Rents are 5% below what Bolingbrook's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
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These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,742 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
February. Asking rents in Bolingbrook usually run 1.2% below trend in February and 1.4% above it in August, about $71 a month apart at today's median. Based on 5 years of data.
Rent in Bolingbrook is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in February 2021.
Rent in Bolingbrook changed +4.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 94 Illinois cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +4.0%.
Rent has risen 4 months in a row, and rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($108,400) is $2,710 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,325); a 3-bedroom is $2,985.
Romeoville, 4 miles away, rents for 24% less ($2,073/mo), about $8,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Bolingbrook. 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
Bolingbrook, IL is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 39.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Bolingbrook, IL has changed in 5 years
Rent in Bolingbrook, IL has increased 46.6% since 2021, going from about $1,870 per month to roughly $2,742 today. Median household income grew from $97,371 to $108,400 between 2021 and 2024, a 11.3% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 35.3 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in Bolingbrook, 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 Bolingbrook is $2,742/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,925/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,325/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,060/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,985/mo.
At 30% of local median household income ($108,400/yr), Bolingbrook ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 4.7% over the past year.
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