Cost of living in Richton Park, Illinois
Richton Park, Illinois has about 12,521 people. Typical rent is $1,294 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $64,554 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.
Ranked #312 in Illinois on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,294 a month.
Richton Park is a village in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $64,554 a year.
- People
- 12,521
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,294
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $64,554
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $220,900
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $2,011
- Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL HUD Metro FMR Area
- Gas
- $4.237
- Midwest (PADD 2), week of October 12, 2026
Richton Park, Illinois has about 12,521 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $220,900.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Cook County is $2,011 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Richton Park. 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 Richton 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 Richton Park'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, 210 have higher typical rent than Richton Park.
Nearby places
- Matteson
Typical rent $1,580
Compare with Richton Park - University Park
Typical rent $1,649
Compare with Richton Park - Park Forest
Typical rent $1,365
Compare with Richton Park - Olympia Fields
Typical rent $3,501
Compare with Richton Park - Frankfort Square
Typical rent $1,622
Compare with Richton Park - Monee
Typical rent $1,477
Compare with Richton Park - Flossmoor
Typical rent $2,164
- South Chicago Heights
Typical rent $1,196
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.