Cost of living in McHenry County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $2,011 a month.
That HUD number covers McHenry 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
- Crystal Lake · 40,579 people
- Algonquin · 30,067 people
- Lake in the Hills · 28,800 people
- McHenry · 28,074 people
- Huntley · 28,005 people
- Woodstock · 26,147 people
- Cary · 17,923 people
- Harvard · 9,598 people
- Island Lake · 8,014 people
- Marengo · 7,040 people
- Lakemoor · 6,467 people
- Johnsburg · 6,386 people
- Spring Grove · 5,917 people
- Lakewood · 4,707 people
- Fox River Grove · 4,523 people
- Wonder Lake · 4,292 people
- Pistakee Highlands · 3,374 people
- Richmond · 2,622 people
- Oakwood Hills · 2,416 people
- Prairie Grove · 2,165 people
- Bull Valley · 1,269 people
- Hebron · 1,261 people