Chicago, IL
Chicago rent prices and trends
Median rent and renter cost pressure indicators built on Census ACS.
Median gross rent
$1,306
Updated 2019-2023Median household income
$72,103
Updated 2019-2023
What this report covers
Median rent and renter cost pressure indicators built on Census ACS. Each value is attributed to its public source.
Coverage for this report: 100% (2/2 required metrics).
See methodology for how each signal is computed.
Data freshness
Static source fixture
- Retrieved
- 2026-05-21
- Latest source release
- 2025-03-12
Static source fixtures bundled with the repo — not live. Replace with scheduled-ETL artifacts to flip provenance to live.
Sources
American Community Survey
U.S. Census Bureau
fixturefreshACS 5-Year Estimates
- Confidence
- high
- Cadence
- annually
- Release
- 2024-12-12
- Retrieved
- 2026-05-21
House Price Index
Federal Housing Finance Agency
fixturestaleFHFA HPI — All-Transactions (NSA), MSA
- Confidence
- high
- Cadence
- quarterly
- Release
- 2025-02-25
- Retrieved
- 2026-05-21
Building Permits Survey
U.S. Census Bureau
fixturestaleCensus BPS — Monthly metro permits
- Confidence
- high
- Cadence
- monthly
- Release
- 2025-02-19
- Retrieved
- 2026-05-21
FEMA National Risk Index
Federal Emergency Management Agency
fixturestaleNational Risk Index — county-level
- Confidence
- high
- Cadence
- annually
- Release
- 2023-03-23
- Retrieved
- 2026-05-21
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
fixturestaleLocal Area Unemployment Statistics — county
- Confidence
- high
- Cadence
- monthly
- Release
- 2025-03-12
- Retrieved
- 2026-05-21
BEA Regional Economic Accounts
Bureau of Economic Analysis
fixturefreshRegional Economic Accounts — MSA
- Confidence
- high
- Cadence
- annually
- Release
- 2024-11-14
- Retrieved
- 2026-05-21