Cities in Illinois by households

Chicago, IL had the highest households of 225 cities in 2022, at 1.13 million. Mahomet, IL had the lowest, at 3,150. The median was 7,976 and the figure for Illinois was 4.97 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,129,908Chicago, IL

Lowest3,150Mahomet, IL

Median7,976225 cities

Illinois4,968,761History

Top 40 cities, 2022

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	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Chicago, IL	1,129,908	+1.6%
2	Rockford, IL	61,242	-0.1%
3	Aurora, IL	60,492	-0.8%
4	Naperville, IL	53,815	+1.1%
5	Springfield, IL	50,686	-0.5%
6	Joliet, IL	49,815	+0.5%
7	Peoria, IL	48,542	+1.7%
8	Elgin, IL	38,530	+0.9%
9	Champaign, IL	35,300	+0.3%
10	Bloomington, IL	33,885	+2.4%
11	Schaumburg, IL	31,977	-1.4%
12	Arlington Heights, IL	31,683	+0.8%
13	Waukegan, IL	31,195	+2.6%
14	Evanston, IL	30,900	+2.1%
15	Decatur, IL	30,727	0%
16	Palatine, IL	26,582	-0.1%
17	Cicero, IL	24,600	+2.9%
18	Skokie, IL	24,049	-0.1%
19	Bolingbrook, IL	23,950	+1.8%
20	Oak Park, IL	23,345	+2.4%
21	Orland Park, IL	22,980	0%
22	Des Plaines, IL	22,887	+1.7%
23	Oak Lawn, IL	21,984	-0.4%
24	Mount Prospect, IL	21,917	+1.2%
25	Tinley Park, IL	21,873	-0.9%
26	Downers Grove, IL	20,196	-0.9%
27	Wheaton, IL	19,915	+0.9%
28	Berwyn, IL	19,904	+1.9%
29	Normal, IL	19,658	-0.9%
30	Glenview, IL	18,451	+0.2%
31	Hoffman Estates, IL	18,372	-0.4%
32	Moline, IL	18,267	+0.9%
33	Belleville, IL	17,596	0%
34	Quincy, IL	17,373	+2.1%
35	Lombard, IL	17,180	-0.2%
36	Elmhurst, IL	16,745	+1.6%
37	Urbana, IL	16,380	+2.2%
38	DeKalb, IL	16,043	+1.1%
39	Buffalo Grove, IL	15,764	-1.4%
40	Wheeling, IL	15,484	+1.1%
41	Rock Island, IL	15,247	-0.2%
42	Park Ridge, IL	15,234	+0.2%
43	Crystal Lake, IL	14,774	+2.8%
44	Carol Stream, IL	14,428	+1.6%
45	Calumet City, IL	14,412	+3.7%
46	Bartlett, IL	14,341	+2.6%
47	Plainfield, IL	13,919	+3%
48	Pekin, IL	13,575	-1%
49	Northbrook, IL	13,481	+0.6%
50	St. Charles, IL	13,279	+1.9%
51	Streamwood, IL	13,234	+2.8%
52	Woodridge, IL	13,084	0%
53	Addison, IL	13,067	+2.7%
54	Elk Grove Village, IL	12,691	+0.5%
55	Galesburg, IL	12,610	+0.4%
56	Oswego, IL	12,203	+4%
57	Romeoville, IL	12,202	+1.3%
58	Huntley, IL	12,128	+3.7%
59	Highland Park, IL	12,095	+0.1%
60	O'Fallon, IL	12,093	+2.8%
61	Gurnee, IL	11,743	+1%
62	Danville, IL	11,536	+1.3%
63	Carpentersville, IL	11,521	+0.8%
64	Mundelein, IL	11,520	+3.1%
65	Niles, IL	11,332	-2.9%
66	Granite City, IL	11,304	+0.1%
67	Glendale Heights, IL	11,241	-1.4%
68	McHenry, IL	11,228	+1.9%
69	Lansing, IL	11,179	+0.5%
70	Hanover Park, IL	11,113	-1%
71	Collinsville, IL	11,089	+3.8%
72	Glen Ellyn, IL	10,981	-0%
73	Algonquin, IL	10,964	-0.5%
74	Freeport, IL	10,905	+0.7%
75	Alton, IL	10,878	-2%
76	Wilmette, IL	10,398	+0.6%
77	Vernon Hills, IL	10,366	+1.6%
78	Westmont, IL	10,336	-0.6%
79	Woodstock, IL	10,239	+3.5%
80	Oak Forest, IL	10,165	-0.9%
81	Lisle, IL	10,063	-0.1%
82	Carbondale, IL	9,974	-2.1%
83	Lake in the Hills, IL	9,878	-0.3%
84	Batavia, IL	9,814	-0.2%
85	Belvidere, IL	9,714	+5.7%
86	Loves Park, IL	9,705	-1.3%
87	East Peoria, IL	9,652	-0.1%
88	Lockport, IL	9,507	+4%
89	Burbank, IL	9,463	-0.2%
90	Elmwood Park, IL	9,404	+1.9%
91	Edwardsville, IL	9,359	+9.4%
92	Kankakee, IL	9,349	-0.6%
93	Chicago Heights, IL	9,186	-1.3%
94	Rolling Meadows, IL	9,170	+0.8%
95	Morton Grove, IL	9,166	-3.1%
96	New Lenox, IL	9,006	-0%
97	Bloomingdale, IL	8,961	+0.2%
98	Darien, IL	8,903	+1.5%
99	Zion, IL	8,727	+2.6%
100	Machesney Park, IL	8,690	+0.4%
101	Roselle, IL	8,668	-1.4%
102	Blue Island, IL	8,612	+2.5%
103	East Moline, IL	8,275	+1.4%
104	Round Lake Beach, IL	8,259	-1.2%
105	Villa Park, IL	8,251	-0.9%
106	South Elgin, IL	8,225	+2.6%
107	Geneva, IL	8,141	+2.2%
108	Dolton, IL	8,110	+4.1%
109	Melrose Park, IL	8,104	+1.9%
110	Grayslake, IL	8,066	+3.2%
111	Marion, IL	8,028	+0.4%
112	Homer Glen, IL	7,981	-0.9%
113	Park Forest, IL	7,976	-0.8%
114	Mattoon, IL	7,884	-1.6%
115	Brookfield, IL	7,733	+1.9%
116	Crest Hill, IL	7,727	+1.4%
117	Alsip, IL	7,683	+0.7%
118	East St. Louis, IL	7,676	+0.4%
119	Maywood, IL	7,672	-2.6%
120	South Holland, IL	7,638	+3.5%
121	Ottawa, IL	7,634	-0.5%
122	Libertyville, IL	7,608	+2%
123	Matteson, IL	7,547	+2.2%
124	Godfrey, IL	7,536	-1.8%
125	North Chicago, IL	7,487	-3.2%
126	Charleston, IL	7,484	+4.1%
127	Yorkville, IL	7,465	+6.1%
128	Evergreen Park, IL	7,449	-0.6%
129	Sycamore, IL	7,397	+0.9%
130	West Chicago, IL	7,380	-2.1%
131	Deerfield, IL	7,358	-1.6%
132	Palos Hills, IL	7,356	-4.8%
133	Forest Park, IL	7,328	+5.3%
134	Mokena, IL	7,299	+2.3%
135	Harvey, IL	7,217	-2.2%
136	Lake Zurich, IL	7,173	+1%
137	Westchester, IL	7,145	+4.6%
138	Homewood, IL	7,125	-2%
139	Fairview Heights, IL	7,026	-0.5%
140	Morton, IL	7,024	-0%
141	Lake Forest, IL	6,959	-0.8%
142	Jacksonville, IL	6,919	-0.2%
143	North Aurora, IL	6,841	-1.2%
144	Bensenville, IL	6,831	-0.7%
145	Montgomery, IL	6,619	+3.6%
146	Frankfort, IL	6,579	+2.7%
147	Sterling, IL	6,532	+1%
148	Cary, IL	6,384	+1.3%
149	Shorewood, IL	6,359	-0.1%
150	Prospect Heights, IL	6,286	-0.7%
151	Morris, IL	6,258	+2.5%
152	Lemont, IL	6,235	+1.9%
153	Cahokia Heights, IL	6,216	n/a
154	Macomb, IL	6,203	+3.1%
155	Mount Vernon, IL	6,195	+0.5%
156	Bridgeview, IL	6,118	+2.9%
157	Round Lake, IL	6,117	0%
158	Bellwood, IL	6,111	+1%
159	Washington, IL	6,088	+1.2%
160	Dixon, IL	6,064	+3.1%
161	Bradley, IL	5,987	+3.7%
162	Lincoln, IL	5,947	+3%
163	Norridge, IL	5,865	-0.3%
164	Streator, IL	5,845	+2%
165	Bourbonnais, IL	5,834	-5%
166	Franklin Park, IL	5,802	-1.9%
167	La Grange, IL	5,791	+1.5%
168	Midlothian, IL	5,747	+2.2%
169	Hinsdale, IL	5,744	+0.8%
170	Swansea, IL	5,637	-0.7%
171	Glen Carbon, IL	5,559	+0.4%
172	Country Club Hills, IL	5,532	-3.2%
173	Herrin, IL	5,485	+2.7%
174	Warrenville, IL	5,475	+5%
175	Canton, IL	5,425	0%
176	Chatham, IL	5,420	+3.1%
177	Shiloh, IL	5,418	+1.6%
178	Hickory Hills, IL	5,352	+4.9%
179	Chicago Ridge, IL	5,251	-3%
180	Rantoul, IL	5,240	+2.3%
181	Antioch, IL	5,195	-4.8%
182	Fox Lake, IL	5,191	+5.3%
183	La Grange Park, IL	5,159	-0%
184	Effingham, IL	5,140	-1.6%
185	Centralia, IL	5,127	+0.9%
186	Wood Dale, IL	5,113	-0.3%
187	Kewanee, IL	5,084	+1.5%
188	Richton Park, IL	5,075	+1.7%
189	Lindenhurst, IL	5,071	+3.5%
190	Wauconda, IL	5,051	-0.6%
191	Crestwood, IL	4,875	+3.9%
192	Taylorville, IL	4,779	-2.5%
193	Highland, IL	4,766	+4.7%
194	Beach Park, IL	4,701	+3.7%
195	Hazel Crest, IL	4,670	-1%
196	Lincolnwood, IL	4,669	-2%
197	Pontiac, IL	4,609	+1.9%
198	Palos Heights, IL	4,553	+1.9%
199	Northlake, IL	4,539	+1.3%
200	Western Springs, IL	4,521	+0.2%
201	Justice, IL	4,511	-2.5%
202	Burr Ridge, IL	4,460	-1%
203	Wood River, IL	4,378	+0.9%
204	Worth, IL	4,363	+0.3%
205	Channahon, IL	4,347	+0.1%
206	River Forest, IL	4,341	-2%
207	Columbia, IL	4,340	+2.4%
208	Waterloo, IL	4,339	-0.6%
209	Schiller Park, IL	4,311	+0.3%
210	Barrington, IL	4,265	+2.1%
211	Troy, IL	4,244	+1%
212	Winnetka, IL	4,242	-2.5%
213	Minooka, IL	4,126	+3.7%
214	Lyons, IL	4,031	+2.9%
215	Roscoe, IL	4,023	+3.6%
216	Winfield, IL	3,931	+1.3%
217	Plano, IL	3,829	+2.2%
218	River Grove, IL	3,822	+1.6%
219	Riverdale, IL	3,803	-3.7%
220	Markham, IL	3,703	+2.7%
221	Summit, IL	3,600	+5.4%
222	Campton Hills, IL	3,436	-1.8%
223	Pingree Grove, IL	3,412	+4.4%
224	Manhattan, IL	3,188	+3.6%
225	Mahomet, IL	3,150	+0.4%

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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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/illinois-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/illinois-cities?period=2022.

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  title = {{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, 2022}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/illinois-cities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: 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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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