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Cost of living in Grant Park, Illinois

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,177 a month.

Grant Park is a village in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $78,385 a year.

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People
1,449
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,177
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$78,385
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$215,800
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,349
Kankakee, IL MSA

Grant Park, Illinois has about 1,449 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $215,800.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Kankakee County is $1,349 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Grant Park. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Kankakee, IL metro area, prices sit at 96.4 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 Grant 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 Grant 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, 263 have higher typical rent than Grant Park.

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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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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.