Rents are right about where Glenview'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 $2,601 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
October. Asking rents in Glenview usually run 1% below trend in October and 0.9% above it in May, about $49 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in Glenview is 0.8% below its high of $2,622 in May 2026, at $2,601 as of September 2026.
Rent in Glenview changed +2.2% 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 Glenview rose 33.1% while median household income rose 24.2% ($115,198 to $143,056). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Glenview is 46.9% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 2 months in a row, and rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($143,056) is $3,576 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 4-bedroom ($3,140).
Des Plaines, 6 miles away, rents for 20% less ($2,079/mo), about $6,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Glenview. 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
Glenview, IL is majority owner-occupied, has a large retiree population, has a median income above the national average, 68.3% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Glenview, IL has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in Glenview, IL has climbed by $732 per month, settling near $2,601 after starting the period at $1,869. Median household income grew from $123,771 to $143,056 between 2021 and 2024, a 15.6% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 23.6 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 Glenview, 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 Glenview is $2,601/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,720/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,080/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,840/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,670/mo.
At 22% of local median household income ($143,056/yr), Glenview ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.2% over the past year.
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