Rents are right about where Berwyn's 10-year trend predicts.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,485 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
November. Asking rents in Berwyn usually run 1% below trend in November and 0.7% above it in May, about $25 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in Berwyn is 0.9% below its high of $1,498 in July 2026, at $1,485 as of September 2026.
Rent in Berwyn changed +2.3% over the year to September 2026. Across the 94 Illinois cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +4.0%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Berwyn rose 29.8% while median household income rose 24.9% ($62,758 to $78,408). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Berwyn is 40.6% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($78,408) is $1,960 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,600); a 3-bedroom is $2,060.
Cicero, 2 miles away, rents for 11% less ($1,322/mo), about $2,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Berwyn. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Berwyn, IL is majority owner-occupied, 24.2% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Berwyn, IL has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in Berwyn, IL has climbed from $1,092 to $1,485, a 36.0% change over five years. Median household income rose from $64,965 to $78,408 between 2021 and 2024, a 20.7% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. The population has contracted by 2.4% since 2021, moving from about 56,960 residents to roughly 55,595. Renters now make up 38.9% of households, compared with 41.6% five years ago. Taken together, the five-year picture in Berwyn, IL reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Berwyn is $1,485/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,330/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,600/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,420/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,060/mo.
At 23% of local median household income ($78,408/yr), Berwyn ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.3% over the past year.
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