U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 five-year estimates

Illinois counties: highest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 102 Illinois counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.

Ranked observations

0 counties excluded for unavailable renter cost burden (30%+); ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.

Highest renter cost burden in Illinois
RankCountyGEOIDRenter cost burden (30%+)
1DeKalb County, Illinois1703753.6%
2Kendall County, Illinois1709351.2%
3Knox County, Illinois1709548.7%
4Menard County, Illinois1712948.1%
5McHenry County, Illinois1711147.9%
6Champaign County, Illinois1701947.6%
7Kane County, Illinois1708947.6%
8Will County, Illinois1719747.2%
9Winnebago County, Illinois1720146.9%
10Jackson County, Illinois1707746.4%
11Cook County, Illinois1703146.0%
12Lake County, Illinois1709745.9%
13Mason County, Illinois1712545.9%
14Union County, Illinois1718144.7%
15St. Clair County, Illinois1716344.5%
16McDonough County, Illinois1710944.1%
17Monroe County, Illinois1713344.1%
18Clark County, Illinois1702343.7%
19Madison County, Illinois1711943.5%
20Rock Island County, Illinois1716143.3%
21Franklin County, Illinois1705543.0%
22Peoria County, Illinois1714342.9%
23Williamson County, Illinois1719942.8%
24Boone County, Illinois1700742.7%
25Kankakee County, Illinois1709142.7%
26Saline County, Illinois1716542.7%
27DuPage County, Illinois1704342.6%
28Vermilion County, Illinois1718341.7%
29Logan County, Illinois1710741.5%
30Sangamon County, Illinois1716741.5%
31McLean County, Illinois1711340.5%
32Coles County, Illinois1702940.4%
33Fayette County, Illinois1705140.2%
34LaSalle County, Illinois1709939.8%
35Whiteside County, Illinois1719539.8%
36Woodford County, Illinois1720339.6%
37Tazewell County, Illinois1717939.4%
38Montgomery County, Illinois1713539.2%
39Stephenson County, Illinois1717739.0%
40Lee County, Illinois1710338.8%
41Massac County, Illinois1712738.5%
42Randolph County, Illinois1715738.3%
43Brown County, Illinois1700938.2%
44Grundy County, Illinois1706338.2%
45Ford County, Illinois1705338.1%
46Fulton County, Illinois1705738.0%
47Marion County, Illinois1712137.8%
48Edwards County, Illinois1704737.7%
49Jo Daviess County, Illinois1708537.4%
50Perry County, Illinois1714537.2%
51Jefferson County, Illinois1708137.1%
52Adams County, Illinois1700137.0%
53Iroquois County, Illinois1707536.8%
54Stark County, Illinois1717536.6%
55Marshall County, Illinois1712336.3%
56Hancock County, Illinois1706735.5%
57Henry County, Illinois1707335.2%
58Macon County, Illinois1711535.1%
59Ogle County, Illinois1714134.9%
60Johnson County, Illinois1708734.6%
61Mercer County, Illinois1713134.6%
62Richland County, Illinois1715934.4%
63Carroll County, Illinois1701533.8%
64Jersey County, Illinois1708333.7%
65Macoupin County, Illinois1711733.4%
66Wabash County, Illinois1718533.4%
67Pike County, Illinois1714932.9%
68Clinton County, Illinois1702732.8%
69Wayne County, Illinois1719132.5%
70Schuyler County, Illinois1716932.4%
71Livingston County, Illinois1710531.6%
72De Witt County, Illinois1703931.3%
73Edgar County, Illinois1704531.2%
74White County, Illinois1719331.2%
75Morgan County, Illinois1713731.1%
76Cumberland County, Illinois1703531.0%
77Effingham County, Illinois1704930.1%
78Moultrie County, Illinois1713930.1%
79Bureau County, Illinois1701129.6%
80Christian County, Illinois1702129.5%
81Crawford County, Illinois1703329.0%
82Warren County, Illinois1718728.8%
83Bond County, Illinois1700528.6%
84Douglas County, Illinois1704128.5%
85Greene County, Illinois1706128.1%
86Shelby County, Illinois1717328.0%
87Lawrence County, Illinois1710127.1%
88Piatt County, Illinois1714726.8%
89Cass County, Illinois1701726.0%
90Putnam County, Illinois1715525.6%
91Henderson County, Illinois1707125.4%
92Gallatin County, Illinois1705925.1%
93Pope County, Illinois1715124.2%
94Calhoun County, Illinois1701323.6%
95Pulaski County, Illinois1715322.7%
96Washington County, Illinois1718921.8%
97Scott County, Illinois1717119.8%
98Clay County, Illinois1702519.7%
99Jasper County, Illinois1707918.6%
100Hamilton County, Illinois1706516.4%
101Alexander County, Illinois1700315.5%
102Hardin County, Illinois170697.3%

Method and provenance

ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated Illinois bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. Illinois county map and full table.