Cities in Illinois by households, 2024

Chicago, IL had the highest households of 225 cities in 2024, at 1.16 million. Mahomet, IL had the lowest, at 3,471. The median was 8,129 and the figure for Illinois was 5.04 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,160,205Chicago, IL

Lowest3,471Mahomet, IL

Median8,129225 cities

Illinois5,036,449History

Top 40 cities, 2024

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Chicago, IL	1,160,205	+1.2%
2	Rockford, IL	61,324	-0.3%
3	Aurora, IL	61,317	+1.5%
4	Naperville, IL	54,847	+1%
5	Joliet, IL	51,055	+0.8%
6	Springfield, IL	51,040	+0.5%
7	Peoria, IL	49,037	+0.2%
8	Elgin, IL	39,317	+1.2%
9	Champaign, IL	36,815	+0.9%
10	Bloomington, IL	34,892	+2%
11	Waukegan, IL	32,042	+2%
12	Evanston, IL	31,705	+1%
13	Schaumburg, IL	31,655	-1.1%
14	Arlington Heights, IL	31,466	+0.7%
15	Decatur, IL	30,920	+0.1%
16	Palatine, IL	27,303	+1.8%
17	Cicero, IL	24,432	-2.4%
18	Skokie, IL	24,382	+1.7%
19	Bolingbrook, IL	23,959	+0.8%
20	Oak Park, IL	23,387	+0.5%
21	Orland Park, IL	23,256	-0.4%
22	Des Plaines, IL	22,537	-0.2%
23	Tinley Park, IL	22,320	+1.2%
24	Oak Lawn, IL	21,618	-0.6%
25	Mount Prospect, IL	21,600	-1.8%
26	Downers Grove, IL	20,662	+1.5%
27	Berwyn, IL	20,476	+1.3%
28	Normal, IL	20,387	+3.1%
29	Wheaton, IL	19,588	-1.1%
30	Hoffman Estates, IL	18,537	-0.4%
31	Glenview, IL	18,448	-0%
32	Moline, IL	18,289	+0.8%
33	Belleville, IL	17,646	-0.3%
34	Quincy, IL	17,620	+1%
35	Lombard, IL	17,262	-0.5%
36	Urbana, IL	16,856	+2.6%
37	Elmhurst, IL	16,795	-0.4%
38	DeKalb, IL	16,388	+2.3%
39	Buffalo Grove, IL	16,213	+0.9%
40	Rock Island, IL	15,285	-2.5%
41	Wheeling, IL	15,171	-0.8%
42	Park Ridge, IL	14,867	-2.1%
43	Crystal Lake, IL	14,806	-0.7%
44	Plainfield, IL	14,634	+3%
45	Carol Stream, IL	14,487	+1.2%
46	Calumet City, IL	14,332	-2.4%
47	Bartlett, IL	14,140	-1.3%
48	Pekin, IL	13,503	-0.2%
49	Northbrook, IL	13,302	0%
50	Romeoville, IL	13,296	+1.8%
51	Woodridge, IL	13,278	+1.2%
52	St. Charles, IL	13,161	-0.1%
53	Streamwood, IL	13,057	+0.1%
54	Elk Grove Village, IL	13,011	+1.8%
55	Addison, IL	12,832	-1.9%
56	O'Fallon, IL	12,816	+2.8%
57	Galesburg, IL	12,628	+0.9%
58	Oswego, IL	12,243	+1.2%
59	Huntley, IL	12,213	+0.6%
60	Danville, IL	11,901	+2.6%
61	McHenry, IL	11,897	+3%
62	Highland Park, IL	11,787	+0.2%
63	Gurnee, IL	11,779	+0.7%
64	Mundelein, IL	11,632	+0.7%
65	Carpentersville, IL	11,583	-1%
66	Granite City, IL	11,562	+2.2%
67	Niles, IL	11,481	+1.9%
68	Lansing, IL	11,236	+0.7%
69	Hanover Park, IL	11,233	+0.2%
70	Glendale Heights, IL	11,196	-1.8%
71	Collinsville, IL	11,061	-0.5%
72	Vernon Hills, IL	11,022	+2.3%
73	Algonquin, IL	10,968	+0.5%
74	Freeport, IL	10,841	-1.7%
75	Alton, IL	10,714	-0.9%
76	Batavia, IL	10,708	+3.2%
77	Glen Ellyn, IL	10,698	-1.2%
78	Westmont, IL	10,694	+0.9%
79	Woodstock, IL	10,656	+2.2%
80	Oak Forest, IL	10,355	-0%
81	Loves Park, IL	10,302	+3.3%
82	Wilmette, IL	10,287	+0.1%
83	Lisle, IL	10,050	+0.3%
84	East Peoria, IL	9,975	+0.8%
85	Lockport, IL	9,903	+2.4%
86	Edwardsville, IL	9,828	+2%
87	Carbondale, IL	9,714	-1.5%
88	Lake in the Hills, IL	9,692	-2.1%
89	Belvidere, IL	9,589	-0.1%
90	Burbank, IL	9,539	-1.4%
91	Rolling Meadows, IL	9,336	+3%
92	Elmwood Park, IL	9,285	+2.1%
93	Chicago Heights, IL	9,224	+0.2%
94	Morton Grove, IL	9,215	+1.1%
95	New Lenox, IL	9,134	-0.1%
96	Kankakee, IL	9,122	-2%
97	Bloomingdale, IL	9,065	+1.4%
98	Zion, IL	8,813	-1.8%
99	South Elgin, IL	8,760	+3.7%
100	Darien, IL	8,735	-1.1%
101	East Moline, IL	8,617	+6.3%
102	Roselle, IL	8,616	+0.3%
103	Machesney Park, IL	8,577	+0.1%
104	Round Lake Beach, IL	8,537	-0.3%
105	Blue Island, IL	8,464	-2.3%
106	Melrose Park, IL	8,463	+1.7%
107	Geneva, IL	8,374	+2.1%
108	Villa Park, IL	8,363	-0.5%
109	Marion, IL	8,260	+3.5%
110	Grayslake, IL	8,165	+2.8%
111	Crest Hill, IL	8,153	+6.6%
112	Yorkville, IL	8,140	+2.4%
113	Park Forest, IL	8,129	-1%
114	Mattoon, IL	8,121	+3.8%
115	Homer Glen, IL	8,097	+1.2%
116	Dolton, IL	7,820	-1.3%
117	Alsip, IL	7,724	-0.7%
118	Brookfield, IL	7,683	+0.5%
119	Libertyville, IL	7,664	+1.2%
120	Palos Hills, IL	7,644	+4.3%
121	Ottawa, IL	7,553	-0.1%
122	Deerfield, IL	7,515	+1%
123	Harvey, IL	7,512	+5.1%
124	West Chicago, IL	7,459	+0.3%
125	Godfrey, IL	7,452	-1.9%
126	Charleston, IL	7,447	+1.3%
127	Maywood, IL	7,413	+1.1%
128	South Holland, IL	7,411	-1.2%
129	Matteson, IL	7,404	-0.8%
130	Sycamore, IL	7,401	-1.3%
131	Lake Zurich, IL	7,392	+0.9%
132	Mokena, IL	7,374	+2%
133	Fairview Heights, IL	7,221	+1.8%
134	Evergreen Park, IL	7,215	-1.5%
135	Montgomery, IL	7,144	+0.8%
136	Forest Park, IL	7,085	+0.7%
137	Homewood, IL	7,082	+0.6%
138	North Aurora, IL	7,036	-0%
138	North Chicago, IL	7,036	-3.6%
140	Bensenville, IL	7,015	+2.6%
141	East St. Louis, IL	6,982	-6.1%
142	Westchester, IL	6,908	-2.5%
143	Lake Forest, IL	6,900	+0.4%
144	Shorewood, IL	6,852	+4%
145	Morton, IL	6,809	+0.1%
146	Frankfort, IL	6,789	+3%
147	Jacksonville, IL	6,745	+0.4%
148	Prospect Heights, IL	6,679	+6.9%
149	Sterling, IL	6,579	-1.2%
150	Macomb, IL	6,487	+1.7%
151	Morris, IL	6,484	-0.2%
152	Cary, IL	6,468	+2%
153	Round Lake, IL	6,430	+2.5%
154	Lemont, IL	6,412	+1.2%
155	Bourbonnais, IL	6,179	+2.6%
156	Bradley, IL	6,150	+0.8%
157	Mount Vernon, IL	6,108	-1.5%
158	Lincoln, IL	6,102	+2.2%
159	Bridgeview, IL	6,065	-2.6%
160	Cahokia Heights, IL	6,053	-3.8%
160	Washington, IL	6,053	-0.9%
162	Franklin Park, IL	6,007	+1.8%
163	Bellwood, IL	5,948	-2.5%
164	Glen Carbon, IL	5,836	+4.2%
165	La Grange, IL	5,816	+0.1%
166	Shiloh, IL	5,792	+4.2%
167	Swansea, IL	5,777	+3.4%
168	Norridge, IL	5,767	+1%
169	Dixon, IL	5,758	-0.9%
170	Warrenville, IL	5,730	+4.5%
171	Midlothian, IL	5,692	-2.4%
172	Hinsdale, IL	5,689	+0.9%
173	Hickory Hills, IL	5,630	+0.4%
174	Chatham, IL	5,624	+0.1%
175	Country Club Hills, IL	5,569	+4%
176	Herrin, IL	5,559	+1.5%
177	Canton, IL	5,523	-0.3%
178	Richton Park, IL	5,481	+6.1%
179	Streator, IL	5,479	-3.1%
180	Effingham, IL	5,423	+4.4%
181	Kewanee, IL	5,419	+1.8%
182	Rantoul, IL	5,374	+5.7%
183	Wood Dale, IL	5,342	+2.6%
184	Antioch, IL	5,297	+2.3%
185	La Grange Park, IL	5,285	+4.9%
186	Fox Lake, IL	5,281	+2.8%
187	Chicago Ridge, IL	5,234	-1.4%
188	Beach Park, IL	5,143	+7.8%
189	Lindenhurst, IL	5,132	+1%
190	Centralia, IL	5,094	-2.6%
191	Wauconda, IL	5,039	-1.5%
192	Highland, IL	4,931	+2.9%
193	Crestwood, IL	4,902	-2.4%
194	Justice, IL	4,900	+2%
195	Hazel Crest, IL	4,828	+3.4%
196	Palos Heights, IL	4,779	+6.3%
197	Lincolnwood, IL	4,621	+0.6%
198	Wood River, IL	4,573	+2.6%
199	Channahon, IL	4,547	+2.9%
200	Burr Ridge, IL	4,536	-0.3%
201	Taylorville, IL	4,532	-6.6%
202	Waterloo, IL	4,491	+2.2%
203	Western Springs, IL	4,471	-0.1%
204	River Forest, IL	4,460	+4.3%
205	Pontiac, IL	4,457	-4.8%
206	Columbia, IL	4,448	-0.2%
207	Worth, IL	4,433	+1.9%
208	Troy, IL	4,389	+3.4%
209	Schiller Park, IL	4,353	+2.7%
210	Barrington, IL	4,297	+2.5%
211	Northlake, IL	4,277	-2.9%
212	Roscoe, IL	4,202	+3.7%
213	River Grove, IL	4,196	+2.2%
214	Winnetka, IL	4,172	-2.2%
215	Plano, IL	4,162	+7.5%
216	Minooka, IL	4,126	+1.1%
217	Lyons, IL	4,022	-2.7%
218	Winfield, IL	4,019	+0.1%
219	Riverdale, IL	3,760	-2.9%
220	Summit, IL	3,709	+2.5%
221	Campton Hills, IL	3,695	+4.5%
222	Markham, IL	3,655	-2.6%
223	Pingree Grove, IL	3,637	+4.5%
224	Manhattan, IL	3,632	+9.2%
225	Mahomet, IL	3,471	+6.8%

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Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

People living in group quarters, such as college dormitories, nursing homes and prisons, are not in households.

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 B25003: occupied housing units (households), 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-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Illinois by households, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Illinois by households, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/illinois-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Illinois by households, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/illinois-cities.

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