Cost of living in Lake County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $2,011 a month.
That HUD number covers Lake 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).
SNAP income limit in Illinois · Medicaid eligibility
Towns in this county
- Waukegan · 89,076 people
- Buffalo Grove · 42,891 people
- Mundelein · 31,915 people
- North Chicago · 30,643 people
- Gurnee · 30,510 people
- Highland Park · 30,398 people
- Round Lake Beach · 27,079 people
- Vernon Hills · 26,876 people
- Zion · 24,600 people
- Grayslake · 20,929 people
- Libertyville · 20,525 people
- Lake Zurich · 19,832 people
- Deerfield · 19,518 people
- Lake Forest · 19,416 people
- Round Lake · 18,628 people
- Antioch · 14,859 people
- Lindenhurst · 14,417 people
- Beach Park · 14,115 people
- Wauconda · 14,027 people
- Fox Lake · 11,131 people
- Gages Lake · 10,819 people
- Hawthorn Woods · 9,143 people
- Lake Villa · 8,683 people
- Long Grove · 8,305 people
- Lincolnshire · 7,980 people
- Round Lake Park · 7,919 people
- Park City · 7,827 people
- Volo · 6,706 people
- Winthrop Harbor · 6,559 people
- Lake Bluff · 6,041 people
- Lake Barrington · 5,442 people
- Highwood · 5,301 people
- Grandwood Park · 5,262 people
- Kildeer · 4,292 people
- Green Oaks · 4,096 people
- Riverwoods · 4,013 people
- Deer Park · 3,711 people
- Wadsworth · 3,686 people
- Hainesville · 3,524 people
- Long Lake · 3,307 people
- North Barrington · 3,143 people
- Round Lake Heights · 2,592 people
- Fox Lake Hills · 2,399 people
- Venetian Village · 2,334 people
- Channel Lake · 2,052 people
- Forest Lake · 1,865 people
- Knollwood · 1,864 people
- Port Barrington · 1,477 people
- Bannockburn · 1,148 people
- Third Lake · 1,137 people
- Tower Lakes · 1,106 people