Cost of living in Evergreen Park, Illinois
Evergreen Park, Illinois has about 19,420 people. Typical rent is $1,420 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $95,719 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Ranked #187 in Illinois on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,420 a month.
Evergreen Park is a village in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $95,719 a year.
- People
- 19,420
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,420
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $95,719
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $267,500
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $2,011
- Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL HUD Metro FMR Area
Evergreen Park, Illinois has about 19,420 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $267,500.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Cook County is $2,011 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Evergreen Park. 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 Evergreen Park'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 Evergreen Park'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, 165 have higher typical rent than Evergreen Park.
Nearby places
- Hometown
Typical rent $678
Compare with Evergreen Park - Oak Lawn
Typical rent $1,335
Compare with Evergreen Park - Merrionette Park
Typical rent $1,296
Compare with Evergreen Park - Burbank
Typical rent $1,265
Compare with Evergreen Park - Alsip
Typical rent $1,140
Compare with Evergreen Park - Chicago Ridge
Typical rent $1,304
Compare with Evergreen Park - Calumet Park
Typical rent $1,288
- Blue Island
Typical rent $1,072
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
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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.