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Cost of living in Pecatonica, Illinois

Pecatonica, Illinois has about 2,024 people. Typical rent is $1,038 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $73,162 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $1,038 a month.

Pecatonica is a village in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $73,162 a year.

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People
2,024
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,038
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$73,162
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$143,900
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,172
Rockford, IL MSA
Gas
$4.237
Midwest (PADD 2), week of October 12, 2026

Pecatonica, Illinois has about 2,024 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $143,900.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Winnebago County is $1,172 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Pecatonica. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Rockford, IL metro area, prices sit at 92.2 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 Pecatonica'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 Pecatonica's bill.

EIA does not publish a Illinois gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Midwest (PADD 2) all-grades price was $4.237 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,033.76 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Illinois shares this price.

Among 648 places we list in Illinois with a rent figure, 326 have higher typical rent than Pecatonica.

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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.