Cost of living in Glendale Heights, Illinois
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,590 a month.
Glendale Heights is a village in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $86,545 a year.
- People
- 32,808
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,590
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $86,545
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $261,700
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $2,011
- Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL HUD Metro FMR Area
Glendale Heights, Illinois has about 32,808 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $261,700.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in DuPage County is $2,011 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Glendale Heights. 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 Glendale Heights'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 Glendale Heights'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, 113 have higher typical rent than Glendale Heights.
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- Bloomingdale
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Typical rent $1,493
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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.