Metro area · CBSA 16980

Chicago

The Chicago, IL metro area has 9,371,595 people. Median rent is $1,430, 18.9% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Cook County at $2,011. Of the 363 places we track here, Kildeer has the lightest rent burden.

Median household income

$90,887

Median home value

$323,000

Unemployment

6.2%

2-bedroom fair market rent

$2,011

HUD, Cook County

Places in this metro

Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.

Place	Population	Rent	Rent to income
Chicago	2,711,226	$1,440	22.2%
Aurora	179,898	$1,596	20.5%
Naperville	150,692	$1,885	14.6%
Joliet	150,445	$1,276	16.6%
Elgin	114,934	$1,361	18.1%
Waukegan	89,076	$1,205	20.1%
Cicero	82,797	$1,154	19.5%
Schaumburg	76,868	$1,812	22.3%
Hammond	76,768	$1,134	24.5%
Evanston	76,340	$1,762	21.9%
Arlington Heights	76,005	$1,760	18.1%
Bolingbrook	74,096	$1,749	19.4%
Gary	68,113	$1,012	31.4%
Palatine	66,293	$1,549	19.0%
Skokie	66,219	$1,552	19.5%
Des Plaines	59,156	$1,606	19.7%
Orland Park	57,916	$1,440	17.5%
Oak Lawn	56,861	$1,335	19.1%
Berwyn	55,595	$1,215	18.6%
Mount Prospect	55,472	$1,502	17.7%
Tinley Park	54,842	$1,495	17.1%
Wheaton	53,557	$1,799	18.0%
Oak Park	53,292	$1,593	17.2%
Hoffman Estates	51,175	$1,734	19.5%
Downers Grove	50,054	$1,656	17.3%
Glenview	47,752	$2,148	18.0%
Plainfield	46,708	$2,119	17.7%
Elmhurst	45,671	$1,975	15.8%
Lombard	43,619	$1,948	23.3%
Buffalo Grove	42,891	$2,037	18.9%
Romeoville	41,152	$1,886	21.3%
Crystal Lake	40,579	$1,468	16.2%
Bartlett	40,501	$1,883	17.0%
DeKalb	40,443	$1,029	26.6%
Carol Stream	39,460	$1,529	17.9%
Streamwood	39,001	$1,809	21.4%
Park Ridge	38,667	$1,537	12.9%
Wheeling	38,433	$1,663	23.4%
Portage	38,082	$1,231	19.4%
Carpentersville	37,346	$1,414	19.5%
Hanover Park	36,732	$1,594	20.8%
Merrillville	36,476	$1,282	22.8%
Oswego	36,375	$1,860	18.0%
Addison	35,489	$1,245	16.5%
Calumet City	35,100	$1,177	25.5%
Valparaiso	34,733	$1,224	21.0%
Northbrook	34,585	$2,463	18.7%
Crown Point	34,393	$1,485	17.5%
Woodridge	33,941	$1,494	17.8%
St. Charles	32,854	$1,819	19.1%
Glendale Heights	32,808	$1,590	22.0%
Elk Grove Village	31,987	$1,618	20.6%
Mundelein	31,915	$1,566	17.3%
North Chicago	30,643	$1,426	28.4%
Gurnee	30,510	$1,655	16.6%
Highland Park	30,398	$1,925	13.7%
Algonquin	30,067	$1,723	15.4%
Niles	30,064	$1,336	21.3%
Schererville	29,701	$1,310	17.6%
Hobart	29,558	$1,206	19.3%
Lake in the Hills	28,800	$1,689	17.3%
Burbank	28,739	$1,265	18.9%
Glen Ellyn	28,390	$1,433	12.2%
Lansing	28,284	$1,268	20.1%
McHenry	28,074	$1,553	21.6%
New Lenox	28,006	$1,431	12.2%
Huntley	28,005	$1,622	22.0%
Wilmette	27,503	$1,978	12.4%
Batavia	27,151	$1,347	13.5%
Round Lake Beach	27,079	$1,543	21.5%
Vernon Hills	26,876	$1,903	18.7%
Oak Forest	26,805	$1,328	17.3%
Chicago Heights	26,736	$1,038	22.7%
Lockport	26,409	$1,525	16.3%
Woodstock	26,147	$1,212	17.6%
East Chicago	26,022	$854	24.3%
West Chicago	25,395	$1,469	17.6%
Morton Grove	24,619	$2,164	23.4%
Zion	24,600	$1,186	22.6%
Melrose Park	24,549	$1,176	21.3%
Homer Glen	24,529	$1,861	16.3%
South Elgin	24,217	$1,640	15.5%
Rolling Meadows	24,027	$1,607	19.6%
Elmwood Park	23,868	$1,334	17.4%
Munster	23,733	$1,507	16.4%
Westmont	23,724	$1,533	20.9%
Highland	23,680	$1,230	18.9%
Yorkville	23,617	$1,662	18.4%
Lisle	23,407	$1,658	18.5%
Maywood	23,201	$1,209	21.1%
Roselle	22,752	$1,641	17.7%
St. John	22,567	$989	9.0%
Bloomingdale	22,457	$1,603	18.7%
Villa Park	22,345	$1,438	18.2%
Darien	21,879	$1,857	20.0%
Blue Island	21,741	$1,072	21.6%
Montgomery	21,515	$1,984	23.0%
Geneva	21,258	$1,768	14.7%
Park Forest	21,156	$1,365	26.8%
Grayslake	20,929	$1,485	15.6%
South Holland	20,911	$1,856	26.1%
Dolton	20,825	$1,384	28.7%
Frankfort	20,651	$2,442	19.0%
Crest Hill	20,628	$1,481	24.3%
Libertyville	20,525	$1,637	11.9%
Harvey	20,230	$960	27.2%
Mokena	20,021	$1,254	12.1%
Lake Zurich	19,832	$1,909	16.8%
Deerfield	19,518	$2,482	16.4%
Evergreen Park	19,420	$1,420	17.8%
Lake Forest	19,416	$1,815	9.3%
Brookfield	19,331	$1,414	15.4%
Homewood	19,294	$1,333	16.0%
North Aurora	18,696	$1,504	15.8%
Matteson	18,645	$1,580	19.9%
Round Lake	18,628	$1,710	18.3%
Bensenville	18,603	$1,407	21.2%
Alsip	18,583	$1,140	20.5%
Sycamore	18,559	$1,140	16.3%
Shorewood	18,343	$1,479	14.5%
Bellwood	18,256	$1,293	19.5%
Franklin Park	18,197	$1,109	17.4%
Palos Hills	18,081	$1,269	18.2%
Cary	17,923	$1,428	15.2%
Lemont	17,820	$1,209	11.8%
Hinsdale	17,175	$1,924	9.2%
Bridgeview	16,849	$1,177	21.2%
Westchester	16,436	$1,794	21.8%
Dyer	16,400	$1,225	13.7%
Country Club Hills	16,324	$1,709	27.3%
Griffith	16,273	$1,235	19.3%
La Grange	15,998	$1,856	13.9%
Prospect Heights	15,618	$1,475	20.8%
Norridge	15,439	$1,433	19.6%
Cedar Lake	15,295	$1,350	19.4%
Morris	14,898	$1,132	17.7%
Antioch	14,859	$1,129	12.4%
Warrenville	14,718	$1,926	23.0%
Hickory Hills	14,526	$1,145	17.8%
Chesterton	14,446	$1,274	16.8%
Lindenhurst	14,417	$1,768	16.1%
Beach Park	14,115	$1,254	17.6%
Chicago Ridge	14,099	$1,304	22.7%
Wauconda	14,027	$1,371	14.8%
Midlothian	13,948	$1,249	21.4%
Forest Park	13,943	$1,367	21.2%
Wood Dale	13,933	$1,675	22.0%
Channahon	13,927	$1,708	17.2%
Hazel Crest	13,792	$1,320	23.2%
La Grange Park	13,447	$1,442	14.4%
Western Springs	13,446	$2,006	10.5%
Lake Station	13,185	$1,124	22.6%
Lincolnwood	13,112	$3,501	38.3%
Minooka	12,891	$1,552	16.1%
Richton Park	12,521	$1,294	24.1%
Northlake	12,513	$1,123	16.1%
Winnetka	12,484	$1,842	8.8%
Justice	12,324	$1,247	26.2%
Plano	12,203	$1,686	23.5%
Palos Heights	12,152	$2,558	28.2%
River Forest	11,992	$1,554	12.7%
Schiller Park	11,393	$1,221	21.0%
Markham	11,355	$1,621	33.9%
Burr Ridge	11,141	$3,501	26.8%
Fox Lake	11,131	$1,047	17.7%
Barrington	11,077	$1,500	12.2%
Lowell	11,073	$1,123	16.0%
Manhattan	11,026	$1,213	11.3%
Pingree Grove	10,914	$3,501	36.8%
Campton Hills	10,877	$1,750	10.0%
Summit	10,846	$1,137	22.1%
Gages Lake	10,819	$1,693	19.7%
Worth	10,700	$1,169	24.9%
Crestwood	10,579	$1,334	21.1%
River Grove	10,451	$1,214	20.9%
Riverdale	10,340	$1,231	37.1%
Lyons	10,339	$1,198	20.2%
Winfield	10,095	$1,493	13.2%
Sauk Village	9,678	$1,502	25.8%
Harvard	9,598	$1,183	21.0%
Frankfort Square	9,560	$1,622	15.3%
Steger	9,418	$1,076	19.4%
Flossmoor	9,391	$2,164	19.4%
Itasca	9,355	$1,892	19.9%
Sugar Grove	9,240	$1,543	15.3%
Hawthorn Woods	9,143	$1,477	8.1%
Willowbrook	9,131	$1,747	21.1%
Lynwood	9,083	$1,368	19.3%
Riverside	9,039	$1,484	11.6%
Boulder Hill	8,989	$1,633	24.4%
Harwood Heights	8,821	$1,236	18.3%
Glencoe	8,701	$2,211	10.7%
Lake Villa	8,683	$1,533	15.5%
Clarendon Hills	8,659	$1,142	10.5%
Gilberts	8,606	$1,901	15.6%
Glenwood	8,603	$1,493	23.1%
Hampshire	8,524	$2,589	32.8%
Crete	8,386	$1,309	16.2%
Long Grove	8,305	$3,501	16.8%
Hillside	8,084	$1,320	21.9%
Oak Brook	8,056	$2,590	17.7%
Island Lake	8,014	$1,874	21.8%
Lincolnshire	7,980	$2,858	18.5%
Round Lake Park	7,919	$1,402	30.1%
West Dundee	7,906	$1,666	19.0%
Broadview	7,896	$1,099	20.4%
Park City	7,827	$1,110	22.1%
Winfield	7,816	$1,131	10.0%
Lakes of the Four Seasons	7,402	$1,688	16.6%
University Park	7,306	$1,649	26.8%
Inverness	7,275	$3,501	20.3%
North Riverside	7,249	$1,301	20.2%
South Haven	7,241	$1,297	20.5%
Sandwich	7,219	$1,029	15.3%
Marengo	7,040	$1,176	19.2%
Stickney	6,952	$1,154	20.7%
Calumet Park	6,855	$1,288	28.9%
Ross	6,751	$1,101	24.2%
Orland Hills	6,719	$1,359	13.4%
Volo	6,706	$2,169	16.2%
Winthrop Harbor	6,559	$1,313	16.5%
Lakemoor	6,467	$1,726	20.6%
Johnsburg	6,386	$1,128	11.2%
Elburn	6,354	$1,708	16.0%
Countryside	6,267	$1,180	17.5%
Braidwood	6,062	$1,044	15.2%
Lake Bluff	6,041	$2,063	12.1%
Spring Grove	5,917	$2,226	19.9%
Willow Springs	5,868	$1,463	16.9%
Rensselaer	5,573	$936	18.6%
Wilmington	5,494	$888	16.1%
Genoa	5,492	$940	13.7%
Northfield	5,487	$2,083	15.5%
Lake Barrington	5,442	$3,501	29.6%
Coal City	5,317	$1,123	18.5%
Highwood	5,301	$1,900	21.1%
Posen	5,292	$1,372	22.5%
Grandwood Park	5,262	$1,836	17.4%
Porter	5,217	$1,026	16.5%
Berkeley	5,199	$1,434	20.1%
Monee	5,108	$1,477	19.3%
South Barrington	5,021	$2,200	11.9%
Palos Park	4,816	$1,435	14.2%
Olympia Fields	4,734	$3,501	33.9%
Beecher	4,728	$1,078	12.5%
Lakewood	4,707	$1,401	9.7%
Peotone	4,587	$979	10.8%
Cortland	4,564	$1,552	25.2%
Robbins	4,556	$1,553	45.8%
Whiting	4,532	$1,004	16.8%
Fox River Grove	4,523	$2,210	21.8%
Stone Park	4,482	$1,412	25.2%
Kildeer	4,292	$1,477	7.1%
Wonder Lake	4,292	$1,577	20.0%
DeMotte	4,234	$1,092	18.8%
Hometown	4,215	$678	13.3%
Green Oaks	4,096	$1,477	12.0%
Riverwoods	4,013	$1,842	8.9%
Hebron	3,976	$967	15.7%
Indian Head Park	3,974	$1,746	20.9%
Burnham	3,937	$1,208	25.1%
South Chicago Heights	3,907	$1,196	24.5%
Barrington Hills	3,879	$3,282	19.2%
Dwight	3,872	$997	16.8%
Deer Park	3,711	$2,754	18.9%
Wadsworth	3,686	$994	8.4%
Hainesville	3,524	$1,225	11.3%
Roselawn	3,417	$934	14.8%
Pistakee Highlands	3,374	$1,906	22.2%
Long Lake	3,307	$1,530	17.5%
Rosemont	3,290	$1,085	20.5%
Shorewood Forest	3,263	$1,219	8.8%
Sleepy Hollow	3,161	$1,363	10.9%
East Dundee	3,146	$1,277	17.1%
North Barrington	3,143	$2,679	14.2%
Ingalls Park	3,015	$1,408	29.2%
Diamond	2,984	$1,357	22.2%
Dixmoor	2,948	$1,272	34.2%
Ridgewood	2,795	$1,634	21.2%
Oakbrook Terrace	2,723	$1,875	29.3%
Richmond	2,622	$1,220	20.0%
Fairmont	2,617	$1,455	24.7%
Round Lake Heights	2,592	$1,453	22.1%
Wayne	2,562	$1,688	12.5%
Rockdale	2,553	$1,256	25.5%
Kenilworth	2,503	$3,501	16.8%
Seneca	2,450	$1,149	15.9%
Preston Heights	2,449	$1,197	27.8%
Oakwood Hills	2,416	$1,886	20.6%
Fox Lake Hills	2,399	$1,390	14.9%
Kouts	2,372	$739	11.4%
Merrionette Park	2,354	$1,296	27.5%
Venetian Village	2,334	$1,711	25.9%
Hinckley	2,331	$1,355	18.7%
New Chicago	2,225	$1,141	23.9%
Prairie Grove	2,165	$1,917	16.3%
Burns Harbor	2,155	$1,458	17.8%
Channel Lake	2,052	$1,584	27.9%
Prestbury	2,045	$1,453	10.5%
Elwood	2,001	$1,201	16.7%
Thornton	1,940	$1,107	22.3%
Willowbrook	1,913	$1,462	19.5%
Forest Lake	1,865	$1,477	18.4%
Knollwood	1,864	$1,659	14.4%
Salt Creek Commons	1,843	$1,388	17.7%
Kentland	1,828	$855	17.2%
Crystal Lawns	1,766	$1,671	24.4%
Phoenix	1,751	$994	39.4%
Remington	1,623	$746	11.8%
Hodgkins	1,597	$1,050	20.2%
Maple Park	1,573	$1,728	19.4%
Somonauk	1,569	$993	14.1%
Big Rock	1,548	$1,408	10.4%
Kirkland	1,525	$875	11.1%
Arbury Hills	1,519	$1,462	17.7%
Aberdeen	1,490	$2,109	26.7%
Port Barrington	1,477	$1,900	15.2%
Waterman	1,448	$877	10.5%
Gardner	1,410	$979	13.3%
Mazon	1,401	$1,009	16.4%
Kingston	1,352	$995	13.5%
Ford Heights	1,331	$1,056	35.1%
Lily Lake	1,293	$1,500	12.8%
Malta	1,274	$1,063	15.8%
Bull Valley	1,269	$3,501	22.0%
Hebron	1,261	$1,118	15.7%
Sunnyland	1,231	$1,926	25.5%
Forest View	1,174	$1,042	13.9%
Lake Dalecarlia	1,169	$1,131	11.5%
Bannockburn	1,148	$1,388	7.8%
Ogden Dunes	1,140	$1,219	12.5%
Newark	1,138	$1,006	12.1%
Third Lake	1,137	$1,125	9.0%
Tower Lakes	1,106	$2,375	18.5%
East Hazel Crest	1,068	$1,504	32.8%
Morocco	1,040	$852	16.6%
McCullom Lake	1,017	$1,443	23.8%
Lake Catherine	968	$1,477	19.3%
Brook	900	$880	19.7%
Lockport Heights	890	$1,703	26.1%
Indian Creek	874	$3,501	25.6%
Braceville	860	$1,250	16.8%
Bonnie Brae	846	$1,835	36.4%
Goodland	792	$583	12.0%
Wheatfield	792	$788	12.9%
Ringwood	730	$1,025	8.6%
Millington	729	$1,135	16.7%
Lake Village	705	$918	12.9%
Mettawa	663	$1,477	9.8%
Beverly Shores	650	$1,675	16.8%
Holiday Hills	634	$1,850	30.0%
Union	624	$1,692	22.6%
Godley	602	$1,386	31.1%
South Wilmington	600	$1,277	17.7%
Bedford Park	586	$1,841	22.3%
Trout Valley	574	$2,333	12.9%
Shabbona	572	$1,049	19.7%
Lake Eliza	545	$1,219	16.6%
Town of Pines	530	$833	18.2%
Kaneville	523	$875	12.1%
Plum Valley	520	$1,462	12.3%
Golf	518	$1,435	7.1%
Greenwood	502	$1,366	12.5%

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.