What is the median rent in Ridgewood, IL?

Name: Median rent in Ridgewood, IL, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Ridgewood, IL is $1,634 (±$152) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 259 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,634 (±$152)
Rented homes: 259 (±165)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%

How much rent costs in Ridgewood

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Ridgewood	Will County	Illinois	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±13.5 points)	4.8%	7.0%	6.3%
$500 to $999	5.4% (±11.9 points)	13.9%	23.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	26.3% (±23.1 points)	33.9%	32.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	68.3% (±25.9 points)	24.2%	18.7%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±13.5 points)	14.1%	9.6%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±13.5 points)	5.8%	4.1%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±13.5 points)	3.4%	4.4%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 68.3% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Ridgewood cost $2,000 or more a month.

Ridgewood against Will County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Ridgewood	Will County	Illinois	United States
Median gross rent	$1,634 (±$152)	$1,462 (±$33)	$1,274 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	259 (±165)	39,997 (±1,562)	1,587,238 (±10,609)	42,849,984

In Ridgewood, median gross rent is higher than in Will County ($1,462).

It is also higher than in Illinois ($1,274).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Will County, Ridgewood ranks 13 of 51 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 162 of 2,063.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Ridgewood

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Ridgewood
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Ridgewood	—	$1,634 (±$152)	—
Ingalls Park	1.1 mi	$1,408 (±$118)	Lower
Fairmont	2.0 mi	$1,455 (±$178)	Not measurably different
Joliet Township	2.7 mi	$1,269 (±$49)	Lower
Preston Heights	3.3 mi	$1,197 (±$204)	Lower
Lockport	4.0 mi	$1,525 (±$183)	Not measurably different
New Lenox	4.1 mi	$1,431 (±$159)	Not measurably different
New Lenox Township	4.4 mi	$1,429 (±$169)	Not measurably different
Crest Hill	4.6 mi	$1,481 (±$91)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Ingalls Park, IL ($1,408), Joliet Township, IL ($1,269), Preston Heights, IL ($1,197).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Will County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
7	Romeoville	$1,886 (±$83)
8	Homer Glen	$1,861 (±$223)
9	Du Page Township	$1,776 (±$70)
10	Bolingbrook	$1,749 (±$86)
11	Channahon	$1,708 (±$158)
12	University Park	$1,649 (±$161)
13	Ridgewood	$1,634 (±$152)
14	Monee Township	$1,629 (±$151)
15	Frankfort Square	$1,622 (±$257)
16	Lockport Township	$1,570 (±$110)
17	Lockport	$1,525 (±$183)
18 (tie)	Crest Hill	$1,481 (±$91)
18 (tie)	Jackson Township (Will County)	$1,481 (±$814)

Showing 13 of 51 places in Will County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Ridgewood is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Ridgewood

What is the average rent in Ridgewood, IL?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Ridgewood is $1,634 (±$152) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Ridgewood cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Ridgewood have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Ridgewood higher than in Will County?

In Ridgewood, median gross rent is higher than in Will County ($1,462).

It is also higher than in Illinois ($1,274).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Ridgewood CDP, Illinois (place:64005, in state:17).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.