Cost of living in Highland, Illinois
Simple answer
Typical rent is $855 a month.
Highland is a city in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $82,551 a year.
- People
- 10,262
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $855
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $82,551
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $202,900
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,349
- St. Louis, MO-IL HUD Metro FMR Area
Highland, Illinois has about 10,262 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $202,900.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Madison County is $1,349 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Highland. 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 Highland'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 Highland'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, 458 have higher typical rent than Highland.
Nearby places
- St. Jacob
Typical rent $1,138
Compare with Highland - Aviston
Typical rent $963
Compare with Highland - Trenton
Typical rent $857
Compare with Highland - Troy
Typical rent $1,116
Compare with Highland - Hamel
Typical rent $954
Compare with Highland - Lebanon
Typical rent $1,091
Compare with Highland - Breese
Typical rent $784
- Worden
Typical rent $839
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.