The Illinois rental market
Illinois tracks median rent across 139 cities, ranging from Carbondale at $739/mo to Wilmette at $4,246/mo. The state average of $1,866/mo runs about 3% below the national median of $1,930/mo.
Across Illinois cities, rents are rising, changing an average of +4.3% over the past year. 66 of 158 tracked cities are priced above the national median, while 92 fall below it. The largest rental markets are Chicago, Aurora, Naperville.
158 cities
CityMedian rentYoY
Addison
Pop. 35,489
$1,831/mo
—
→Alsip
Pop. 18,583
$1,493/mo
—
→Alton
Pop. 25,279
$1,053/mo
+0.1%
→Antioch
Pop. 14,859
$2,303/mo
—
→Arlington Heights
Pop. 76,005
$1,898/mo
-1.8%
→Aurora
Pop. 179,898
$2,276/mo
+6.0%
→Barrington
Pop. 11,077
$2,655/mo
—
→Bartlett
Pop. 40,501
$2,124/mo
—
→Batavia
Pop. 27,151
$1,750/mo
—
→Belleville
Pop. 41,370
$1,066/mo
+5.3%
→Bensenville
Pop. 18,603
$1,819/mo
—
→Berwyn
Pop. 55,595
$1,445/mo
+12.3%
→Bethalto
Pop. 9,239
$1,150/mo
—
→Bloomingdale
Pop. 22,457
$2,496/mo
—
→Bloomington
Pop. 78,907
$1,395/mo
+7.5%
→Blue Island
Pop. 21,741
$1,249/mo
—
→Bolingbrook
Pop. 74,096
$2,485/mo
+10.9%
→Bourbonnais
Pop. 18,078
$1,477/mo
+0.5%
→Bradley
Pop. 15,325
$1,544/mo
—
→Bridgeview
Pop. 16,849
$1,532/mo
—
→Broadview
Pop. 7,896
$1,280/mo
—
→Brookfield
Pop. 19,331
$1,891/mo
—
→Buffalo Grove
Pop. 42,891
$2,276/mo
+10.5%
→Cahokia
$1,345/mo
—
→Calumet City
Pop. 35,100
$1,682/mo
+8.5%
→Carbondale
Pop. 22,158
$739/mo
+13.7%
→Carol Stream
Pop. 39,460
$1,806/mo
+3.6%
→Carpentersville
Pop. 37,346
$2,230/mo
+6.1%
→Champaign
Pop. 89,996
$1,387/mo
+2.4%
→Charleston
Pop. 17,062
$795/mo
—
→Chatham
Pop. 14,639
$1,660/mo
—
→Chicago
Pop. 2,711,226
$2,350/mo
+7.8%
→Chicago Heights
Pop. 26,736
$1,431/mo
—
→Chicago Ridge
Pop. 14,099
$1,545/mo
—
→Cicero
Pop. 82,797
$1,290/mo
-1.5%
→Collinsville
Pop. 24,031
$1,135/mo
-2.1%
→Crystal Lake
Pop. 40,579
$2,258/mo
+10.9%
→Danville
Pop. 28,595
$854/mo
+7.3%
→Darien
Pop. 21,879
$2,258/mo
+7.2%
→Decatur
Pop. 69,815
$984/mo
-1.8%
→Deerfield
Pop. 19,518
$2,698/mo
-1.2%
→Dekalb
Pop. 40,443
$1,233/mo
-7.4%
→Des Plaines
Pop. 59,156
$2,068/mo
+0.6%
→Dixon
Pop. 14,910
$1,088/mo
—
→Dolton
Pop. 20,825
$2,116/mo
-1.6%
→Downers Grove
Pop. 50,054
$2,280/mo
+1.5%
→East Alton
Pop. 5,689
$850/mo
—
→East Peoria
Pop. 22,324
$1,325/mo
—
→Edwardsville
Pop. 26,474
$1,471/mo
-1.3%
→Elgin
Pop. 114,934
$1,822/mo
+5.4%
→Elk Grove Village
Pop. 31,987
$1,774/mo
+7.3%
→Elmhurst
Pop. 45,671
$2,341/mo
+6.1%
→Elmwood Park
Pop. 23,868
$1,630/mo
—
→Evanston
Pop. 76,340
$2,494/mo
+13.0%
→Evergreen Park
Pop. 19,420
$2,275/mo
—
→Fairview Heights
Pop. 16,745
$1,504/mo
—
→Forest Park
Pop. 13,943
$1,524/mo
-5.0%
→Franklin Park
Pop. 18,197
$1,700/mo
—
→Geneva
Pop. 21,258
$2,041/mo
+0.8%
→Glen Ellyn
Pop. 28,390
$2,671/mo
—
→Glendale Heights
Pop. 32,808
$1,924/mo
+2.4%
→Glenview
Pop. 47,752
$2,625/mo
+8.4%
→Granite City
Pop. 26,549
$945/mo
—
→Grayslake
Pop. 20,929
$2,050/mo
—
→Gurnee
Pop. 30,510
$1,896/mo
+7.9%
→Hazel Crest
Pop. 13,792
$2,355/mo
—
→Herrin
Pop. 12,226
$1,025/mo
—
→Highland
Pop. 10,262
$1,200/mo
—
→Highland Park
Pop. 30,398
$2,857/mo
+1.9%
→Highwood
Pop. 5,301
$2,314/mo
—
→Hoffman Estates
Pop. 51,175
$2,019/mo
+2.4%
→Homewood
Pop. 19,294
$2,647/mo
—
→Itasca
Pop. 9,355
$2,250/mo
-6.3%
→Joliet
Pop. 150,445
$1,587/mo
+6.7%
→Kankakee
Pop. 23,996
$1,079/mo
+0.6%
→La Grange
Pop. 15,998
$2,463/mo
+3.8%
→La Grange Park
Pop. 13,447
$1,667/mo
—
→La Salle
Pop. 9,498
$1,075/mo
—
→Lake Bluff
Pop. 6,041
$2,110/mo
—
→Lake Forest
Pop. 19,416
$4,038/mo
—
→Lake in the Hills
Pop. 28,800
$2,268/mo
+10.0%
→Lansing
Pop. 28,284
$1,545/mo
—
→Libertyville
Pop. 20,525
$2,248/mo
—
→Lisle
Pop. 23,407
$1,969/mo
+6.8%
→Lockport
Pop. 26,409
$2,070/mo
-10.6%
→Lombard
Pop. 43,619
$2,074/mo
+0.2%
→Machesney Park
Pop. 22,630
$1,280/mo
—
→Macomb
Pop. 14,894
$803/mo
—
→Mahomet
Pop. 10,049
$2,027/mo
—
→Marion
Pop. 16,836
$1,047/mo
—
→Matteson
Pop. 18,645
$2,730/mo
—
→Maywood
Pop. 23,201
$1,263/mo
—
→McHenry
Pop. 28,074
$1,809/mo
—
→Midlothian
Pop. 13,948
$1,392/mo
—
→Moline
Pop. 42,197
$1,003/mo
+8.0%
→Montgomery
Pop. 21,515
$2,437/mo
—
→Morton
Pop. 16,595
$1,799/mo
—
→Morton Grove
Pop. 24,619
$2,438/mo
+9.1%
→Mount Prospect
Pop. 55,472
$1,693/mo
-4.5%
→Mundelein
Pop. 31,915
$2,396/mo
+7.8%
→Naperville
Pop. 150,692
$2,207/mo
+4.6%
→Niles
Pop. 30,064
$2,617/mo
—
→Normal
Pop. 53,569
$1,500/mo
+17.0%
→North Aurora
Pop. 18,696
$2,346/mo
—
→Northbrook
Pop. 34,585
$2,875/mo
+3.4%
→O Fallon
Pop. 32,262
$1,645/mo
+0.5%
→Oak Lawn
Pop. 56,861
$1,762/mo
+12.2%
→Oak Park
Pop. 53,292
$2,099/mo
+5.4%
→Orland Park
Pop. 57,916
$2,406/mo
+17.6%
→Oswego
Pop. 36,375
$2,573/mo
+6.1%
→Ottawa
Pop. 18,447
$1,425/mo
—
→Palatine
Pop. 66,293
$2,007/mo
+6.0%
→Park Forest
Pop. 21,156
$1,999/mo
—
→Park Ridge
Pop. 38,667
$2,765/mo
—
→Pekin
Pop. 31,781
$957/mo
—
→Peoria
Pop. 112,169
$1,144/mo
+3.3%
→Peoria Heights
Pop. 5,825
$1,579/mo
—
→Plainfield
Pop. 46,708
$2,750/mo
+1.9%
→Pontoon Beach
Pop. 6,025
$1,163/mo
—
→Quincy
Pop. 39,109
$1,015/mo
+9.6%
→Rantoul
Pop. 12,421
$858/mo
+10.8%
→Richton Park
Pop. 12,521
$1,708/mo
—
→Riverdale
Pop. 10,340
$1,224/mo
—
→Rock Island
Pop. 36,151
$1,090/mo
+4.2%
→Rockford
Pop. 147,521
$1,199/mo
+10.1%
→Rolling Meadows
Pop. 24,027
$1,920/mo
-7.3%
→Romeoville
Pop. 41,152
$2,095/mo
+4.8%
→Roselle
Pop. 22,752
$2,176/mo
—
→Round Lake
Pop. 18,628
$2,523/mo
—
→Round Lake Beach
Pop. 27,079
$1,878/mo
+2.6%
→Saint Charles
$1,909/mo
+1.6%
→Savoy
Pop. 8,968
$1,441/mo
—
→Schaumburg
Pop. 76,868
$2,091/mo
+0.8%
→Shiloh
Pop. 14,572
$1,262/mo
+4.4%
→Skokie
Pop. 66,219
$2,167/mo
+4.8%
→Springfield
Pop. 113,330
$1,172/mo
+6.9%
→Streamwood
Pop. 39,001
$2,345/mo
+7.0%
→Swansea
Pop. 14,710
$1,445/mo
+7.1%
→Sycamore
Pop. 18,559
$1,608/mo
—
→Troy
Pop. 11,647
$1,297/mo
—
→Urbana
Pop. 39,341
$1,442/mo
+5.4%
→Vernon Hills
Pop. 26,876
$2,272/mo
+3.4%
→Warrenville
Pop. 14,718
$2,305/mo
+8.7%
→Washington
Pop. 15,919
$1,670/mo
—
→Waterloo
Pop. 11,129
$1,350/mo
—
→Waukegan
Pop. 89,076
$1,585/mo
+2.8%
→West Dundee
Pop. 7,906
$2,383/mo
+1.4%
→Westmont
Pop. 23,724
$1,889/mo
+6.8%
→Wheaton
Pop. 53,557
$2,139/mo
-6.0%
→Wheeling
Pop. 38,433
$2,014/mo
+1.5%
→Willowbrook
Pop. 1,913
$2,080/mo
+3.2%
→Wilmette
Pop. 27,503
$4,246/mo
—
→Wood River
Pop. 10,279
$1,022/mo
—
→Woodridge
Pop. 33,941
$1,580/mo
+2.7%
→Woodstock
Pop. 26,147
$1,555/mo
—
→Worth
Pop. 10,700
$1,463/mo
—
→Yorkville
Pop. 23,617
$2,290/mo
—
→Zion
Pop. 24,600
$1,402/mo
—
→Illinois rent questions
What is the average rent in Illinois?
The average median rent across 139 tracked cities in Illinois is $1,866/mo, about 3% below the national median of $1,930/mo.
Which Illinois city has the highest rent?
Wilmette has the highest median rent in Illinois at $4,246/mo.
Which Illinois city has the most affordable rent?
Carbondale is the most affordable tracked city in Illinois, with a median rent of $739/mo.
Are rents rising or falling in Illinois?
Across Illinois cities, median rents are rising, changing an average of +4.3% over the past year.
How does Illinois rent compare to the rest of the country?
66 of 158 tracked Illinois cities have a median rent above the national median of $1,930/mo, and 92 fall below it.
What are the largest rental markets in Illinois?
By population, the largest rental markets in Illinois are Chicago, Aurora, Naperville. Each has its own rent data, trends, and ZIP-level breakdowns on RentDataNow.
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