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Most affordable housing, Illinois counties · 1990

Illinois counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 2000

01Stark County, ILIL5,3191.2−31%

02Mercer County, ILIL15,2291.3−25%

03Pike County, ILIL14,2311.4−23%

04Greene County, ILIL11,3131.4−12%

05Scott County, ILIL4,8661.4−11%

06Cass County, ILIL12,4631.4−10%

07Fulton County, ILIL32,9011.4−19%

08Hancock County, ILIL16,8031.4−11%

09Henderson County, ILIL5,9841.4−1%

10Brown County, ILIL6,4011.5+2%

11Clark County, ILIL15,1141.5−17%

12Montgomery County, ILIL28,0761.5−11%

13Shelby County, ILIL20,5761.5−18%

14Pulaski County, ILIL4,8201.5+9%

15Carroll County, ILIL15,4191.5−22%

16Knox County, ILIL47,7671.5−16%

17Hamilton County, ILIL7,8591.5−4%

18Fayette County, ILIL20,7901.5−19%

19Christian County, ILIL33,4431.5−10%

20Crawford County, ILIL18,6481.5−8%

21Warren County, ILIL16,2221.5−8%

22Henry County, ILIL48,0951.5−23%

23Richland County, ILIL15,2191.5−23%

24Marion County, ILIL36,3821.5+1%

25Moultrie County, ILIL14,3711.5−16%

26Clay County, ILIL12,7931.5−6%

27Pope County, ILIL3,6721.5−23%

28Livingston County, ILIL35,0571.6−18%

29Edwards County, ILIL5,8981.6+8%

30Edgar County, ILIL16,3231.6−3%

31Franklin County, ILIL36,9161.6−3%

32Tazewell County, ILIL130,0491.6−21%

33Alexander County, ILIL4,5701.6+25%

34Macon County, ILIL99,3001.6−13%

35Iroquois County, ILIL26,1501.6−24%

36Bureau County, ILIL32,5101.6−19%

37Mason County, ILIL12,4111.6−4%

38De Witt County, ILIL15,1181.6−13%

39Cumberland County, ILIL10,2081.6−15%

40Vermilion County, ILIL71,2591.6+1%

41Hardin County, ILIL3,5881.6+6%

42Putnam County, ILIL5,6191.6−16%

43White County, ILIL13,2501.6+12%

44Whiteside County, ILIL54,1211.6−13%

45Wabash County, ILIL10,9071.6+13%

46McDonough County, ILIL25,9161.6−13%

47Ford County, ILIL13,2161.6−12%

48Douglas County, ILIL19,8801.6−8%

49Calhoun County, ILIL4,3001.6−18%

50Piatt County, ILIL16,7911.7−8%

51Johnson County, ILIL13,3631.7−13%

52Marshall County, ILIL11,4731.7−11%

53Macoupin County, ILIL43,7481.7−11%

54Lawrence County, ILIL13,7901.7+12%

55Wayne County, ILIL15,8821.7+8%

56Woodford County, ILIL38,1111.7−17%

57Lee County, ILIL32,9141.7−18%

58Jersey County, ILIL21,1601.7−15%

59Gallatin County, ILIL4,6161.7+4%

60Bond County, ILIL16,9591.7−6%

61Madison County, ILIL263,1101.7−7%

62Peoria County, ILIL178,5531.7−19%

63Schuyler County, ILIL6,6571.7+14%

64Randolph County, ILIL29,9211.7−0%

65Perry County, ILIL20,1601.7+7%

66Logan County, ILIL27,1821.8−8%

67Menard County, ILIL11,8631.8−11%

68Rock Island County, ILIL141,8691.8−12%

69Jasper County, ILIL9,0321.8−6%

70Stephenson County, ILIL43,2201.8−11%

71Washington County, ILIL13,5641.8−1%

72Morgan County, ILIL32,5151.8−9%

73Massac County, ILIL13,5021.8−7%

74Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5941.8−22%

75Saline County, ILIL22,7721.8+12%

76Williamson County, ILIL67,2251.8−5%

77LaSalle County, ILIL107,7731.8−15%

78Coles County, ILIL46,6071.8−16%

79Clinton County, ILIL37,1281.8+2%

80Ogle County, ILIL51,3991.8−20%

81Union County, ILIL16,6561.9−5%

82Jefferson County, ILIL36,1471.9+4%

83Adams County, ILIL64,2671.9−11%

84Winnebago County, ILIL283,6741.9−8%

85Kankakee County, ILIL105,5251.9−17%

86Boone County, ILIL53,5681.9−16%

87Sangamon County, ILIL194,1702.0−3%

88Grundy County, ILIL54,0522.0−18%

89Effingham County, ILIL34,5192.0−6%

90Monroe County, ILIL34,8402.0−11%

91St. Clair County, ILIL250,7082.0+8%

92McLean County, ILIL171,4192.1−10%

93Will County, ILIL712,2532.2−11%

94Kendall County, ILIL145,4702.3−4%

95Kane County, ILIL525,7572.5−5%

96Champaign County, ILIL209,9722.5+5%

97McHenry County, ILIL317,7512.5−1%

98DeKalb County, ILIL101,8352.6−10%

99Jackson County, ILIL52,5012.7+5%

100DuPage County, ILIL934,2982.8+1%

101Lake County, ILIL719,3393.0+3%

102Cook County, ILIL5,194,6253.1−8%

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