The Illinois rental market
Illinois tracks median rent across 142 cities, ranging from Charleston at $730/mo to Lake Forest at $5,171/mo. The state average of $1,879/mo runs about 4% below the national median of $1,965/mo.
Across Illinois cities, rents are rising, changing an average of +5.5% over the past year. 67 of 158 tracked cities are priced above the national median, while 91 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
$3,703/mo
—
→3
Northbrook
Pop. 34,585
$3,067/mo
+7.2%
→4
Orland Park
Pop. 57,916
$3,018/mo
+45.8%
→5
Highland Park
Pop. 30,398
$2,980/mo
+6.4%
→6
Plainfield
Pop. 46,708
$2,898/mo
+7.2%
→7
Libertyville
Pop. 20,525
$2,776/mo
—
→8
Bolingbrook
Pop. 74,096
$2,693/mo
+19.7%
→9
Matteson
Pop. 18,645
$2,621/mo
—
→10
Park Ridge
Pop. 38,667
$2,598/mo
—
→11
Evanston
Pop. 76,340
$2,562/mo
+14.4%
→12
Bloomingdale
Pop. 22,457
$2,538/mo
—
→13
Homewood
Pop. 19,294
$2,524/mo
—
→14
Glenview
Pop. 47,752
$2,520/mo
+5.9%
→15
Hazel Crest
Pop. 13,792
$2,503/mo
—
→16
Deerfield
Pop. 19,518
$2,499/mo
-9.3%
→17
Barrington
Pop. 11,077
$2,487/mo
—
→18
Morton Grove
Pop. 24,619
$2,483/mo
+10.0%
→19
Glen Ellyn
Pop. 28,390
$2,480/mo
—
→20
Streamwood
Pop. 39,001
$2,475/mo
+13.6%
→21
Grayslake
Pop. 20,929
$2,461/mo
—
→22
Elmhurst
Pop. 45,671
$2,449/mo
+10.5%
→23
Roselle
Pop. 22,752
$2,447/mo
—
→24
Vernon Hills
Pop. 26,876
$2,436/mo
+9.6%
→25
Warrenville
Pop. 14,718
$2,423/mo
+15.6%
→26
Buffalo Grove
Pop. 42,891
$2,418/mo
+16.2%
→27
Oswego
Pop. 36,375
$2,415/mo
-1.9%
→28
Chicago
Pop. 2,711,226
$2,409/mo
+9.3%
→29
La Grange
Pop. 15,998
$2,386/mo
+2.0%
→30
Yorkville
Pop. 23,617
$2,372/mo
—
→31
Mundelein
Pop. 31,915
$2,356/mo
+5.6%
→32
Evergreen Park
Pop. 19,420
$2,353/mo
—
→33
Round Lake
Pop. 18,628
$2,350/mo
—
→34
Dolton
Pop. 20,825
$2,337/mo
+7.5%
→35
Highwood
Pop. 5,301
$2,332/mo
—
→36
Naperville
Pop. 150,692
$2,310/mo
+8.9%
→37
Aurora
Pop. 179,898
$2,287/mo
+5.2%
→38
Carpentersville
Pop. 37,346
$2,285/mo
+10.0%
→39
Montgomery
Pop. 21,515
$2,276/mo
—
→40
Antioch
Pop. 14,859
$2,274/mo
—
→41
Downers Grove
Pop. 50,054
$2,264/mo
+0.6%
→42
North Aurora
Pop. 18,696
$2,263/mo
—
→43
Skokie
Pop. 66,219
$2,250/mo
+7.8%
→44
Richton Park
Pop. 12,521
$2,244/mo
—
→45
Itasca
Pop. 9,355
$2,228/mo
-6.3%
→46
Geneva
Pop. 21,258
$2,221/mo
+8.2%
→47
West Dundee
Pop. 7,906
$2,208/mo
-3.2%
→48
Wheaton
Pop. 53,557
$2,169/mo
-5.2%
→49
Bartlett
Pop. 40,501
$2,162/mo
—
→50
Oak Park
Pop. 53,292
$2,160/mo
+8.1%
→51
Niles
Pop. 30,064
$2,160/mo
—
→52
Lake in the Hills
Pop. 28,800
$2,160/mo
+3.5%
→53
Darien
Pop. 21,879
$2,158/mo
+2.6%
→54
Round Lake Beach
Pop. 27,079
$2,142/mo
+16.8%
→55
Crystal Lake
Pop. 40,579
$2,112/mo
+5.2%
→56
Wheeling
Pop. 38,433
$2,103/mo
+5.5%
→57
Schaumburg
Pop. 76,868
$2,099/mo
+0.6%
→58
Romeoville
Pop. 41,152
$2,089/mo
+2.4%
→59
Lombard
Pop. 43,619
$2,086/mo
+0.7%
→60
Lake Bluff
Pop. 6,041
$2,068/mo
—
→61
Hoffman Estates
Pop. 51,175
$2,032/mo
+2.0%
→62
Des Plaines
Pop. 59,156
$2,031/mo
-1.2%
→63
Lockport
Pop. 26,409
$2,029/mo
-12.7%
→64
Willowbrook
Pop. 1,913
$2,005/mo
-1.5%
→65
Palatine
Pop. 66,293
$1,990/mo
+4.1%
→66
Rolling Meadows
Pop. 24,027
$1,984/mo
-3.4%
→67
Park Forest
Pop. 21,156
$1,981/mo
—
→68
Gurnee
Pop. 30,510
$1,965/mo
+10.4%
→69
Arlington Heights
Pop. 76,005
$1,949/mo
+0.3%
→70
Glendale Heights
Pop. 32,808
$1,949/mo
+1.6%
→71
Lisle
Pop. 23,407
$1,939/mo
+4.9%
→72
Westmont
Pop. 23,724
$1,928/mo
+9.7%
→73
Elgin
Pop. 114,934
$1,909/mo
+9.1%
→74
Mahomet
Pop. 10,049
$1,906/mo
—
→75
Batavia
Pop. 27,151
$1,900/mo
—
→76
McHenry
Pop. 28,074
$1,893/mo
—
→77
Saint Charles
$1,884/mo
+1.2%
→78
Bensenville
Pop. 18,603
$1,865/mo
—
→79
Addison
Pop. 35,489
$1,853/mo
—
→80
Oak Lawn
Pop. 56,861
$1,848/mo
+16.0%
→81
Brookfield
Pop. 19,331
$1,828/mo
—
→82
Carol Stream
Pop. 39,460
$1,822/mo
+5.0%
→83
Morton
Pop. 16,595
$1,799/mo
—
→84
Elk Grove Village
Pop. 31,987
$1,781/mo
+7.7%
→85
La Grange Park
Pop. 13,447
$1,751/mo
—
→86
Mount Prospect
Pop. 55,472
$1,718/mo
-3.3%
→87
Woodridge
Pop. 33,941
$1,718/mo
+10.6%
→88
Lansing
Pop. 28,284
$1,715/mo
—
→89
Chatham
Pop. 14,639
$1,713/mo
—
→90
Franklin Park
Pop. 18,197
$1,700/mo
—
→91
Elmwood Park
Pop. 23,868
$1,671/mo
—
→92
Waukegan
Pop. 89,076
$1,648/mo
+5.4%
→93
Calumet City
Pop. 35,100
$1,629/mo
+3.7%
→94
Forest Park
Pop. 13,943
$1,620/mo
-0.3%
→95
Joliet
Pop. 150,445
$1,614/mo
+8.2%
→96
O Fallon
Pop. 32,262
$1,599/mo
-3.9%
→97
Savoy
Pop. 8,968
$1,557/mo
—
→98
Alsip
Pop. 18,583
$1,544/mo
+4.0%
→99
Bradley
Pop. 15,325
$1,544/mo
—
→100
Sycamore
Pop. 18,559
$1,543/mo
—
→101
Bridgeview
Pop. 16,849
$1,532/mo
—
→102
Zion
Pop. 24,600
$1,526/mo
—
→103
Edwardsville
Pop. 26,474
$1,525/mo
+1.2%
→104
Chicago Ridge
Pop. 14,099
$1,519/mo
—
→105
Bourbonnais
Pop. 18,078
$1,511/mo
+1.0%
→106
Chicago Heights
Pop. 26,736
$1,498/mo
—
→107
Woodstock
Pop. 26,147
$1,492/mo
—
→108
Swansea
Pop. 14,710
$1,484/mo
+9.5%
→109
Berwyn
Pop. 55,595
$1,472/mo
+13.6%
→110
Machesney Park
Pop. 22,630
$1,469/mo
—
→111
Worth
Pop. 10,700
$1,463/mo
—
→112
Troy
Pop. 11,647
$1,425/mo
—
→113
Maywood
Pop. 23,201
$1,424/mo
—
→114
Champaign
Pop. 89,996
$1,410/mo
+3.6%
→115
Normal
Pop. 53,569
$1,403/mo
+8.0%
→116
Ottawa
Pop. 18,447
$1,391/mo
—
→117
Shiloh
Pop. 14,572
$1,382/mo
+11.2%
→118
Fairview Heights
Pop. 16,745
$1,379/mo
—
→119
Midlothian
Pop. 13,948
$1,375/mo
—
→120
Cahokia
$1,375/mo
—
→121
Dekalb
Pop. 40,443
$1,371/mo
+0.4%
→122
Bloomington
Pop. 78,907
$1,368/mo
+4.4%
→123
Waterloo
Pop. 11,129
$1,350/mo
—
→124
Broadview
Pop. 7,896
$1,343/mo
—
→125
Washington
Pop. 15,919
$1,324/mo
—
→126
Blue Island
Pop. 21,741
$1,258/mo
—
→127
Quincy
Pop. 39,109
$1,256/mo
+31.5%
→128
Collinsville
Pop. 24,031
$1,255/mo
+8.3%
→129
Urbana
Pop. 39,341
$1,249/mo
-10.0%
→130
Peoria
Pop. 112,169
$1,236/mo
+10.4%
→131
Riverdale
Pop. 10,340
$1,232/mo
—
→132
Cicero
Pop. 82,797
$1,229/mo
-7.0%
→133
Rockford
Pop. 147,521
$1,208/mo
+10.0%
→134
Highland
Pop. 10,262
$1,200/mo
—
→135
Springfield
Pop. 113,330
$1,176/mo
+6.4%
→136
Pontoon Beach
Pop. 6,025
$1,175/mo
—
→137
Peoria Heights
Pop. 5,825
$1,161/mo
—
→138
Kankakee
Pop. 23,996
$1,160/mo
+8.0%
→139
Dixon
Pop. 14,910
$1,133/mo
+14.3%
→140
Bethalto
Pop. 9,239
$1,117/mo
—
→141
La Salle
Pop. 9,498
$1,075/mo
—
→142
Marion
Pop. 16,836
$1,071/mo
—
→143
Belleville
Pop. 41,370
$1,048/mo
+1.4%
→144
Decatur
Pop. 69,815
$1,019/mo
+1.3%
→145
Granite City
Pop. 26,549
$1,013/mo
—
→146
Herrin
Pop. 12,226
$1,006/mo
—
→147
East Peoria
Pop. 22,324
$1,000/mo
—
→148
Wood River
Pop. 10,279
$1,000/mo
—
→149
Moline
Pop. 42,197
$998/mo
+7.1%
→150
Alton
Pop. 25,279
$985/mo
-9.1%
→151
Macomb
Pop. 14,894
$919/mo
—
→152
Rock Island
Pop. 36,151
$918/mo
-15.5%
→153
Danville
Pop. 28,595
$867/mo
+10.0%
→154
East Alton
Pop. 5,689
$850/mo
—
→155
Pekin
Pop. 31,781
$843/mo
—
→156
Rantoul
Pop. 12,421
$808/mo
+2.8%
→157
Carbondale
Pop. 22,158
$749/mo
+14.5%
→158
Charleston
Pop. 17,062
$730/mo
—
→Illinois rent questions
What is the average rent in Illinois?
The average median rent across 142 tracked cities in Illinois is $1,879/mo, about 4% below the national median of $1,965/mo.
Which Illinois city has the highest rent?
Lake Forest has the highest median rent in Illinois at $5,171/mo.
Which Illinois city has the most affordable rent?
Charleston is the most affordable tracked city in Illinois, with a median rent of $730/mo.
Are rents rising or falling in Illinois?
Across Illinois cities, median rents are rising, changing an average of +5.5% over the past year.
How does Illinois rent compare to the rest of the country?
67 of 158 tracked Illinois cities have a median rent above the national median of $1,965/mo, and 91 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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