Cities in Illinois by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)

Markham, IL had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 225 cities in 2022, at 86.1%. Channahon, IL had the lowest, at 19.2%. The median was 48.1% and the figure for Illinois was 47.3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest86.1Markham, IL

Lowest19.2Channahon, IL

Median48.1225 cities

Illinois47.3History

Top 40 cities, 2022

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Markham, IL	86.1	+5.7 pts
2	Burr Ridge, IL	83.8	-0.1 pts
3	Midlothian, IL	77.6	-2.4 pts
4	Oswego, IL	77.1	+15.6 pts
5	Dolton, IL	73.3	+3.8 pts
6	Pingree Grove, IL	73.1	-12.4 pts
7	Shorewood, IL	72.7	+9.7 pts
8	South Holland, IL	71.8	-3.9 pts
9	Cary, IL	70.1	+17.4 pts
10	Cahokia Heights, IL	69.7	n/a
11	Homer Glen, IL	68.8	+3.2 pts
12	Riverdale, IL	68.5	-1.1 pts
13	Country Club Hills, IL	64.3	-1.9 pts
14	Bellwood, IL	64.1	+6.3 pts
15	Fox Lake, IL	64.1	+8.2 pts
16	Carbondale, IL	63.4	-2 pts
17	Lincolnwood, IL	62.9	+8 pts
18	Manhattan, IL	62.9	+10.7 pts
19	DeKalb, IL	62.3	+3.5 pts
20	Kankakee, IL	62.1	+1 pts
21	East St. Louis, IL	61.4	+6.8 pts
22	River Forest, IL	61.1	+8.1 pts
23	Homewood, IL	60.6	+1.4 pts
24	Bridgeview, IL	60.2	-1 pts
25	Batavia, IL	59.2	+3.1 pts
26	Macomb, IL	59.2	-0 pts
27	Beach Park, IL	58.9	+3.1 pts
28	Summit, IL	58.9	+8.2 pts
29	Normal, IL	58.8	+2.1 pts
30	Winnetka, IL	58.5	+1.6 pts
31	Antioch, IL	57.8	+9.1 pts
32	Round Lake, IL	57.6	+3.7 pts
33	Glenview, IL	57.4	+1.7 pts
34	Galesburg, IL	57.1	+3.1 pts
35	Highland Park, IL	56.6	+0.7 pts
36	Orland Park, IL	56.6	+4.6 pts
37	Harvey, IL	56.5	-4.5 pts
38	Maywood, IL	56.3	-0.4 pts
39	Worth, IL	56.1	+0.7 pts
40	Calumet City, IL	56	+0.8 pts
41	McHenry, IL	56	-1.1 pts
42	Urbana, IL	55.9	-3.9 pts
43	Woodstock, IL	55.9	+11.8 pts
44	Northlake, IL	55.8	-6.8 pts
45	Oak Lawn, IL	55.8	+1.3 pts
46	West Chicago, IL	55.7	+1.2 pts
47	St. Charles, IL	55.4	+2 pts
48	Yorkville, IL	55	+13.3 pts
49	Morton Grove, IL	54.9	+2.9 pts
50	Justice, IL	54.6	+1.8 pts
51	Campton Hills, IL	54.6	+10.3 pts
52	North Chicago, IL	54.5	-1.1 pts
53	Lake Forest, IL	54.2	-0.2 pts
54	Richton Park, IL	54	+3.2 pts
55	Franklin Park, IL	53.9	+3.1 pts
56	Bolingbrook, IL	53.9	-2.4 pts
57	Waterloo, IL	53.6	+7.5 pts
58	Hazel Crest, IL	53.4	+7.8 pts
59	Wood River, IL	53.3	+2.1 pts
60	Elmwood Park, IL	53.2	-2.4 pts
61	Frankfort, IL	53.1	+1.8 pts
62	Lake in the Hills, IL	53.1	+0.8 pts
63	Niles, IL	53	+1.7 pts
64	Schiller Park, IL	52.9	-0.2 pts
65	La Grange Park, IL	52.7	+3.7 pts
66	Joliet, IL	52.6	-0.9 pts
67	Romeoville, IL	52.5	+1.6 pts
68	Freeport, IL	52.5	-0.2 pts
69	Northbrook, IL	52.4	-4.2 pts
70	East Peoria, IL	52.3	-1 pts
71	Columbia, IL	52.3	+2.4 pts
72	Champaign, IL	52.2	+0.6 pts
73	Alton, IL	51.7	+0.6 pts
74	Hanover Park, IL	51.6	+0.8 pts
75	Collinsville, IL	51.6	-0.9 pts
76	Chicago Heights, IL	51.4	+1.1 pts
77	Libertyville, IL	51.4	+0.8 pts
78	Herrin, IL	51.2	-3.5 pts
79	Edwardsville, IL	51	+1.5 pts
80	Canton, IL	51	+3.1 pts
80	Rock Island, IL	51	-0.5 pts
82	Crest Hill, IL	50.9	+3.4 pts
83	Rockford, IL	50.8	+0.4 pts
84	Dixon, IL	50.7	+1.7 pts
85	Alsip, IL	50.4	+5.2 pts
86	Bartlett, IL	50.1	-2.7 pts
87	Glen Ellyn, IL	50.1	-0.7 pts
88	Lansing, IL	50	+1.4 pts
89	Elmhurst, IL	50	+2.8 pts
90	Woodridge, IL	49.9	-1.3 pts
91	Charleston, IL	49.9	-4.3 pts
92	Berwyn, IL	49.8	-0.5 pts
93	Bradley, IL	49.7	+3 pts
94	Hickory Hills, IL	49.7	-2.7 pts
95	Skokie, IL	49.6	-4.3 pts
96	Lemont, IL	49.5	-3 pts
97	Washington, IL	49.3	+6.3 pts
98	Peoria, IL	49.3	-0.2 pts
99	Evanston, IL	49.3	-1.8 pts
100	Darien, IL	49.1	-3.6 pts
101	Lockport, IL	49.1	-6.8 pts
102	South Elgin, IL	49	+2.3 pts
103	Sterling, IL	49	+5.8 pts
104	La Grange, IL	48.7	-9.8 pts
105	Deerfield, IL	48.7	-3.3 pts
106	Evergreen Park, IL	48.7	+3.9 pts
107	Blue Island, IL	48.7	-2.4 pts
108	Marion, IL	48.6	-0.1 pts
109	Lombard, IL	48.6	+4.8 pts
110	Downers Grove, IL	48.5	+0.9 pts
111	Taylorville, IL	48.2	-3.1 pts
112	Chicago, IL	48.1	+0.7 pts
113	Bloomingdale, IL	48.1	-0.3 pts
114	Park Forest, IL	48	+1.7 pts
115	Rantoul, IL	47.9	-0 pts
116	Tinley Park, IL	47.8	-0.1 pts
117	Zion, IL	47.8	-6.3 pts
118	Round Lake Beach, IL	47.7	+8.4 pts
119	Westmont, IL	47.6	-0.6 pts
120	Crystal Lake, IL	47.6	-3.4 pts
121	Palatine, IL	47.4	-0.2 pts
122	Moline, IL	47.4	+0.3 pts
123	Springfield, IL	47.4	-1.9 pts
124	Lake Zurich, IL	47.3	-2.6 pts
125	Addison, IL	47	-4.5 pts
126	Gurnee, IL	46.6	-0.2 pts
127	Glen Carbon, IL	46.6	-0.1 pts
128	Danville, IL	46.6	+2.7 pts
128	Minooka, IL	46.6	+8.6 pts
130	Algonquin, IL	46.5	-4.9 pts
131	Elgin, IL	46.4	+0.7 pts
132	Elk Grove Village, IL	46.4	+2.5 pts
133	Belleville, IL	46.3	-0.3 pts
133	Carpentersville, IL	46.3	-4.6 pts
135	Plainfield, IL	46.2	+0.8 pts
136	Wilmette, IL	46.2	+3.1 pts
137	Belvidere, IL	46.2	-0.3 pts
138	Wood Dale, IL	46.2	+3.7 pts
139	Brookfield, IL	46	-0.5 pts
140	Aurora, IL	45.9	+0.2 pts
141	Waukegan, IL	45.9	+0.9 pts
142	Granite City, IL	45.8	-0.1 pts
143	Ottawa, IL	45.8	+1.6 pts
144	Lincoln, IL	45.7	+5.4 pts
145	Mount Prospect, IL	45.5	+2.1 pts
146	Burbank, IL	45.4	-1 pts
147	Troy, IL	45.3	-4 pts
148	Centralia, IL	45.3	-4.7 pts
149	Streamwood, IL	45.3	-0.8 pts
150	Loves Park, IL	45.2	+2.7 pts
151	Pekin, IL	45.2	+1.4 pts
152	East Moline, IL	45.1	+2.2 pts
153	Wheeling, IL	45	+1.6 pts
154	Bourbonnais, IL	44.9	-3.3 pts
155	Forest Park, IL	44.9	-1.2 pts
156	Palos Hills, IL	44.8	+4 pts
157	Glendale Heights, IL	44.2	+1.9 pts
158	Decatur, IL	44.1	-2.1 pts
159	New Lenox, IL	44.1	-2.5 pts
160	Chicago Ridge, IL	44	-11.7 pts
161	Godfrey, IL	43.9	-10.1 pts
162	Mount Vernon, IL	43.8	+2.5 pts
163	Des Plaines, IL	43.7	-3.6 pts
164	Hoffman Estates, IL	43.5	-4.3 pts
165	Cicero, IL	43.3	-0.7 pts
166	Quincy, IL	42.9	+0.2 pts
167	Palos Heights, IL	42.8	+10.6 pts
168	Kewanee, IL	42.8	+5.2 pts
169	Wauconda, IL	42.7	-0.9 pts
170	Oak Park, IL	42.4	-0.5 pts
171	Mahomet, IL	42.3	+4.5 pts
172	Roscoe, IL	41.9	+14 pts
173	O'Fallon, IL	41.8	-0.2 pts
174	Lisle, IL	41.7	0 pts
175	Vernon Hills, IL	41.6	-1.4 pts
176	Pontiac, IL	41.5	+1.2 pts
177	Crestwood, IL	41.4	+4.6 pts
178	Winfield, IL	41.3	+8.5 pts
179	Wheaton, IL	41.3	+0.9 pts
180	Roselle, IL	41.2	+1.4 pts
181	Norridge, IL	40.8	-6.8 pts
182	Oak Forest, IL	40.8	+0.6 pts
183	Carol Stream, IL	40.8	+3.4 pts
184	Villa Park, IL	40.5	-0.6 pts
185	Lyons, IL	40.4	+4.2 pts
186	Park Ridge, IL	40.3	-4.1 pts
187	Huntley, IL	40.3	+4.7 pts
188	Arlington Heights, IL	40.3	+2.9 pts
189	Grayslake, IL	40.1	+1.6 pts
190	Warrenville, IL	40	-4.2 pts
191	Bensenville, IL	39.8	-6 pts
192	Rolling Meadows, IL	39.5	+3.5 pts
193	Barrington, IL	39.3	-1.8 pts
194	Morris, IL	39.3	+1 pts
195	River Grove, IL	39.2	-0.9 pts
196	Plano, IL	38.7	+10.6 pts
197	Streator, IL	38.7	-3 pts
198	Swansea, IL	38.5	-6.3 pts
199	Hinsdale, IL	38.4	+4.5 pts
200	Mundelein, IL	38.2	+3.6 pts
201	Jacksonville, IL	37.8	-5.3 pts
202	Prospect Heights, IL	37.4	-0.1 pts
203	Mattoon, IL	37.2	-5.4 pts
204	Morton, IL	37.2	+8.5 pts
205	Naperville, IL	36.9	-0.9 pts
206	Machesney Park, IL	36.7	+2.2 pts
207	Geneva, IL	36.7	+0.7 pts
208	Bloomington, IL	36.3	-1.9 pts
209	North Aurora, IL	35.9	-3.5 pts
210	Highland, IL	35.8	+1.9 pts
211	Mokena, IL	35.4	-2.5 pts
212	Montgomery, IL	35	+4.3 pts
213	Schaumburg, IL	35	-0.6 pts
214	Melrose Park, IL	34.9	-1.6 pts
215	Matteson, IL	33.6	-5.6 pts
216	Shiloh, IL	32.7	-3.6 pts
217	Lindenhurst, IL	32	-4.3 pts
218	Westchester, IL	31.3	-2.6 pts
219	Fairview Heights, IL	31	-6.2 pts
220	Chatham, IL	30.2	-1.4 pts
221	Sycamore, IL	29.9	-6.1 pts
222	Effingham, IL	28.8	-2 pts
223	Western Springs, IL	28.4	-45.9 pts
224	Buffalo Grove, IL	27.5	-4.9 pts
225	Channahon, IL	19.2	-4.9 pts

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About this ranking

Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Renters who pay no cash rent and households with no or negative income are left out of both the count and the base. 30 percent is the usual US threshold for rent burden. The EU housing cost overburden rate (housing_cost_overburden_rate) uses 40 percent of disposable income, all housing costs and people instead of households, so the two cannot be compared.

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 B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, 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-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Illinois by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Illinois by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-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 B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Illinois by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/illinois-cities?period=2022.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Illinois by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/illinois-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Illinois by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022}},
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Markham, IL, with 86.1% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Channahon, IL, with 19.2% in 2022.

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