Cities in Illinois by Gini index, 2024

Champaign, IL had the highest Gini index of 225 cities in 2024, at 56.2. Plano, IL had the lowest, at 30.5. The median was 42.5 and the figure for Illinois was 48.1. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest56.2Champaign, IL

Lowest30.5Plano, IL

Median42.5225 cities

Illinois48.1History

Top 40 cities, 2024

index. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2024 index	Change on 2023
1	Champaign, IL	56.2	+1.8
2	Urbana, IL	54.8	+0.2
3	River Forest, IL	54.7	+1.5
4	Evanston, IL	54.1	-0.5
5	Burr Ridge, IL	52.5	+0.7
6	Harvey, IL	52.5	+0.8
7	Chicago, IL	52.3	-0
7	Peoria, IL	52.3	-0.3
9	Wilmette, IL	52.2	+1.2
10	Carbondale, IL	52.1	-4.3
11	Winnetka, IL	51.5	-0.3
12	Normal, IL	51.4	0
13	Zion, IL	51.2	-0.1
14	Macomb, IL	51.1	-2.3
15	Summit, IL	50.7	+0.6
16	East St. Louis, IL	50.7	-0.2
17	Highland Park, IL	50.6	-0.7
18	Riverdale, IL	50.1	+2.7
19	Glenview, IL	49.9	+0.7
20	DeKalb, IL	49.8	-0.1
21	Glen Ellyn, IL	49.5	-0.2
21	Springfield, IL	49.5	+1.2
23	Downers Grove, IL	49.2	+0.1
24	Ottawa, IL	49.1	+3
25	Rock Island, IL	49	+1
26	Westmont, IL	48.9	-1.2
27	Chicago Heights, IL	48.9	+3.1
28	Hinsdale, IL	48.5	-0.6
29	Charleston, IL	48.5	+0.1
30	Oak Park, IL	48.3	-0.1
31	Barrington, IL	48.3	-1
32	Norridge, IL	48.2	+0.6
33	Lake Forest, IL	48.1	+0.6
34	Cahokia Heights, IL	47.9	+4.3
35	Edwardsville, IL	47.9	+1.3
36	Lincolnwood, IL	47.9	+0.6
37	Kankakee, IL	47.7	-0.6
38	Rockford, IL	47.5	-0.1
39	Quincy, IL	47.3	+1.5
40	Decatur, IL	47.2	-0.5
41	Niles, IL	47.2	-0.6
42	Northbrook, IL	47.1	-0.1
43	Elmhurst, IL	47	+0.2
44	Bloomington, IL	46.8	-0.4
45	Park Ridge, IL	46.8	+1
45	Sterling, IL	46.8	-2.3
47	Deerfield, IL	46.6	+0.9
48	Bloomingdale, IL	46.6	-1.1
49	Country Club Hills, IL	46.4	+1.3
50	Danville, IL	46.3	-1.4
51	Canton, IL	46.3	-3.5
52	Forest Park, IL	46	-0.3
53	Marion, IL	45.8	-0.8
54	Galesburg, IL	45.8	+0.5
54	Wheaton, IL	45.8	0
56	Richton Park, IL	45.6	+2.8
57	Blue Island, IL	45.6	+1.3
58	Western Springs, IL	45.5	+0.9
59	Huntley, IL	45.4	+1.1
60	Streator, IL	45.4	-0.2
61	La Grange, IL	45.3	-2
62	Jacksonville, IL	45.2	-0.5
63	North Chicago, IL	45.2	+1
64	Taylorville, IL	45	-0.3
65	Centralia, IL	45	-0.3
66	Dolton, IL	44.9	-0.1
67	Mount Vernon, IL	44.8	+0.2
67	Skokie, IL	44.8	+1
69	Kewanee, IL	44.5	+2.5
70	Naperville, IL	44.5	+0.8
71	Freeport, IL	44.5	-0.9
72	O'Fallon, IL	44.5	+1
72	Orland Park, IL	44.5	+0.5
74	Mahomet, IL	44.4	+4.5
75	Dixon, IL	44.3	+0.3
76	Justice, IL	44.3	-1
77	Buffalo Grove, IL	44.2	+1.3
78	Alton, IL	44.2	-1
79	Belleville, IL	44.2	-0.5
80	Hazel Crest, IL	44.1	-0.6
81	Arlington Heights, IL	44.1	+0.5
82	Fox Lake, IL	44	-1.5
83	Herrin, IL	44	-0.4
83	Oak Lawn, IL	44	+1.3
83	Waukegan, IL	44	+0.4
86	Maywood, IL	44	-0.5
86	Vernon Hills, IL	44	+1.1
88	St. Charles, IL	44	+1.2
89	Pingree Grove, IL	43.7	+3.1
90	East Peoria, IL	43.6	+1
91	Calumet City, IL	43.5	-0.3
92	La Grange Park, IL	43.3	+2
93	Libertyville, IL	43.3	-0.9
94	Hickory Hills, IL	43.3	+2.6
95	Lincoln, IL	43.2	-3.3
96	Glendale Heights, IL	43.2	+1.8
97	Collinsville, IL	43	-2
98	Mount Prospect, IL	43	+2.8
99	Effingham, IL	43	+0.3
100	Loves Park, IL	42.9	-1.6
101	Warrenville, IL	42.9	+0.1
102	Morton, IL	42.8	+0.3
103	Elmwood Park, IL	42.8	+0.6
104	Antioch, IL	42.8	-0.4
105	Alsip, IL	42.8	+0.1
106	Geneva, IL	42.8	-0.2
107	Palatine, IL	42.8	+0.1
108	Moline, IL	42.7	-0.8
109	Midlothian, IL	42.6	-0.4
110	Lansing, IL	42.6	+0.7
111	Batavia, IL	42.6	+1.1
111	Markham, IL	42.6	-2.4
113	Pontiac, IL	42.5	-1.8
114	Prospect Heights, IL	42.4	+0.7
114	Swansea, IL	42.4	-1.4
116	West Chicago, IL	42.4	+0.5
117	Lisle, IL	42.3	-1.4
118	River Grove, IL	42.2	+1.3
119	Gurnee, IL	42	+0.3
119	Schaumburg, IL	42	+1.1
121	Palos Heights, IL	41.9	-0.3
122	Pekin, IL	41.8	+0.5
123	Aurora, IL	41.7	-0
123	East Moline, IL	41.7	-0.4
123	Woodridge, IL	41.7	+0.8
126	Wheeling, IL	41.7	+0.1
127	Bridgeview, IL	41.6	+0.8
128	Crestwood, IL	41.6	-0.8
128	Elk Grove Village, IL	41.6	+0.8
130	Lockport, IL	41.6	+2.4
131	Woodstock, IL	41.5	-2.1
132	Burbank, IL	41.5	-0.8
132	Rolling Meadows, IL	41.5	-0.5
134	Morton Grove, IL	41.3	+0.2
135	Grayslake, IL	41.3	+1.9
136	Worth, IL	41.2	+0.5
137	Belvidere, IL	41.2	-0
137	Granite City, IL	41.2	-0.3
139	Darien, IL	41.1	+0.5
140	Berwyn, IL	41	-0.8
141	Mattoon, IL	41	-0.8
142	Park Forest, IL	41	+0.5
143	Rantoul, IL	40.9	+0.2
144	Hoffman Estates, IL	40.8	+1
145	Lombard, IL	40.8	+0.1
146	Homer Glen, IL	40.8	+0.6
147	Roscoe, IL	40.8	-0.4
148	Des Plaines, IL	40.7	0
149	Godfrey, IL	40.7	+1.2
150	Palos Hills, IL	40.7	+2
150	Tinley Park, IL	40.7	+0.7
152	Round Lake Beach, IL	40.6	+1
153	Waterloo, IL	40.5	+0.8
154	Joliet, IL	40.5	-0.1
155	Melrose Park, IL	40.4	+1.3
156	Highland, IL	40.3	+0.3
157	Cicero, IL	40.3	+0.1
157	Morris, IL	40.3	+0.3
157	Roselle, IL	40.3	+1.4
157	Westchester, IL	40.3	+2
161	Bourbonnais, IL	40.2	+0.8
161	Evergreen Park, IL	40.2	+1.6
163	Lake Zurich, IL	40.1	+0.6
164	Campton Hills, IL	40.1	+0.9
165	Bradley, IL	40.1	+0.1
166	Glen Carbon, IL	40	-2.4
167	Machesney Park, IL	40	+3
168	Cary, IL	39.9	+0.6
169	Matteson, IL	39.9	-0
169	Washington, IL	39.9	+0.3
169	Winfield, IL	39.9	+1.6
172	Carol Stream, IL	39.8	+1.3
173	Yorkville, IL	39.8	+2.1
174	Mundelein, IL	39.8	+1.3
175	Crest Hill, IL	39.7	+1
176	Sycamore, IL	39.7	+0.6
177	Columbia, IL	39.6	+0.3
178	Addison, IL	39.6	-0.3
179	Fairview Heights, IL	39.6	-2.6
179	Oak Forest, IL	39.6	+0.9
181	Elgin, IL	39.5	0
182	Lyons, IL	39.5	-4.4
183	South Holland, IL	39.5	-0.3
184	Brookfield, IL	39.4	-0.1
185	Lemont, IL	39.3	+0.4
186	Carpentersville, IL	39.3	+0.9
186	North Aurora, IL	39.3	+0.8
188	Frankfort, IL	39.3	+1.1
189	McHenry, IL	39.2	-2.8
190	Wood River, IL	38.8	-0.5
191	Hanover Park, IL	38.6	+0.4
192	Shiloh, IL	38.6	-0.8
193	Round Lake, IL	38.6	-0.4
194	Franklin Park, IL	38.5	-2.5
195	Chicago Ridge, IL	38.4	+0.8
196	South Elgin, IL	38.4	-1.7
197	Bolingbrook, IL	38.2	-0.2
198	Bellwood, IL	38	-2.7
199	Wauconda, IL	37.8	-0.5
200	Crystal Lake, IL	37.7	-0.4
200	Schiller Park, IL	37.7	-1.4
202	Streamwood, IL	37.6	-1.1
203	Homewood, IL	37.5	-2.3
204	Mokena, IL	37.1	+0.3
205	Northlake, IL	37	-1.5
206	Manhattan, IL	36.9	+1.7
207	Bartlett, IL	36.9	+0.9
208	Bensenville, IL	36.8	+0.4
209	Villa Park, IL	36.7	-1
209	Wood Dale, IL	36.7	-0.3
211	Shorewood, IL	36.6	-2.4
212	Plainfield, IL	36.5	-0.1
213	Minooka, IL	36.5	+2.3
214	Troy, IL	36.4	-1.4
215	Beach Park, IL	36.4	+2
216	Chatham, IL	36.3	-0.5
217	Lindenhurst, IL	35	+1.6
218	Algonquin, IL	34.9	-0.5
219	Oswego, IL	34.3	-0.4
220	Romeoville, IL	34.2	-0.5
221	New Lenox, IL	34.2	+0.4
222	Lake in the Hills, IL	33.7	-0.6
223	Channahon, IL	33.4	-1.1
224	Montgomery, IL	32.6	-2.3
225	Plano, IL	30.5	-2.4

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Income inequality on a 0 to 100 scale, where 0 is perfect equality.

Covers Spain, the EU and its countries, and the United States. For other countries use gini_index_world_bank, which is measured on a different basis. US values measure household money income before taxes and are not directly comparable with the EU-SILC measure based on equivalised disposable income.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19083.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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