Rent-burdened renters: zip codes ranked in Illinois

Share of renter households paying 30% or more of their income on rent and utilities, the standard affordability threshold. Lower is better. These lists rank zip codes in Illinois with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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Zip codes where rent takes the biggest bite

#	Zip	City	Rent burden	Population
1	62285	Smithton	100%	4,239
2	61038	Garden Prairie	100%	1,274
3	62028	Elsah	95.2%	1,385
4	60461	Olympia Fields	94.5%	4,761
5	62838	Farina	93.2%	1,341
6	60449	Monee	91.4%	9,477
7	60305	River Forest	88.9%	11,992
8	62872	Opdyke	84.2%	1,153
9	62264	New Athens	82.3%	3,097
10	60445	Midlothian	82.2%	14,268
11	60021	Fox River Grove	81.6%	4,996
12	60473	South Holland	80.4%	21,225
13	60112	Cortland	78%	4,621
14	62080	Ramsey	77.2%	3,255
15	61732	Danvers	76.9%	2,099
16	62097	Worden	76.5%	2,973
17	60428	Markham	76.1%	10,927
18	61239	Carbon Cliff	76%	1,189
19	62067	Moro	74.9%	2,203
20	62048	Hartford	74.7%	1,347
21	60163	Berkeley	74.2%	5,199
22	60523	Oak Brook	73.7%	10,144
23	60419	Dolton	72.3%	20,825
24	62281	Saint Jacob	72.3%	3,059
25	60020	Fox Lake	71.9%	10,970
26	62206	East Saint Louis	71.6%	12,959
27	62274	Pinckneyville	71.3%	8,041
28	62920	Cobden	70.8%	2,959
29	60124	Elgin	70.6%	24,487
30	60491	Homer Glen	69.6%	22,757
31	62644	Havana	69.5%	4,615
32	60636	Chicago	69.1%	32,198
33	61814	Bismarck	69%	1,155
34	60712	Lincolnwood	68.7%	13,112
35	62347	Liberty	68.4%	1,977
36	62354	Nauvoo	68.3%	1,447
37	60624	Chicago	68%	35,263
38	60417	Crete	67.7%	14,901
39	62366	Pleasant Hill	67.6%	1,450
40	60115	Dekalb	66.8%	42,536
41	61252	Fulton	66.8%	5,437
42	62664	Mason City	66.7%	2,922
43	62237	Coulterville	66.7%	2,367
44	60444	Mazon	66.7%	1,901
45	60543	Oswego	66.4%	43,047
46	62201	East Saint Louis	66.4%	4,921
47	61820	Champaign	66.3%	40,599
48	61605	Peoria	66.3%	13,424
49	60201	Evanston	66.2%	43,744
50	61880	Tolono	66.1%	4,367
51	60958	Pembroke Township	66.1%	1,698
52	60628	Chicago	66%	60,431
53	62418	Brownstown	65.9%	1,809
54	60026	Glenview	65.8%	14,069
55	60476	Thornton	65.8%	1,940
56	62367	Plymouth	65.8%	1,294
57	61844	Fithian	65.8%	1,031
58	60119	Elburn	65.3%	11,381
59	60560	Yorkville	65.1%	28,795
60	60165	Stone Park	65.1%	4,482
61	62069	Mount Olive	65.1%	2,897
62	60936	Gibson City	64.8%	4,246
63	60619	Chicago	64.7%	59,503
64	61062	Pearl City	64.4%	1,840
65	62627	Chandlerville	64.4%	1,006
66	61533	Glasford	64.3%	2,441
67	60015	Deerfield	64.1%	28,096
68	60430	Homewood	64%	19,838
69	60409	Calumet City	63.5%	35,100
70	62018	Cottage Hills	63.1%	3,184
71	60484	University Park	62.9%	6,762
72	60827	Riverdale	62.8%	24,713
73	60426	Harvey	62.7%	23,906
74	60652	Chicago	62.6%	41,074
75	60465	Palos Hills	62.6%	18,081
76	61349	Ohio	62.5%	1,151
77	60404	Shorewood	62.3%	20,385
78	62204	East Saint Louis	62.2%	4,055
79	61448	Knoxville	62.1%	3,947
80	60620	Chicago	61.8%	64,871
81	61801	Urbana	61.7%	27,891
82	61238	Cambridge	61.7%	2,549
83	62223	Belleville	61.6%	16,269
84	60651	Chicago	61.4%	63,335
85	60446	Romeoville	61.4%	41,672
86	62824	Clay City	61.4%	1,485
87	61606	Peoria	61.3%	6,684
88	62642	Greenview	61%	1,396
89	62625	Cantrall	61%	1,003
90	60644	Chicago	60.7%	47,210
91	60462	Orland Park	60.6%	41,456
92	60459	Burbank	60.6%	28,739
93	60653	Chicago	60.5%	33,383
94	60185	West Chicago	60.3%	33,703
95	60464	Palos Park	60.3%	9,773
96	60035	Highland Park	60.2%	30,398
97	62286	Sparta	60.2%	5,491
98	62670	New Berlin	60.2%	2,682
99	60510	Batavia	60.1%	29,038
100	60077	Skokie	60.1%	28,501

Zip codes where rent takes the smallest bite

#	Zip	City	Rent burden	Population
1	62536	Glenarm	0%	1,049
2	61259	Illinois City	0%	1,053
3	62338	Fowler	0%	1,075
4	62022	Dow	0%	1,088
5	60512	Bristol	0%	1,090
6	62985	Simpson	0%	1,128
7	61262	Lynn Center	0%	1,197
8	60935	Essex	0%	1,259
9	62555	Owaneco	0%	1,358
10	62693	Williamsville	0%	1,677
11	62427	Flat Rock	0%	1,730
12	60180	Union	0%	1,831
13	60955	Onarga	0%	1,953
14	60157	Medinah	0%	2,577
15	61528	Edwards	0%	3,212
16	61241	Colona	0.4%	6,587
17	62240	East Carondelet	3.5%	1,796
18	62611	Arenzville	3.6%	1,047
19	61864	Philo	3.9%	2,003
20	60913	Bonfield	4.3%	1,683
21	61014	Chadwick	4.7%	1,067
22	62534	Findlay	5.4%	1,041
23	62501	Argenta	5.5%	2,324
24	61020	Davis Junction	5.6%	3,149
25	62612	Ashland	5.7%	1,398
26	61283	Tampico	6.3%	1,269
27	62828	Dahlgren	7%	1,801
28	62982	Rosiclare	7.1%	1,016
29	61925	Dalton City	7.1%	1,182
30	61725	Carlock	7.1%	1,459
31	60556	Waterman	8.6%	2,138
32	61051	Milledgeville	9.6%	1,469
33	61534	Green Valley	10.5%	1,725
34	61726	Chenoa	10.6%	2,546
35	61745	Heyworth	10.7%	4,542
36	61911	Arthur	10.8%	4,508
37	62931	Elizabethtown	10.9%	1,348
38	61742	Goodfield	10.9%	1,542
39	61741	Forrest	10.9%	1,549
40	61084	Stillman Valley	11.6%	3,201
41	61561	Roanoke	11.9%	2,393
42	62473	Watson	12.2%	1,264
43	62218	Bartelso	12.2%	2,018
44	61063	Pecatonica	13.1%	4,011
45	62898	Woodlawn	13.2%	1,968
46	62086	Sorento	13.3%	1,318
47	61729	Congerville	13.8%	1,263
48	60422	Flossmoor	13.9%	9,542
49	61467	Oneida	14%	1,159
50	62839	Flora	14.7%	6,183
51	62440	Lerna	15%	1,107
52	61319	Cornell	15.5%	1,286
53	61415	Avon	15.5%	1,459
54	62476	West Salem	15.6%	1,222
55	61565	Sparland	15.6%	1,262
56	61234	Annawan	16.1%	1,116
57	61754	Mc Lean	16.2%	1,131
58	60957	Paxton	16.4%	5,596
59	62214	Addieville	16.7%	1,048
60	61370	Tonica	16.7%	1,215
61	61517	Brimfield	16.8%	3,033
62	62561	Riverton	17.3%	4,842
63	62061	Marine	17.4%	1,487
64	62033	Gillespie	17.4%	4,294
65	62914	Cairo	17.6%	1,765
66	60938	Gilman	17.7%	2,035
67	61031	Franklin Grove	17.8%	1,492
68	62320	Camp Point	17.8%	2,667
69	61327	Hennepin	18.1%	1,442
70	62835	Enfield	18.2%	1,398
71	60407	Braceville	18.4%	1,812
72	61360	Seneca	18.9%	3,610
73	62895	Wayne City	19%	1,960
74	61329	Ladd	19.2%	1,356
75	61723	Atlanta	19.5%	2,005
76	61813	Bement	19.5%	2,043
77	62810	Belle Rive	19.6%	1,188
78	61270	Morrison	19.8%	6,912
79	62355	Nebo	20%	1,026
80	61473	Roseville	20.2%	1,279
81	62692	Waverly	20.2%	2,005
82	62685	Shipman	20.3%	1,670
83	62987	Stonefort	20.6%	1,724
84	62984	Shawneetown	20.7%	1,393
85	62321	Carthage	20.8%	3,576
86	62360	Payson	21.1%	1,605
87	62638	Franklin	21.3%	1,485
88	61362	Spring Valley	21.3%	5,764
89	62988	Tamms	21.4%	1,149
90	61428	Dahinda	21.4%	1,278
91	61486	Viola	21.4%	1,330
92	61616	Peoria Heights	21.4%	5,825
93	61957	Windsor	22%	1,707
94	62510	Assumption	22.1%	1,677
95	62694	Winchester	22.1%	3,006
96	62324	Clayton	22.2%	1,196
97	62922	Creal Springs	22.2%	2,608
98	62263	Nashville	22.2%	4,819
99	61548	Metamora	22.3%	12,037
100	62094	Witt	22.4%	1,107

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