housing costs · Illinois
Housing costs in Cook County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,435 | ± $7 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,381 | ± $8 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,318 | ± $7 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,214 | ± $5 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $324,500 | ± $1,460 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $305,200 | ± $2,016 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $293,700 | ± $1,384 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $266,800 | ± $1,257 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.5 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.1 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.2 % | ± 0.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.0 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Cook County is $1,435, above the Illinois median of $811 across 102 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.