Cost of living in Madison County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,349 a month.
That HUD number covers Madison County, Illinois, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,064
- 1 bed
- $1,104
- 2 bed
- $1,349
- 3 bed
- $1,731
- 4 bed
- $1,997
This county is in the St. Louis, MO-IL area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 95.1 (U.S. = 100).
SNAP income limit in Illinois · Medicaid eligibility
Towns in this county
- Granite City · 26,549 people
- Edwardsville · 26,474 people
- Alton · 25,279 people
- Collinsville · 24,031 people
- Godfrey · 17,712 people
- Glen Carbon · 13,977 people
- Troy · 11,647 people
- Wood River · 10,279 people
- Highland · 10,262 people
- Bethalto · 9,239 people
- Maryville · 8,316 people
- Pontoon Beach · 6,025 people
- East Alton · 5,689 people
- Rosewood Heights · 4,229 people
- Madison · 2,900 people
- Holiday Shores · 2,782 people
- South Roxana · 2,181 people
- St. Jacob · 1,759 people
- Venice · 1,636 people
- Roxana · 1,556 people
- Hartford · 1,334 people
- Hamel · 1,134 people
- Worden · 1,094 people