Explore Illinois Metro Housing across Chicago, Rockford, Peoria, Quad Cities and surrounding areas statewide through the NSCN Illinois Housing Node.

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Apartment locating and rental home searches in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Rockford, Peoria, and Quad Cities / Davenport-Moline-Rock Island each follow different rent patterns, neighborhood structures, and housing authority boundaries. Choose the metro that fits where you want to live and start the search from there.

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Select the metro closest to where you want to find an apartment or rental home. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Rockford, Peoria and Quad Cities / Davenport-Moline-Rock Island represent different local rental geographies, surrounding communities, and housing-authority boundaries.

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Select one of the four metros above to keep the apartment or rental-home search tied to the area where you actually want to live.

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Illinois Metro Housing

Four Major Metros, One Starting Point

Apartment and rental-home searches across Illinois work best when the destination is tied to a specific city, county, island, metro, micropolitan area, or ZIP. These four representative housing areas give members a clear place to start while keeping the statewide pathways available.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Housing Search

Chicago, Naperville, Aurora, Elgin, Joliet, Schaumburg, Waukegan, and surrounding Illinois suburban communities. This market gives a practical starting point for apartment, rental-home, second chance, and voucher-holder housing pathways while keeping the exact destination visible.

Rockford Housing Search

Rockford, Loves Park, Machesney Park, Belvidere, Cherry Valley, and surrounding Winnebago and Boone County communities. This market gives a practical starting point for apartment, rental-home, second chance, and voucher-holder housing pathways while keeping the exact destination visible.

Peoria Housing Search

Peoria, East Peoria, Pekin, Morton, Washington, and surrounding central Illinois communities. This market gives a practical starting point for apartment, rental-home, second chance, and voucher-holder housing pathways while keeping the exact destination visible.

Quad Cities / Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Housing Search

Moline, Rock Island, East Moline, Silvis, Milan, plus the Davenport-Bettendorf side of the cross-state Quad Cities market. This market gives a practical starting point for apartment, rental-home, second chance, and voucher-holder housing pathways while keeping the exact destination visible.

Illinois search areas: Chicago, Naperville, Aurora, Elgin, Joliet, Schaumburg, Waukegan, and surrounding Illinois suburban communities; Rockford, Loves Park, Machesney Park, Belvidere, Cherry Valley, and surrounding Winnebago and Boone County communities; Peoria, East Peoria, Pekin, Morton, Washington, and surrounding central Illinois communities; Moline, Rock Island, East Moline, Silvis, Milan, plus the Davenport-Bettendorf side of the cross-state Quad Cities market. The Chicago and Quad Cities markets cross state or HUD subarea boundaries. Chicago’s broader MSA is larger than the specific Chicago HUD FMR area, and the Quad Cities span Illinois and Iowa, so county and ZIP remain important for rent and voucher research.

Illinois HUD Rental Data

FY 2026 HUD 2-Bedroom Fair Market Rents Across Major Illinois Metros

HUD Fair Market Rents provide a consistent federal two-bedroom benchmark across the selected markets. They do not represent a guaranteed available rent.

$1,781

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL HUD Metro FMR Area FY 2026 two-bedroom FMR: $1,781.

$1,175

Rockford

Rockford, IL MSA FY 2026 two-bedroom FMR: $1,175.

$1,039

Peoria

Peoria, IL MSA FY 2026 two-bedroom FMR: $1,039.

$1,143

Quad Cities / Davenport-Moline-Rock Island

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA FY 2026 two-bedroom FMR: $1,143.

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY 2026 Fair Market Rents. Wheel fills are proportional to the highest figure shown. Use labeled values for actual data.

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FY 2026 HUD 2-Bedroom Fair Market Rents Across Major Illinois Metros

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin

Rockford

Peoria

Quad Cities / Davenport-Moline-Rock Island