Cost of living in DeKalb County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,481 a month.
That HUD number covers DeKalb County, Illinois, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,052
- 1 bed
- $1,155
- 2 bed
- $1,481
- 3 bed
- $2,006
- 4 bed
- $2,301
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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