# Counties in Illinois by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 102 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/illinois-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | DeKalb County | 57.2 |
| 2 | Mason County | 56.6 |
| 3 | Menard County | 54.9 |
| 4 | Champaign County | 54.2 |
| 5 | Kendall County | 52.4 |
| 6 | Franklin County | 52.2 |
| 7 | Knox County | 52.1 |
| 8 | Fayette County | 51.9 |
| 9 | Will County | 51.5 |
| 10 | Massac County | 50.7 |
| 11 | McHenry County | 50.6 |
| 12 | Saline County | 50.5 |
| 13 | Jackson County | 50.2 |
| 14 | Winnebago County | 49.8 |
| 15 | Kane County | 49.7 |
| 16 | Perry County | 49.3 |
| 17 | Lake County | 49.3 |
| 18 | Cook County | 48.9 |
| 19 | McDonough County | 48.2 |
| 20 | Union County | 48.1 |
| 21 | St. Clair County | 47.7 |
| 22 | Rock Island County | 47.7 |
| 23 | Logan County | 47.3 |
| 24 | Peoria County | 47.2 |
| 25 | Kankakee County | 47.1 |
| 26 | Clark County | 47.1 |
| 27 | Monroe County | 46.9 |
| 28 | Madison County | 46.6 |
| 29 | Williamson County | 46.4 |
| 30 | Vermilion County | 46.3 |
| 31 | Richland County | 46.2 |
| 32 | Fulton County | 45.9 |
| 33 | Sangamon County | 45.8 |
| 34 | Montgomery County | 45.6 |
| 35 | Boone County | 45.6 |
| 36 | Whiteside County | 45.5 |
| 37 | Edwards County | 45.1 |
| 38 | DuPage County | 45.1 |
| 39 | McLean County | 45 |
| 40 | Randolph County | 44.2 |
| 41 | Woodford County | 44.2 |
| 42 | Ford County | 44 |
| 43 | Stephenson County | 43.3 |
| 44 | Jefferson County | 43.3 |
| 45 | Johnson County | 43.2 |
| 46 | Coles County | 43.2 |
| 47 | LaSalle County | 43.2 |
| 48 | Stark County | 42.9 |
| 49 | Iroquois County | 42.7 |
| 50 | Tazewell County | 42.7 |
| 51 | Marion County | 42.6 |
| 52 | Lee County | 42.3 |
| 53 | Jo Daviess County | 41.2 |
| 54 | Wayne County | 41.2 |
| 55 | Marshall County | 40.9 |
| 56 | Pike County | 40.8 |
| 57 | White County | 40.7 |
| 58 | Adams County | 40.7 |
| 59 | Macon County | 40.4 |
| 60 | Hancock County | 40.2 |
| 61 | Grundy County | 40.2 |
| 62 | Henry County | 40.1 |
| 63 | Jersey County | 40 |
| 64 | Wabash County | 39.9 |
| 65 | Brown County | 39.5 |
| 66 | Macoupin County | 38.3 |
| 67 | Ogle County | 38 |
| 68 | Greene County | 37.9 |
| 69 | Mercer County | 37.7 |
| 70 | Carroll County | 37.2 |
| 71 | Clinton County | 36.6 |
| 72 | Crawford County | 36.1 |
| 73 | Cumberland County | 36 |
| 74 | Christian County | 35.9 |
| 75 | Livingston County | 35.4 |
| 76 | Warren County | 35.1 |
| 77 | Gallatin County | 35 |
| 78 | De Witt County | 34.5 |
| 79 | Lawrence County | 34.5 |
| 80 | Schuyler County | 34 |
| 81 | Moultrie County | 33.8 |
| 82 | Edgar County | 33.7 |
| 83 | Bureau County | 33.6 |
| 84 | Pope County | 33.6 |
| 85 | Effingham County | 33.5 |
| 86 | Bond County | 33.3 |
| 87 | Morgan County | 33.2 |
| 88 | Douglas County | 32.6 |
| 89 | Henderson County | 32.3 |
| 90 | Shelby County | 32 |
| 91 | Piatt County | 31.3 |
| 92 | Pulaski County | 29.9 |
| 93 | Putnam County | 28.8 |
| 94 | Washington County | 28.7 |
| 95 | Cass County | 28.6 |
| 96 | Jasper County | 28.2 |
| 97 | Calhoun County | 28 |
| 98 | Scott County | 23.8 |
| 99 | Clay County | 23.2 |
| 100 | Hamilton County | 21 |
| 101 | Alexander County | 20.4 |
| 102 | Hardin County | 8 |