Cost of living in Virginia, Illinois
Virginia, Illinois has about 1,543 people. Typical rent is $700 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $59,375 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.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $700 a month.
Virginia is a city in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $59,375 a year.
- People
- 1,543
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $700
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $59,375
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $93,100
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $930
- Cass County, IL
Virginia, Illinois has about 1,543 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $93,100.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Cass County is $930 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Virginia. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
Illinois's prices sit at 100.0 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.
Illinois taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Virginia'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 Virginia'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, 596 have higher typical rent than Virginia.
Nearby places
- Beardstown
Typical rent $762
Compare with Virginia - Jacksonville
Typical rent $711
Compare with Virginia - South Jacksonville
Typical rent $647
Compare with Virginia - Petersburg
Typical rent $653
Compare with Virginia - Rushville
Typical rent $781
Compare with Virginia - New Berlin
Typical rent $643
Compare with Virginia - Havana
Typical rent $625
Compare with Virginia - Winchester
Typical rent $593
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.