Cost of living in Cook County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $2,011 a month.
That HUD number covers Cook County, Illinois, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,678
- 1 bed
- $1,780
- 2 bed
- $2,011
- 3 bed
- $2,586
- 4 bed
- $2,954
This county is in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 103.6 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Chicago · 2,711,226 people
- Cicero · 82,797 people
- Schaumburg · 76,868 people
- Evanston · 76,340 people
- Arlington Heights · 76,005 people
- Palatine · 66,293 people
- Skokie · 66,219 people
- Des Plaines · 59,156 people
- Orland Park · 57,916 people
- Oak Lawn · 56,861 people
- Berwyn · 55,595 people
- Mount Prospect · 55,472 people
- Tinley Park · 54,842 people
- Oak Park · 53,292 people
- Hoffman Estates · 51,175 people
- Glenview · 47,752 people
- Streamwood · 39,001 people
- Park Ridge · 38,667 people
- Wheeling · 38,433 people
- Calumet City · 35,100 people
- Northbrook · 34,585 people
- Elk Grove Village · 31,987 people
- Niles · 30,064 people
- Burbank · 28,739 people
- Lansing · 28,284 people
- Wilmette · 27,503 people
- Oak Forest · 26,805 people
- Chicago Heights · 26,736 people
- Morton Grove · 24,619 people
- Melrose Park · 24,549 people
- Rolling Meadows · 24,027 people
- Elmwood Park · 23,868 people
- Maywood · 23,201 people
- Blue Island · 21,741 people
- Park Forest · 21,156 people
- South Holland · 20,911 people
- Dolton · 20,825 people
- Harvey · 20,230 people
- Evergreen Park · 19,420 people
- Brookfield · 19,331 people
- Homewood · 19,294 people
- Matteson · 18,645 people
- Alsip · 18,583 people
- Bellwood · 18,256 people
- Franklin Park · 18,197 people
- Palos Hills · 18,081 people
- Lemont · 17,820 people
- Bridgeview · 16,849 people
- Westchester · 16,436 people
- Country Club Hills · 16,324 people
- La Grange · 15,998 people
- Prospect Heights · 15,618 people
- Norridge · 15,439 people
- Hickory Hills · 14,526 people
- Chicago Ridge · 14,099 people
- Midlothian · 13,948 people
- Forest Park · 13,943 people
- Hazel Crest · 13,792 people
- La Grange Park · 13,447 people
- Western Springs · 13,446 people
- Lincolnwood · 13,112 people
- Richton Park · 12,521 people
- Northlake · 12,513 people
- Winnetka · 12,484 people
- Justice · 12,324 people
- Palos Heights · 12,152 people
- River Forest · 11,992 people
- Schiller Park · 11,393 people
- Markham · 11,355 people
- Barrington · 11,077 people
- Summit · 10,846 people
- Worth · 10,700 people
- Crestwood · 10,579 people
- River Grove · 10,451 people
- Riverdale · 10,340 people
- Lyons · 10,339 people
- Sauk Village · 9,678 people
- Steger · 9,418 people
- Flossmoor · 9,391 people
- Lynwood · 9,083 people
- Riverside · 9,039 people
- Harwood Heights · 8,821 people
- Glencoe · 8,701 people
- Glenwood · 8,603 people
- Hillside · 8,084 people
- Broadview · 7,896 people
- Inverness · 7,275 people
- North Riverside · 7,249 people
- Stickney · 6,952 people
- Calumet Park · 6,855 people
- Orland Hills · 6,719 people
- Countryside · 6,267 people
- Willow Springs · 5,868 people
- Northfield · 5,487 people
- Posen · 5,292 people
- Berkeley · 5,199 people
- South Barrington · 5,021 people
- Palos Park · 4,816 people
- Olympia Fields · 4,734 people
- Robbins · 4,556 people
- Stone Park · 4,482 people
- Hometown · 4,215 people
- Indian Head Park · 3,974 people
- Burnham · 3,937 people
- South Chicago Heights · 3,907 people
- Barrington Hills · 3,879 people
- Rosemont · 3,290 people
- Dixmoor · 2,948 people
- Kenilworth · 2,503 people
- Merrionette Park · 2,354 people
- Thornton · 1,940 people
- Phoenix · 1,751 people
- Hodgkins · 1,597 people
- Ford Heights · 1,331 people
- Forest View · 1,174 people