Cost of living in Gillespie, Illinois
Simple answer
Typical rent is $750 a month.
Gillespie is a city in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $82,772 a year.
- People
- 2,815
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $750
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $82,772
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $91,000
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $978
- Macoupin County, IL HUD Metro FMR Area
Gillespie, Illinois has about 2,815 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $91,000.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Macoupin County is $978 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Gillespie. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, prices sit at 95.1 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 Gillespie'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 Gillespie'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, 561 have higher typical rent than Gillespie.
Nearby places
- Benld
Typical rent $826
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Typical rent $734
Compare with Gillespie - Staunton
Typical rent $630
Compare with Gillespie - Litchfield
Typical rent $675
Compare with Gillespie - Bunker Hill
Typical rent $862
Compare with Gillespie - Carlinville
Typical rent $824
Compare with Gillespie - Worden
Typical rent $839
- Holiday Shores
Typical rent $1,822
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.