Hampshire, ILIL9,266$724+45%

216North Aurora, ILIL19,406$725+32%

217La Grange, ILIL15,935$727+26%

218Winthrop Harbor, ILIL6,525$727+37%

219Brookfield, ILIL18,879$730+30%

220River Forest, ILIL11,393$735+17%

221Hillside, ILIL8,140$735+31%

222Glen Ellyn, ILIL28,750$736+25%

223Oswego, ILIL39,948$737+36%

224Berkeley, ILIL5,141$738+31%

225Homewood, ILIL18,773$741+29%

226Niles, ILIL30,443$747+26%

227Hanover Park, ILIL36,568$750+26%

228Bartlett, ILIL40,855$752+24%

229Yorkville, ILIL26,730$752+44%

230Lemont, ILIL18,513$753+72%

231Orland Hills, ILIL6,663$755+29%

232Woodridge, ILIL34,028$756+30%

233Palos Hills, ILIL18,028$758+39%

234Westmont, ILIL24,155$759+33%

235Orland Park, ILIL57,954$760+23%

236Darien, ILIL22,032$763+21%

237Des Plaines, ILIL58,772$764+32%

238South Elgin, ILIL25,656$765+27%

239Downers Grove, ILIL50,365$768+36%

240Batavia, ILIL26,586$771+38%

241Mundelein, ILIL32,680$774+28%

242Markham, ILIL11,274$776+25%

243La Grange Park, ILIL13,453$782+44%

244West Chicago, ILIL25,296$785+40%

245Lake Zurich, ILIL19,868$786+25%

246Bolingbrook, ILIL74,803$786+41%

247Mount Prospect, ILIL55,395$786+28%

248Algonquin, ILIL30,824$795+51%

249Cary, ILIL17,932$796+30%

250St. Charles, ILIL33,594$797+32%

251Carol Stream, ILIL39,315$798+29%

252Bensenville, ILIL18,525$798+30%

253Skokie, ILIL66,544$800+24%

254Gurnee, ILIL30,458$806+27%

255Highwood, ILIL5,323$811+34%

256Huntley, ILIL29,132$813+47%

257Lake Villa, ILIL8,692$816+41%

258Grayslake, ILIL21,140$820+38%

259Glendale Heights, ILIL32,655$823+32%

260Wauconda, ILIL13,993$824+32%

261Channahon, ILIL14,530$825+88%

262Elk Grove, ILIL31,885$825+28%

263Round Lake Beach, ILIL26,902$827+39%

264Glenview, ILIL47,711$828+7%

265Gages Lake, ILIL10,819$833+40%

266Libertyville, ILIL20,701$835+33%

267Elmhurst, ILIL46,111$840+39%

268Round Lake Park, ILIL7,844$849+23%

269Gilberts, ILIL9,082$850+109%

270Volo, ILIL6,805$850–

271Frankfort Square, ILIL9,560$852+42%

272Crystal Lake, ILIL42,288$855+34%

273Evanston, ILIL76,380$856+35%

274Park Ridge, ILIL38,463$858+34%

275Geneva, ILIL21,138$860+34%

276Itasca, ILIL9,488$863+33%

277Vernon Hills, ILIL26,825$866+21%

278Rolling Meadows, ILIL23,690$867+28%

279Lake Bluff, ILIL5,563$869+30%

280Johnsburg, ILIL6,445$871–

281Boulder Hill, ILIL8,989$883+40%

282Palatine, ILIL65,842$884+33%

283Hinsdale, ILIL17,573$885+36%

284Wheeling, ILIL38,391$885+30%

285Hoffman Estates, ILIL50,858$888+28%

286Lombard, ILIL44,399$889+33%

287Sugar Grove, ILIL9,381$889+63%

288Wheaton, ILIL54,065$892+38%

289Lisle, ILIL23,432$893+39%

290Roselle, ILIL22,756$895+30%

291Wood Dale, ILIL14,081$905+43%

292Westchester, ILIL16,300$906+27%

293Wonder Lake, ILIL5,593$921+28%

294Lindenhurst, ILIL14,810$929+23%

295Willowbrook, ILIL9,126$930+25%

296Barrington, ILIL10,586$931+26%

297Highland Park, ILIL30,767$931+34%

298Western Springs, ILIL13,588$932+6%

299Arlington Heights, ILIL76,216$933+31%

300Romeoville, ILIL41,281$933+22%

301Island Lake, ILIL8,047$934+75%

302Hazel Crest, ILIL13,024$934+59%

303Naperville, ILIL153,114$942+35%

304Lakemoor, ILIL6,449$943+39%

305Bloomingdale, ILIL22,476$961+34%

306Lake in the Hills, ILIL28,590$963+39%

307Winfield, ILIL10,146$971+18%

308Country Club Hills, ILIL16,215$972+44%

309Schaumburg, ILIL77,249$981+33%

310Flossmoor, ILIL9,358$989+34%

311Shorewood, ILIL18,536$994+49%

312Oak Brook, ILIL8,108$996+54%

313Lake Forest, ILIL19,731$1,005+32%

314Grandwood Park, ILIL5,262$1,007+26%

315Deerfield, ILIL19,642$1,018+41%

316Warrenville, ILIL15,211$1,019+39%

317Wilmette, ILIL27,459$1,028+26%

318Winnetka, ILIL12,518$1,038+47%

319Palos Heights, ILIL12,084$1,053+42%

320Buffalo Grove, ILIL42,812$1,079+43%

321Glencoe, ILIL8,724$1,091+48%

322Streamwood, ILIL38,277$1,130+27%

323Northfield, ILIL5,632$1,158+29%

324Lincolnshire, ILIL7,963$1,188+19%

325Burr Ridge, ILIL11,179$1,205+25%

326Inverness, ILIL7,418$1,271+27%

327Northbrook, ILIL34,744$1,279+40%

328Lake Barrington, ILIL5,130$1,406+40%

T329Lincolnwood, ILIL13,039$2,000++100%

T329Hawthorn Woods, ILIL9,679$2,000++516%

T329South Barrington, ILIL5,071$2,000++100%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS