Cost of living in Plainfield, Illinois
Simple answer
Typical rent is $2,119 a month.
Plainfield is a village in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $144,000 a year.
- People
- 46,708
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $2,119
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $144,000
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $431,400
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $2,011
- Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL HUD Metro FMR Area
Plainfield, Illinois has about 46,708 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $431,400.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Will County is $2,011 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Plainfield. 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 Plainfield'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 Plainfield'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, 25 have higher typical rent than Plainfield.
Nearby places
- Crystal LawnsCompare with Plainfield
- Oswego
Typical rent $1,860
Compare with Plainfield - Sunnyland
Typical rent $1,926
Compare with Plainfield - Boulder Hill
Typical rent $1,633
Compare with Plainfield - Romeoville
Typical rent $1,886
Compare with Plainfield - Crest Hill
Typical rent $1,481
Compare with Plainfield - Shorewood
Typical rent $1,479
- Bolingbrook
Typical rent $1,749
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.