The Illinois rental market
Illinois tracks median rent across 142 cities, ranging from Carbondale at $699/mo to Wilmette at $3,693/mo. The state average of $1,841/mo runs about 6% below the national median of $1,962/mo.
Across Illinois cities, rents are rising, changing an average of +5.3% over the past year. 69 of 158 tracked cities are priced above the national median, while 89 fall below it. The largest rental markets are Chicago, Aurora, Naperville.
158 cities
RankCityMedian rentYoY
1
Lake Forest
Pop. 19,416
$5,171/mo
—
→2
Wilmette
Pop. 27,503
$3,693/mo
—
→3
Highland Park
Pop. 30,398
$3,034/mo
+7.0%
→4
Northbrook
Pop. 34,585
$3,020/mo
+3.5%
→5
Plainfield
Pop. 46,708
$2,970/mo
+9.8%
→6
Orland Park
Pop. 57,916
$2,957/mo
+43.1%
→7
Bolingbrook
Pop. 74,096
$2,759/mo
+21.2%
→8
Matteson
Pop. 18,645
$2,621/mo
—
→9
Park Ridge
Pop. 38,667
$2,613/mo
—
→10
Libertyville
Pop. 20,525
$2,593/mo
—
→11
Evanston
Pop. 76,340
$2,552/mo
+13.1%
→12
Deerfield
Pop. 19,518
$2,529/mo
-7.8%
→13
Hazel Crest
Pop. 13,792
$2,503/mo
—
→14
Morton Grove
Pop. 24,619
$2,497/mo
+11.3%
→15
Glenview
Pop. 47,752
$2,492/mo
+4.7%
→16
Streamwood
Pop. 39,001
$2,492/mo
+13.7%
→17
Bloomingdale
Pop. 22,457
$2,481/mo
—
→18
Elmhurst
Pop. 45,671
$2,468/mo
+10.2%
→19
Bartlett
Pop. 40,501
$2,456/mo
—
→20
Barrington
Pop. 11,077
$2,452/mo
—
→21
Roselle
Pop. 22,752
$2,437/mo
—
→22
Grayslake
Pop. 20,929
$2,428/mo
—
→23
Vernon Hills
Pop. 26,876
$2,420/mo
+8.5%
→24
Buffalo Grove
Pop. 42,891
$2,413/mo
+15.9%
→25
Chicago
Pop. 2,711,226
$2,395/mo
+8.0%
→26
Itasca
Pop. 9,355
$2,381/mo
-0.3%
→27
Oswego
Pop. 36,375
$2,380/mo
-3.9%
→28
Round Lake
Pop. 18,628
$2,375/mo
—
→29
La Grange
Pop. 15,998
$2,374/mo
—
→30
Mundelein
Pop. 31,915
$2,372/mo
+6.6%
→31
Carpentersville
Pop. 37,346
$2,357/mo
+8.0%
→32
Highwood
Pop. 5,301
$2,333/mo
—
→33
Niles
Pop. 30,064
$2,329/mo
—
→34
Warrenville
Pop. 14,718
$2,299/mo
+9.4%
→35
Naperville
Pop. 150,692
$2,298/mo
+8.2%
→36
Aurora
Pop. 179,898
$2,289/mo
+5.0%
→37
Dolton
Pop. 20,825
$2,287/mo
+3.3%
→38
Downers Grove
Pop. 50,054
$2,286/mo
+1.8%
→39
West Dundee
Pop. 7,906
$2,249/mo
-0.3%
→40
North Aurora
Pop. 18,696
$2,244/mo
—
→41
Richton Park
Pop. 12,521
$2,241/mo
—
→42
Yorkville
Pop. 23,617
$2,232/mo
—
→43
Round Lake Beach
Pop. 27,079
$2,230/mo
+20.8%
→44
Antioch
Pop. 14,859
$2,193/mo
—
→45
Montgomery
Pop. 21,515
$2,188/mo
—
→46
Lake in the Hills
Pop. 28,800
$2,183/mo
+3.2%
→47
Wheaton
Pop. 53,557
$2,174/mo
-5.6%
→48
Glen Ellyn
Pop. 28,390
$2,173/mo
—
→49
Darien
Pop. 21,879
$2,171/mo
+2.3%
→50
Geneva
Pop. 21,258
$2,150/mo
+3.7%
→51
Lake Bluff
Pop. 6,041
$2,133/mo
—
→52
Skokie
Pop. 66,219
$2,132/mo
+1.3%
→53
Lockport
Pop. 26,409
$2,132/mo
-9.3%
→54
Romeoville
Pop. 41,152
$2,124/mo
+4.0%
→55
Schaumburg
Pop. 76,868
$2,119/mo
+1.6%
→56
Des Plaines
Pop. 59,156
$2,108/mo
+2.8%
→57
Wheeling
Pop. 38,433
$2,103/mo
+5.7%
→58
Lombard
Pop. 43,619
$2,088/mo
+0.6%
→59
Oak Park
Pop. 53,292
$2,086/mo
+3.7%
→60
Evergreen Park
Pop. 19,420
$2,081/mo
—
→61
Hoffman Estates
Pop. 51,175
$2,063/mo
+3.2%
→62
Crystal Lake
Pop. 40,579
$2,039/mo
+2.6%
→63
Willowbrook
Pop. 1,913
$2,003/mo
-1.5%
→64
McHenry
Pop. 28,074
$1,997/mo
—
→65
Homewood
Pop. 19,294
$1,991/mo
—
→66
Rolling Meadows
Pop. 24,027
$1,989/mo
-2.2%
→67
Westmont
Pop. 23,724
$1,988/mo
+12.3%
→68
Lisle
Pop. 23,407
$1,981/mo
+6.5%
→69
Palatine
Pop. 66,293
$1,977/mo
+2.5%
→70
Arlington Heights
Pop. 76,005
$1,959/mo
+0.6%
→71
Addison
Pop. 35,489
$1,951/mo
—
→72
Glendale Heights
Pop. 32,808
$1,948/mo
+1.9%
→73
Gurnee
Pop. 30,510
$1,944/mo
+9.3%
→74
Saint Charles
$1,928/mo
+3.7%
→75
Elgin
Pop. 114,934
$1,925/mo
+9.1%
→76
Brookfield
Pop. 19,331
$1,864/mo
—
→77
Bensenville
Pop. 18,603
$1,851/mo
—
→78
Carol Stream
Pop. 39,460
$1,834/mo
+5.1%
→79
Oak Lawn
Pop. 56,861
$1,808/mo
+11.7%
→80
Park Forest
Pop. 21,156
$1,806/mo
—
→81
Morton
Pop. 16,595
$1,799/mo
—
→82
Mahomet
Pop. 10,049
$1,781/mo
—
→83
Batavia
Pop. 27,151
$1,774/mo
—
→84
Elk Grove Village
Pop. 31,987
$1,758/mo
+5.5%
→85
Mount Prospect
Pop. 55,472
$1,756/mo
-0.9%
→86
La Grange Park
Pop. 13,447
$1,728/mo
—
→87
Woodridge
Pop. 33,941
$1,725/mo
+10.9%
→88
Chatham
Pop. 14,639
$1,704/mo
—
→89
Franklin Park
Pop. 18,197
$1,700/mo
—
→90
Waukegan
Pop. 89,076
$1,678/mo
+7.0%
→91
Lansing
Pop. 28,284
$1,665/mo
—
→92
O Fallon
Pop. 32,262
$1,648/mo
-1.2%
→93
Joliet
Pop. 150,445
$1,621/mo
+7.7%
→94
Alsip
Pop. 18,583
$1,605/mo
+7.1%
→95
Elmwood Park
Pop. 23,868
$1,602/mo
—
→96
Forest Park
Pop. 13,943
$1,592/mo
-1.6%
→97
Calumet City
Pop. 35,100
$1,577/mo
-3.2%
→98
Bourbonnais
Pop. 18,078
$1,550/mo
+3.3%
→99
Midlothian
Pop. 13,948
$1,550/mo
—
→100
Bradley
Pop. 15,325
$1,544/mo
—
→101
Bridgeview
Pop. 16,849
$1,532/mo
—
→102
Maywood
Pop. 23,201
$1,519/mo
—
→103
Chicago Ridge
Pop. 14,099
$1,518/mo
—
→104
Worth
Pop. 10,700
$1,508/mo
—
→105
Zion
Pop. 24,600
$1,507/mo
—
→106
Swansea
Pop. 14,710
$1,507/mo
+8.0%
→107
Edwardsville
Pop. 26,474
$1,505/mo
-1.3%
→108
Savoy
Pop. 8,968
$1,505/mo
—
→109
Chicago Heights
Pop. 26,736
$1,498/mo
—
→110
Machesney Park
Pop. 22,630
$1,469/mo
—
→111
Champaign
Pop. 89,996
$1,465/mo
+6.9%
→112
Shiloh
Pop. 14,572
$1,453/mo
+18.8%
→113
Sycamore
Pop. 18,559
$1,435/mo
—
→114
Berwyn
Pop. 55,595
$1,424/mo
+8.9%
→115
Woodstock
Pop. 26,147
$1,415/mo
—
→116
Fairview Heights
Pop. 16,745
$1,412/mo
—
→117
Dekalb
Pop. 40,443
$1,394/mo
+0.9%
→118
Cahokia
$1,375/mo
—
→119
Bloomington
Pop. 78,907
$1,363/mo
+3.9%
→120
Waterloo
Pop. 11,129
$1,350/mo
—
→121
Broadview
Pop. 7,896
$1,345/mo
—
→122
Blue Island
Pop. 21,741
$1,336/mo
—
→123
Washington
Pop. 15,919
$1,324/mo
—
→124
Troy
Pop. 11,647
$1,317/mo
—
→125
Cicero
Pop. 82,797
$1,314/mo
-1.4%
→126
Ottawa
Pop. 18,447
$1,287/mo
—
→127
Quincy
Pop. 39,109
$1,272/mo
+33.8%
→128
Normal
Pop. 53,569
$1,267/mo
-2.9%
→129
Urbana
Pop. 39,341
$1,253/mo
-10.1%
→130
Kankakee
Pop. 23,996
$1,249/mo
+14.3%
→131
Peoria
Pop. 112,169
$1,239/mo
+10.3%
→132
Riverdale
Pop. 10,340
$1,223/mo
—
→133
Peoria Heights
Pop. 5,825
$1,206/mo
—
→134
Rockford
Pop. 147,521
$1,204/mo
+8.6%
→135
Collinsville
Pop. 24,031
$1,203/mo
+2.8%
→136
Highland
Pop. 10,262
$1,200/mo
—
→137
Pontoon Beach
Pop. 6,025
$1,200/mo
—
→138
Springfield
Pop. 113,330
$1,151/mo
+3.2%
→139
Bethalto
Pop. 9,239
$1,097/mo
—
→140
Dixon
Pop. 14,910
$1,091/mo
+7.7%
→141
Wood River
Pop. 10,279
$1,081/mo
—
→142
Belleville
Pop. 41,370
$1,078/mo
+4.9%
→143
La Salle
Pop. 9,498
$1,075/mo
—
→144
Moline
Pop. 42,197
$1,065/mo
+13.5%
→145
Marion
Pop. 16,836
$1,065/mo
—
→146
Granite City
Pop. 26,549
$1,011/mo
—
→147
East Peoria
Pop. 22,324
$1,000/mo
—
→148
Decatur
Pop. 69,815
$995/mo
-3.4%
→149
Alton
Pop. 25,279
$977/mo
-10.8%
→150
Herrin
Pop. 12,226
$938/mo
—
→151
Pekin
Pop. 31,781
$926/mo
—
→152
Rock Island
Pop. 36,151
$911/mo
-16.7%
→153
Danville
Pop. 28,595
$866/mo
+7.6%
→154
Rantoul
Pop. 12,421
$853/mo
+7.6%
→155
East Alton
Pop. 5,689
$850/mo
—
→156
Macomb
Pop. 14,894
$786/mo
—
→157
Charleston
Pop. 17,062
$732/mo
—
→158
Carbondale
Pop. 22,158
$699/mo
+6.9%
→Illinois rent questions
What is the average rent in Illinois?
The average median rent across 142 tracked cities in Illinois is $1,841/mo, about 6% below the national median of $1,962/mo.
Which Illinois city has the highest rent?
Wilmette has the highest median rent in Illinois at $3,693/mo.
Which Illinois city has the most affordable rent?
Carbondale is the most affordable tracked city in Illinois, with a median rent of $699/mo.
Are rents rising or falling in Illinois?
Across Illinois cities, median rents are rising, changing an average of +5.3% over the past year.
How does Illinois rent compare to the rest of the country?
69 of 158 tracked Illinois cities have a median rent above the national median of $1,962/mo, and 89 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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