Cost of living in Crystal Lake, Illinois
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,468 a month.
Crystal Lake is a city in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $108,418 a year.
- People
- 40,579
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,468
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $108,418
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $311,400
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $2,011
- Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL HUD Metro FMR Area
Crystal Lake, Illinois has about 40,579 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $311,400.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in McHenry County is $2,011 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Crystal Lake. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, prices sit at 103.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Illinois taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Crystal Lake's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical Illinois home paid 19.22¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Crystal Lake's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Illinois in the table we use.
Among 648 places we list in Illinois with a rent figure, 150 have higher typical rent than Crystal Lake.
Nearby places
- LakewoodCompare with Crystal Lake
- Lake in the Hills
Typical rent $1,689
Compare with Crystal Lake - Prairie Grove
Typical rent $1,917
Compare with Crystal Lake - Cary
Typical rent $1,428
Compare with Crystal Lake - Oakwood Hills
Typical rent $1,886
Compare with Crystal Lake - Algonquin
Typical rent $1,723
Compare with Crystal Lake - Bull Valley
Typical rent $3,501
Compare with Crystal Lake - Fox River Grove
Typical rent $2,210
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Illinois
Bigger places in Illinois
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.