Rents are right about where Willowbrook'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 $2,090 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
Rent in Willowbrook is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in December 2021.
Rent in Willowbrook changed +7.3% 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 11 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($89,773) is $2,244 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,110); a 3-bedroom is $2,710.
Westmont, 4 miles away, rents for 10% less ($1,871/mo), about $2,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Willowbrook. 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
Willowbrook, IL is majority owner-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 39% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Willowbrook, IL has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Willowbrook, IL paid around $1,642 a month. That figure now sits near $2,090, up 27.3% from the 2022 baseline. Median household income climbed from $76,529 to $89,773 between 2021 and 2024, a 17.3% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Willowbrook, IL losing about 375 residents over the five-year window, down 16.4% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 23.4% to 39% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in Willowbrook, 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 Willowbrook is $2,090/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,750/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,110/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,870/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,710/mo.
At 28% of local median household income ($89,773/yr), Willowbrook ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 7.3% over the past year.
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At $2,090/mo, rent takes ~28% of Willowbrook's median household income ($89,773/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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