Rankings / Cities with the Highest Rent Burden / Illinois
Cities with the Highest Rent Burden in Illinois
Annualized median rent as a share of median household income, from the Census Bureau.
1North Chicago28.4%2DeKalb26.6%3Urbana25.7%4Calumet City25.5%5Champaign24.0%6Wheeling23.4%7Lombard23.3%8Chicago Heights22.7%9Alton22.3%10Schaumburg22.3%11Chicago22.2%12Danville22.1%13Glendale Heights22.0%14Huntley22.0%15Evanston21.9%16McHenry21.6%17Rockford21.6%18Round Lake Beach21.5%19Streamwood21.4%20Melrose Park21.3%21Niles21.3%22Romeoville21.3%23Hanover Park20.8%24Elk Grove Village20.6%25Aurora20.5%26Peoria20.3%27Lansing20.1%28Waukegan20.1%29Galesburg19.9%30Des Plaines19.7%31Decatur19.7%32Cicero19.5%33Skokie19.5%34Carpentersville19.5%35Hoffman Estates19.5%36Bolingbrook19.4%37Belleville19.2%38St. Charles19.1%39Oak Lawn19.1%40Palatine19.0%41Burbank18.9%42Buffalo Grove18.9%43Northbrook18.7%44Vernon Hills18.7%45Berwyn18.6%46Belvidere18.4%47Arlington Heights18.1%48Elgin18.1%49Edwardsville18.1%50Oswego18.0%51Glenview18.0%52Wheaton18.0%53Carol Stream17.9%54Normal17.9%55Quincy17.8%56Woodridge17.8%57Mount Prospect17.7%58Springfield17.7%59Plainfield17.7%60West Chicago17.6%61Woodstock17.6%62Orland Park17.5%63Mundelein17.3%64Oak Forest17.3%65Lake in the Hills17.3%66Downers Grove17.3%67Oak Park17.2%68Rock Island17.1%69Tinley Park17.1%70Bartlett17.0%71Granite City16.9%72Joliet16.6%73Gurnee16.6%74Addison16.5%75Lockport16.3%76Bloomington16.3%77Crystal Lake16.2%78Pekin16.2%79Moline16.0%80Elmhurst15.8%81Algonquin15.4%82O'Fallon15.1%83Naperville14.6%84Highland Park13.7%85Batavia13.5%86Park Ridge12.9%87Wilmette12.4%88Glen Ellyn12.2%89New Lenox12.2%
Limited to cities with 25,000+ residents. Download CSV. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.