Cities in Illinois by median household income

Winnetka, IL had the highest median household income of 224 cities in 2021, at $250,001. Carbondale, IL had the lowest, at $24,452. The median was $79,246 and the figure for Illinois was $72,563. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest250,001Winnetka, IL

Lowest24,452Carbondale, IL

Median79,246224 cities

Illinois72,563History

Top 40 cities, 2021

USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2021 USD
1	Winnetka, IL Estimated	250,001
2	Hinsdale, IL	224,185
3	Western Springs, IL	196,638
4	Lake Forest, IL	194,267
5	Campton Hills, IL	183,050
6	Wilmette, IL	173,967
7	Deerfield, IL	168,568
8	Libertyville, IL	153,674
9	Highland Park, IL	153,226
10	Burr Ridge, IL	148,214
11	Frankfort, IL	145,645
12	Northbrook, IL	143,506
13	Naperville, IL	135,772
14	Plainfield, IL	134,814
15	Winfield, IL	131,218
16	River Forest, IL	129,263
17	Elmhurst, IL	128,355
18	Geneva, IL	126,759
19	Barrington, IL	126,250
20	Glen Ellyn, IL	124,754
21	Park Ridge, IL	124,535
22	La Grange, IL	124,292
23	Glenview, IL	123,771
24	Mahomet, IL	122,386
25	Buffalo Grove, IL	121,212
26	Lindenhurst, IL	121,209
27	Homer Glen, IL	120,306
28	Lemont, IL	119,750
29	New Lenox, IL	118,817
30	Lake Zurich, IL	118,139
31	Algonquin, IL	115,346
32	Mokena, IL	114,455
33	Bartlett, IL	114,121
34	Manhattan, IL	112,706
35	South Elgin, IL	112,115
36	Shorewood, IL	111,560
37	Grayslake, IL	109,975
38	Batavia, IL	109,146
39	Wheaton, IL	108,737
40	Vernon Hills, IL	107,938
41	Arlington Heights, IL	106,996
42	Cary, IL	106,940
43	Oswego, IL	106,790
44	St. Charles, IL	106,069
45	Minooka, IL	105,905
46	Downers Grove, IL	105,217
47	Channahon, IL	105,156
48	Yorkville, IL	105,129
49	Darien, IL	104,226
50	Wauconda, IL	102,750
51	Lisle, IL	102,676
52	Gurnee, IL	102,140
53	Columbia, IL	102,107
54	Lake in the Hills, IL	102,106
55	La Grange Park, IL	102,034
56	Roscoe, IL	101,250
57	Palos Heights, IL	101,037
58	Montgomery, IL	100,911
59	Antioch, IL	100,705
60	Pingree Grove, IL	98,299
61	Oak Park, IL	98,081
62	Bolingbrook, IL	97,371
63	Mundelein, IL	96,993
64	O'Fallon, IL	96,698
65	Lockport, IL	96,481
66	Crystal Lake, IL	96,274
66	Hoffman Estates, IL	96,274
68	Lincolnwood, IL	95,650
69	Carol Stream, IL	95,342
70	Chatham, IL	95,310
71	Roselle, IL	94,589
72	Westchester, IL	94,151
73	Mount Prospect, IL	92,477
74	Woodridge, IL	91,399
75	Morton Grove, IL	91,389
76	Brookfield, IL	90,083
77	Orland Park, IL	89,491
78	Elk Grove Village, IL	89,187
79	Lombard, IL	89,079
80	Warrenville, IL	89,010
81	Streamwood, IL	88,824
82	North Aurora, IL	88,727
83	Romeoville, IL	88,205
84	Tinley Park, IL	87,864
85	Evanston, IL	87,345
86	Bloomingdale, IL	87,324
87	Round Lake, IL	86,451
88	Palatine, IL	86,415
89	Glen Carbon, IL	86,406
90	Shiloh, IL	86,292
91	Matteson, IL	85,332
92	Evergreen Park, IL	85,328
93	Villa Park, IL	85,173
94	Schaumburg, IL	85,147
95	West Chicago, IL	83,379
96	Plano, IL	82,883
97	Homewood, IL	81,940
98	Morton, IL	81,792
99	Rolling Meadows, IL	81,601
100	Oak Forest, IL	81,288
101	Norridge, IL	80,911
102	Troy, IL	80,677
103	Godfrey, IL	80,560
104	Skokie, IL	80,543
105	Hanover Park, IL	80,535
106	Swansea, IL	80,331
107	Wood Dale, IL	80,079
108	Round Lake Beach, IL	79,837
109	Elgin, IL	79,757
110	Aurora, IL	79,642
111	Des Plaines, IL	79,453
112	Washington, IL	79,384
113	Waterloo, IL	79,107
114	Edwardsville, IL	78,298
115	Prospect Heights, IL	77,763
116	Glendale Heights, IL	77,582
117	Joliet, IL	77,373
118	Woodstock, IL	77,333
119	McHenry, IL	76,858
120	Huntley, IL	76,612
121	Westmont, IL	76,534
122	Beach Park, IL	75,968
123	Addison, IL	75,960
124	Wheeling, IL	74,331
125	Sycamore, IL	73,475
126	Burbank, IL	73,466
127	Carpentersville, IL	73,121
128	Forest Park, IL	72,827
129	Bourbonnais, IL	72,819
130	Palos Hills, IL	72,570
131	South Holland, IL	72,345
132	Fairview Heights, IL	70,825
133	Oak Lawn, IL	70,787
134	Franklin Park, IL	70,221
135	Highland, IL	69,442
136	Niles, IL	69,081
137	Hickory Hills, IL	69,072
138	Bloomington, IL	69,003
139	Elmwood Park, IL	68,833
140	Bensenville, IL	68,532
141	East Peoria, IL	68,246
142	Lyons, IL	67,807
143	Bellwood, IL	66,517
144	Morris, IL	65,911
145	Chicago, IL	65,781
146	River Grove, IL	65,625
147	Machesney Park, IL	65,442
148	Richton Park, IL	65,132
149	Crestwood, IL	65,074
150	Berwyn, IL	64,965
151	Country Club Hills, IL	64,888
152	Northlake, IL	64,792
153	Fox Lake, IL	64,221
154	Crest Hill, IL	63,172
155	Lansing, IL	62,397
156	Ottawa, IL	61,083
157	Collinsville, IL	60,793
158	Moline, IL	59,697
159	Schiller Park, IL	59,420
160	Alsip, IL	59,123
161	Melrose Park, IL	58,871
162	Waukegan, IL	58,844
163	Maywood, IL	58,764
164	Park Forest, IL	58,657
165	Normal, IL	58,564
166	Cicero, IL	58,433
167	Zion, IL	58,431
168	Bridgeview, IL	58,371
169	Wood River, IL	58,065
170	Midlothian, IL	58,011
171	Bradley, IL	57,958
172	Loves Park, IL	57,894
173	Springfield, IL	57,596
174	Belvidere, IL	57,507
175	Justice, IL	57,045
176	Chicago Ridge, IL	56,494
177	Belleville, IL	56,404
178	Effingham, IL	56,242
179	East Moline, IL	55,529
180	Chicago Heights, IL	54,870
181	Hazel Crest, IL	54,353
182	Worth, IL	54,071
183	Granite City, IL	53,757
184	Peoria, IL	53,568
185	Dolton, IL	53,047
186	Calumet City, IL	52,994
187	Champaign, IL	52,687
188	Blue Island, IL	51,989
189	Lincoln, IL	51,915
190	Rock Island, IL	50,965
191	Quincy, IL	50,857
192	Pekin, IL	50,838
193	Dixon, IL	50,491
194	Pontiac, IL	50,000
195	Summit, IL	48,929
196	Jacksonville, IL	47,926
197	North Chicago, IL	47,884
198	Sterling, IL	47,778
199	Canton, IL	47,682
200	Rockford, IL	47,002
201	Herrin, IL	46,879
202	Marion, IL	46,515
203	DeKalb, IL	45,591
204	Alton, IL	45,225
205	Decatur, IL	45,111
206	Mount Vernon, IL	44,373
207	Charleston, IL	44,371
208	Rantoul, IL	44,130
209	Markham, IL	43,835
210	Taylorville, IL	43,197
211	Streator, IL	43,053
212	Freeport, IL	41,831
213	Kewanee, IL	41,452
214	Mattoon, IL	41,320
215	Centralia, IL	40,979
216	Danville, IL	39,230
217	Galesburg, IL	39,115
218	Kankakee, IL	38,869
219	Riverdale, IL	38,233
220	Urbana, IL	37,701
221	Harvey, IL	35,572
222	Macomb, IL	33,588
223	East St. Louis, IL	26,011
224	Carbondale, IL	24,452

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Household income in the past 12 months at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars adjusted to the last year of the period. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

US dollars. For Spanish places use net_income_per_household (average, EUR).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Illinois by median household income, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b19013.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Illinois by median household income, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b19013.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/illinois-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Illinois by median household income, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b19013.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/illinois-cities?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Illinois by median household income, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b19013.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/illinois-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Illinois by median household income, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/illinois-cities?period=2021. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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