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Cities in Illinois by median gross rent (monthly), 2024

Burr Ridge, IL had the highest median gross rent (monthly) of 225 cities in 2024, at $3,501. Jacksonville, IL had the lowest, at $711. The median was $1,347 and the figure for Illinois was $1,274. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest3,501Burr Ridge, IL
Lowest711Jacksonville, IL
Median1,347225 cities
Illinois1,274History

Top 40 cities, 2024

Burr Ridge, IL: 3,501 USDBurr Ridge, IL3,501Lincolnwood, IL: 3,501 USDLincolnwood, IL3,501Pingree Grove, IL: 3,501 USDPingree Grove, IL3,501Palos Heights, IL: 2,558 USDPalos Heights, IL2,558Deerfield, IL: 2,482 USDDeerfield, IL2,482Northbrook, IL: 2,463 USDNorthbrook, IL2,463Frankfort, IL: 2,442 USDFrankfort, IL2,442Morton Grove, IL: 2,164 USDMorton Grove, IL2,164Glenview, IL: 2,148 USDGlenview, IL2,148Plainfield, IL: 2,119 USDPlainfield, IL2,119Buffalo Grove, IL: 2,037 USDBuffalo Grove, IL2,037Western Springs, IL: 2,006 USDWestern Springs, IL2,006Montgomery, IL: 1,984 USDMontgomery, IL1,984Wilmette, IL: 1,978 USDWilmette, IL1,978Elmhurst, IL: 1,975 USDElmhurst, IL1,975Lombard, IL: 1,948 USDLombard, IL1,948Warrenville, IL: 1,926 USDWarrenville, IL1,926Highland Park, IL: 1,925 USDHighland Park, IL1,925Hinsdale, IL: 1,924 USDHinsdale, IL1,924Lake Zurich, IL: 1,909 USDLake Zurich, IL1,909Vernon Hills, IL: 1,903 USDVernon Hills, IL1,903Romeoville, IL: 1,886 USDRomeoville, IL1,886Naperville, IL: 1,885 USDNaperville, IL1,885Bartlett, IL: 1,883 USDBartlett, IL1,883Homer Glen, IL: 1,861 USDHomer Glen, IL1,861Oswego, IL: 1,860 USDOswego, IL1,860Darien, IL: 1,857 USDDarien, IL1,857La Grange, IL: 1,856 USDLa Grange, IL1,856South Holland, IL: 1,856 USDSouth Holland, IL1,856Winnetka, IL: 1,842 USDWinnetka, IL1,842St. Charles, IL: 1,819 USDSt. Charles, IL1,819Lake Forest, IL: 1,815 USDLake Forest, IL1,815Schaumburg, IL: 1,812 USDSchaumburg, IL1,812Streamwood, IL: 1,809 USDStreamwood, IL1,809Wheaton, IL: 1,799 USDWheaton, IL1,799Westchester, IL: 1,794 USDWestchester, IL1,794Geneva, IL: 1,768 USDGeneva, IL1,768Lindenhurst, IL: 1,768 USDLindenhurst, IL1,768Evanston, IL: 1,762 USDEvanston, IL1,762Arlington Heights, IL: 1,760 USDArlington Heights, IL1,760Burr Ridge, IL: 3,501 USDBurr Ridge, IL3,501Lincolnwood, IL: 3,501 USDLincolnwood, IL3,501Pingree Grove, IL: 3,501 USDPingree Grove, IL3,501Palos Heights, IL: 2,558 USDPalos Heights, IL2,558Deerfield, IL: 2,482 USDDeerfield, IL2,482Northbrook, IL: 2,463 USDNorthbrook, IL2,463Frankfort, IL: 2,442 USDFrankfort, IL2,442Morton Grove, IL: 2,164 USDMorton Grove, IL2,164Glenview, IL: 2,148 USDGlenview, IL2,148Plainfield, IL: 2,119 USDPlainfield, IL2,119Buffalo Grove, IL: 2,037 USDBuffalo Grove, IL2,037Western Springs, IL: 2,006 USDWestern Springs, IL2,006Montgomery, IL: 1,984 USDMontgomery, IL1,984Wilmette, IL: 1,978 USDWilmette, IL1,978Elmhurst, IL: 1,975 USDElmhurst, IL1,975Lombard, IL: 1,948 USDLombard, IL1,948Warrenville, IL: 1,926 USDWarrenville, IL1,926Highland Park, IL: 1,925 USDHighland Park, IL1,925Hinsdale, IL: 1,924 USDHinsdale, IL1,924Lake Zurich, IL: 1,909 USDLake Zurich, IL1,909Vernon Hills, IL: 1,903 USDVernon Hills, IL1,903Romeoville, IL: 1,886 USDRomeoville, IL1,886Naperville, IL: 1,885 USDNaperville, IL1,885Bartlett, IL: 1,883 USDBartlett, IL1,883Homer Glen, IL: 1,861 USDHomer Glen, IL1,861Oswego, IL: 1,860 USDOswego, IL1,860Darien, IL: 1,857 USDDarien, IL1,857La Grange, IL: 1,856 USDLa Grange, IL1,856South Holland, IL: 1,856 USDSouth Holland, IL1,856Winnetka, IL: 1,842 USDWinnetka, IL1,842St. Charles, IL: 1,819 USDSt. Charles, IL1,819Lake Forest, IL: 1,815 USDLake Forest, IL1,815Schaumburg, IL: 1,812 USDSchaumburg, IL1,812Streamwood, IL: 1,809 USDStreamwood, IL1,809Wheaton, IL: 1,799 USDWheaton, IL1,799Westchester, IL: 1,794 USDWestchester, IL1,794Geneva, IL: 1,768 USDGeneva, IL1,768Lindenhurst, IL: 1,768 USDLindenhurst, IL1,768Evanston, IL: 1,762 USDEvanston, IL1,762Arlington Heights, IL: 1,760 USDArlington Heights, IL1,760
USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
USD		Change on 2023
1Burr Ridge, IL Estimated3,501+16.7%
1Lincolnwood, IL Estimated3,5010%
1Pingree Grove, IL Estimated3,501+187.2%
4Palos Heights, IL2,558+19.6%
5Deerfield, IL2,482+5.8%
6Northbrook, IL2,463+5.5%
7Frankfort, IL2,442+12.3%
8Morton Grove, IL2,164-2.1%
9Glenview, IL2,148+6%
10Plainfield, IL2,119+12.2%
11Buffalo Grove, IL2,037-0.2%
12Western Springs, IL2,006+3.8%
13Montgomery, IL1,984+4.6%
14Wilmette, IL1,978+0.5%
15Elmhurst, IL1,975+5.2%
16Lombard, IL1,948+6.2%
17Warrenville, IL1,926+9.5%
18Highland Park, IL1,925+1.2%
19Hinsdale, IL1,924-2.9%
20Lake Zurich, IL1,909+7.1%
21Vernon Hills, IL1,903+2.6%
22Romeoville, IL1,886-0.3%
23Naperville, IL1,885+1.8%
24Bartlett, IL1,883+1.4%
25Homer Glen, IL1,861+7.1%
26Oswego, IL1,860+2%
27Darien, IL1,857+11.1%
28La Grange, IL1,856+10.5%
28South Holland, IL1,856-3%
30Winnetka, IL1,842+5.3%
31St. Charles, IL1,819+1.7%
32Lake Forest, IL1,815-14.4%
33Schaumburg, IL1,812+2.1%
34Streamwood, IL1,809-2.2%
35Wheaton, IL1,799+3.9%
36Westchester, IL1,794+1.5%
37Geneva, IL1,768-2%
37Lindenhurst, IL1,768-3.7%
39Evanston, IL1,762+3.8%
40Arlington Heights, IL1,760+1.9%
41Campton Hills, IL1,750+22.9%
42Bolingbrook, IL1,749+1.8%
43Hoffman Estates, IL1,734-1.7%
44Algonquin, IL1,723-4.3%
45Round Lake, IL1,710+14.5%
46Country Club Hills, IL1,709+1.9%
47Channahon, IL1,708-0.6%
48Lake in the Hills, IL1,689+3.4%
49Plano, IL1,686+6%
50Wood Dale, IL1,675+1.4%
51Wheeling, IL1,663+5.4%
52Yorkville, IL1,662+2.7%
53Lisle, IL1,658+7.7%
54Downers Grove, IL1,656+4.2%
55Gurnee, IL1,655+3.8%
56Roselle, IL1,641+9.7%
57South Elgin, IL1,640+1.3%
58Libertyville, IL1,637+6.5%
59Huntley, IL1,622+17.1%
60Markham, IL1,621-4%
61Elk Grove Village, IL1,618+2.8%
62Rolling Meadows, IL1,607+2.8%
63Des Plaines, IL1,606+11.9%
64Bloomingdale, IL1,603-0.2%
65Aurora, IL1,596+4%
66Hanover Park, IL1,594+7.8%
67Oak Park, IL1,593+9.4%
68Glendale Heights, IL1,590+1.8%
69Matteson, IL1,580+13.7%
70Mundelein, IL1,566+0.1%
71River Forest, IL1,554+10.1%
72McHenry, IL1,553+3%
73Minooka, IL1,552-12.8%
73Skokie, IL1,552+4.1%
75Palatine, IL1,549+5.6%
76Round Lake Beach, IL1,543+11.6%
77Park Ridge, IL1,537+1.7%
78Westmont, IL1,533+7.4%
79Carol Stream, IL1,529+4.4%
80Lockport, IL1,525+1.5%
81North Aurora, IL1,504-5.8%
82Mount Prospect, IL1,502+3.3%
83Barrington, IL1,500-20.5%
84Tinley Park, IL1,495-1.5%
85Woodridge, IL1,494-3.4%
86Winfield, IL1,493+8.1%
87Grayslake, IL1,485+3.6%
88Crest Hill, IL1,481+6.9%
89Shorewood, IL1,479-29.1%
90Prospect Heights, IL1,475+6%
91West Chicago, IL1,469+6.8%
92Crystal Lake, IL1,468+2.6%
93La Grange Park, IL1,442+1.3%
94Chicago, IL1,440+4.3%
94Orland Park, IL1,440+1.8%
96Villa Park, IL1,438+2.9%
97Roscoe, IL1,437+6.5%
98Glen Ellyn, IL1,433+8.1%
98Norridge, IL1,433+0.8%
100New Lenox, IL1,431+15%
101Cary, IL1,428-1.9%
102North Chicago, IL1,426+2.4%
103Evergreen Park, IL1,420-0.4%
104Brookfield, IL1,414+6.5%
104Carpentersville, IL1,414-0.4%
106Bensenville, IL1,407+2.4%
107Mahomet, IL1,396+16.1%
108Dolton, IL1,384-1.1%
109Wauconda, IL1,371+5.1%
110Forest Park, IL1,367+1.1%
111Park Forest, IL1,365+1.8%
112Elgin, IL1,361+8%
113Batavia, IL1,347+7.3%
114Niles, IL1,336+7.1%
115Oak Lawn, IL1,335+1.9%
116Crestwood, IL1,334+2.6%
116Elmwood Park, IL1,334+3%
118Homewood, IL1,333-6.3%
119O'Fallon, IL1,332+1.5%
120Oak Forest, IL1,328+3.2%
121Hazel Crest, IL1,320-8.3%
122Edwardsville, IL1,306+6.1%
123Chicago Ridge, IL1,304+8.8%
124Richton Park, IL1,294-1.4%
125Bellwood, IL1,293+5.9%
126Joliet, IL1,276+3.2%
127Bourbonnais, IL1,269+12.1%
127Palos Hills, IL1,269+0.2%
129Lansing, IL1,268-0.2%
130Burbank, IL1,265+1.9%
131Chatham, IL1,256+8.6%
132Beach Park, IL1,254+1.5%
132Mokena, IL1,254-10.7%
134Midlothian, IL1,249+3.9%
135Justice, IL1,247+4.1%
136Addison, IL1,245+0.6%
137Riverdale, IL1,231+2.2%
138Schiller Park, IL1,221+0.6%
139Berwyn, IL1,215+3.4%
140River Grove, IL1,214-1.3%
141Manhattan, IL1,213-0.6%
142Woodstock, IL1,212+3.2%
143Lemont, IL1,209-0.2%
143Maywood, IL1,209+0.5%
145Waukegan, IL1,205+3.6%
146Lyons, IL1,198+3.8%
147Shiloh, IL1,187+8.1%
148Bradley, IL1,186+0.4%
148Zion, IL1,186+4.1%
150Bridgeview, IL1,177+3.3%
150Calumet City, IL1,177+3.4%
152Melrose Park, IL1,176-1.5%
153Fairview Heights, IL1,174-0.3%
154Worth, IL1,169+0.4%
155Washington, IL1,155+6.3%
156Cicero, IL1,154+2.9%
157Godfrey, IL1,153+3.8%
158Hickory Hills, IL1,145+3%
159Alsip, IL1,140+3.4%
159Sycamore, IL1,140+7.3%
161Summit, IL1,137+12.4%
161Swansea, IL1,137-3.5%
163Morris, IL1,132-0.8%
164Antioch, IL1,129+1%
165Columbia, IL1,128+3.6%
166Champaign, IL1,123+1.8%
166Northlake, IL1,123-3.5%
168Loves Park, IL1,120+1.6%
169Troy, IL1,116+5.3%
170Franklin Park, IL1,109+0.5%
171Machesney Park, IL1,102-0.6%
172Glen Carbon, IL1,097+0.8%
173Morton, IL1,074+7.3%
174Blue Island, IL1,072+0.1%
175Bloomington, IL1,050+4.6%
176Fox Lake, IL1,047-1.1%
177Chicago Heights, IL1,038+0.3%
177Collinsville, IL1,038+6%
179DeKalb, IL1,029-0.1%
180Kankakee, IL1,023+3.8%
181Belleville, IL1,019+7.6%
182Alton, IL1,015+7.1%
183Peoria, IL1,005+5.7%
184Herrin, IL1,002-1.4%
185Belvidere, IL991+5.1%
186Rockford, IL985+3.2%
187Cahokia Heights, IL981+2.3%
188Springfield, IL975+3.2%
189Urbana, IL972+2.2%
190Normal, IL965-0.9%
191Harvey, IL960-0.8%
192Wood River, IL936+2.3%
193Marion, IL921+4.9%
194Ottawa, IL920-0.2%
195Dixon, IL912+5.4%
196Mount Vernon, IL910+1.9%
197Moline, IL900+1.5%
198Rantoul, IL890-1%
199East Peoria, IL886-0.9%
199Waterloo, IL886+1.5%
201East Moline, IL868+5.1%
202Sterling, IL859+10.1%
203Highland, IL855+10.2%
204Streator, IL852+9.4%
205East St. Louis, IL847+41.9%
206Danville, IL846+4.6%
207Decatur, IL845+6.2%
208Pontiac, IL842+2.9%
208Rock Island, IL842+2.8%
210Quincy, IL837+1.6%
211Granite City, IL834+9.6%
212Lincoln, IL828+3%
212Taylorville, IL828+12.2%
214Pekin, IL819+3.4%
215Charleston, IL817-0.2%
216Galesburg, IL801+11.4%
217Kewanee, IL797+2.8%
218Freeport, IL793+4.3%
219Carbondale, IL771+2.8%
220Canton, IL766-5.9%
221Centralia, IL765-1.3%
221Macomb, IL765+4.4%
223Mattoon, IL740-3.1%
224Effingham, IL725+4.2%
225Jacksonville, IL711+1.1%

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Monthly gross rent of renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars of the last year of the period.

More on how it is measured
  • Gross rent is the contract rent plus the estimated cost of utilities and fuels paid by the renter.
  • United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A median, not an average, of what all renters pay, including long-standing leases, so it is lower than asking rents for new listings.

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 B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, 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-b25064.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Illinois by median gross rent (monthly), 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25064.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Illinois by median gross rent (monthly), 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25064.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-gross-rent/illinois-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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