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Cost of living in Gardner, Illinois

Simple answer

Typical rent is $979 a month.

Gardner is a village in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $88,092 a year.

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People
1,410
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$979
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$88,092
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$199,600
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,613
Grundy County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area

Gardner, Illinois has about 1,410 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $199,600.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Grundy County is $1,613 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Gardner. 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 Gardner'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 Gardner'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, 367 have higher typical rent than Gardner.

Nearby places

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.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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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.