What is the median rent in Tremont, IL?

Name: Median rent in Tremont, IL, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Tremont, IL is $1,037 (±$229) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 321 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Tremont, the median gross rent went from $638 in 2015–2019 to $1,037 in 2020–2024 (+62.5%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,037 (±$229)
Rented homes: 321 (±110)
$2,000 or more: 10.3%
Since 2015–2019: +62.5%

How much rent costs in Tremont

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Tremont	Tazewell County	Illinois	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±11.0 points)	10.5%	7.0%	6.3%
$500 to $999	47.4% (±18.3 points)	50.7%	23.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	30.2% (±20.0 points)	28.3%	32.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	12.1% (±11.1 points)	6.5%	18.7%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	10.3% (±13.5 points)	2.1%	9.6%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±11.0 points)	0.1%	4.1%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±11.0 points)	1.8%	4.4%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 47.4% of renting households.

10.3% of rented homes in Tremont cost $2,000 or more a month.

Tremont against Tazewell County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Tremont	Tazewell County	Illinois	United States
Median gross rent	$1,037 (±$229)	$909 (±$34)	$1,274 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	321 (±110)	11,075 (±752)	1,587,238 (±10,609)	42,849,984

In Tremont, median gross rent is not measurably different from Tazewell County ($909).

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

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

In Tazewell County, Tremont ranks 11 of 31 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 671 of 2,063.

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

How rent in Tremont has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$638 (±$117)	$1,037 (±$229)	+62.5%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	21.2% (±5.8 points)	32.1% (±8.9 points)	+10.9 percentage points	Measurable increase
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±15.1 points)	0.0% (±10.8 points)	0.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Tremont

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Tremont
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Tremont	—	$1,037 (±$229)	—
Tremont Township	3.0 mi	$965 (±$189)	Not measurably different
Elm Grove Township	3.2 mi	$975 (±$197)	Not measurably different
Morton	6.2 mi	$1,074 (±$169)	Not measurably different
Morton Township	6.7 mi	$1,136 (±$164)	Not measurably different
Mackinaw	7.0 mi	$835 (±$74)	Not measurably different
Hopedale Township	7.0 mi	$881 (±$78)	Not measurably different
Groveland Township (Tazewell County)	7.1 mi	$931 (±$85)	Not measurably different
Pekin	7.8 mi	$819 (±$76)	Not measurably different

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

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

Median gross rent across Tazewell County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
5	North Pekin	$1,154 (±$112)
6 (tie)	Deer Creek	$1,152 (±$130)
6 (tie)	Deer Creek Township	$1,152 (±$130)
8	Morton Township	$1,136 (±$164)
9	Cincinnati Township (Tazewell County)	$1,106 (±$303)
10	Morton	$1,074 (±$169)
11	Tremont	$1,037 (±$229)
12	Washington Township (Tazewell County)	$988 (±$140)
13	Elm Grove Township	$975 (±$197)
14	Tremont Township	$965 (±$189)
15	Groveland Township (Tazewell County)	$931 (±$85)
16	Fondulac Township	$915 (±$64)
17	Hopedale	$897 (±$96)

Showing 13 of 31 places in Tazewell County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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 Tremont

What is the average rent in Tremont, IL?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Tremont is $1,037 (±$229) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Tremont?

In Tremont, the median gross rent went from $638 in 2015–2019 to $1,037 in 2020–2024 (+62.5%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

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

10.3% of rented homes in Tremont have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Tremont higher than in Tazewell County?

In Tremont, median gross rent is not measurably different from Tazewell County ($909).

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

It is lower 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 Tremont village, Illinois (place:75965, 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.