Cheapest rent in the Chicago area, by ZIP code
Typical rent (monthly), September 2026 · Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow) · updated 2026-11-15
ZIP code 46312 (East Chicago, IN) has the lowest typical monthly rent of the 229 ZIP codes ranked in the Chicago area: $1,040, 52% below the figure for the metro area as a whole ($2,163).
The 10 lowest run from $1,040 to $1,307; the highest of all 229 is $3,952, 3.8 times the lowest.
103 of the 229 ZIP codes are below the U.S. typical rent of $1,932; the median ZIP code in the Chicago area is at $1,974.
Cheapest rent in the Chicago area, by ZIP code: the first 30 of 229
| Rank | ZIP code | Typical rent (monthly) | Rents, 1-year change | Typical home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46312East Chicago, IN | $1,040 | +3.5% | $130,000 |
| 2 | 46407Gary, IN | $1,272 | – | $57,428 |
| 3 | 60649South Shore, Chicago, IL | $1,281 | +2.6% | $143,000 |
| 4 | 60827Riverdale, Riverdale, IL | $1,290 | +6.3% | $135,000 |
| 5 | 46394Whiting, IN | $1,293 | – | $206,000 |
| 6 | 46408Gary, IN | $1,300 | +8.0% | $108,000 |
| 7 | 60071Richmond, IL | $1,300 | – | $394,000 |
| 8 | 46356Lowell, IN | $1,304 | – | $335,000 |
| 9 | 60620Auburn Gresham, Chicago, IL | $1,305 | −1.0% | $182,000 |
| 10 | 46320Hammond, IN | $1,307 | +6.8% | $145,000 |
| 11 | 60644Austin, Chicago, IL | $1,312 | +3.7% | $221,000 |
| 12 | 60115Dekalb, IL | $1,320 | +7.9% | $261,000 |
| 13 | 60155Broadview, IL | $1,325 | – | $283,000 |
| 14 | 60804Cicero, IL | $1,330 | +1.4% | $278,000 |
| 15 | 60619Chatham, Chicago, IL | $1,335 | +2.5% | $175,000 |
| 16 | 46409Gary, IN | $1,349 | – | $74,450 |
| 17 | 60416Coal City, IL | $1,350 | – | $295,000 |
| 18 | 46342Hobart, IN | $1,352 | +5.6% | $239,000 |
| 19 | 46383Valparaiso, IN | $1,370 | +4.2% | $347,000 |
| 20 | 46319Griffith, IN | $1,378 | – | $251,000 |
| 21 | 60629Chicago Lawn, Chicago, IL | $1,404 | +4.9% | $274,000 |
| 22 | 60153Maywood, IL | $1,419 | +9.5% | $258,000 |
| 23 | 60406Blue Island, IL | $1,421 | – | $207,000 |
| 24 | 60099Zion, IL | $1,422 | +1.3% | $272,000 |
| 25 | 60160Melrose Park, IL | $1,441 | – | $327,000 |
| 26 | 60636Englewood, Chicago, IL | $1,447 | +5.2% | $143,000 |
| 27 | 60402Berwyn, IL | $1,448 | +2.9% | $314,000 |
| 28 | 46368Portage, IN | $1,449 | +5.1% | $271,000 |
| 29 | 46402Gary, IN | $1,450 | – | $61,313 |
| 30 | 46327Hammond, IN | $1,471 | – | $156,000 |
- Under $1,600
- $1,600–$1,850
- $1,850–$2,100
- $2,100–$2,450
- $2,450+
- Not ranked
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Source and method
Typical rent (monthly): Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow); figures for September 2026. ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents and a published figure are ranked (229 of them in the Chicago area). The metro area is the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan statistical area. Place names for ZIP codes are the neighborhood or city the ZIP code mostly covers. Compiled by Home Economics.
Zillow's "typical" home value and rent are index values for the middle of the market (the Zillow Home Value Index and Observed Rent Index), not median sale prices or asking rents. One-year changes are over the 12 months to September 2026. Income and population come from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey and carry sampling error, most of all in small places.