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All counties in Illinois eviction risk overview
County index·102 counties tracked

All Counties in Illinois, Eviction Risk 2026

102 counties covering 1,456 incorporated cities and 11,235,210 residents. Statewide average landlord risk score is 4.1/10 (Moderate), but county-level scores vary sharply, urban counties with strong tenant protections or high rent burdens routinely score several points above rural counties.

Counties tracked102administrative regions
State avg risk4.1/ 10 · Moderate
Cities in dataset1,456incorporated places
Total residents11.2Macross all counties
All 102 counties in Illinois
Ranked by eviction risk · click any column to re-sort, or search to filter
County↕ Population↕ Risk↕ Lean↕ Renters↕ % income on rent↕ Avg rent↕ Poverty↕ Cities↕
01 Cook County Pop 5.00M · 27% renters · 33% on rent · $1,497 · 115 cities 5.00M 4.9 Dem 27.3% 32.7% $1,497 10.5% 115
02 Jackson County Pop 35,382 · 35% renters · 30% on rent · $735 · 12 cities 35,382 4.4 IND 35.3% 29.6% $735 17.2% 12
03 Whiteside County Pop 37,267 · 18% renters · 29% on rent · $830 · 14 cities 37,267 4.4 Rep 17.8% 29.4% $830 15.3% 14
04 Will County Pop 580,571 · 23% renters · 32% on rent · $1,471 · 42 cities 580,571 4.4 Dem 23.1% 32.4% $1,471 8.8% 42
05 Lake County Pop 660,420 · 19% renters · 32% on rent · $1,811 · 53 cities 660,420 4.4 Dem 18.8% 32.2% $1,811 6.6% 53
06 St. Clair County Pop 202,349 · 32% renters · 28% on rent · $1,019 · 27 cities 202,349 4.4 Dem 31.9% 28.1% $1,019 15.0% 27
07 DuPage County Pop 880,436 · 26% renters · 29% on rent · $1,746 · 31 cities 880,436 4.4 Dem 26.5% 28.7% $1,746 6.7% 31
08 DeKalb County Pop 89,994 · 26% renters · 28% on rent · $1,118 · 17 cities 89,994 4.4 Dem 25.6% 27.6% $1,118 13.5% 17
09 Kendall County Pop 86,411 · 14% renters · 27% on rent · $1,458 · 10 cities 86,411 4.3 Dem 14.1% 27.5% $1,458 6.1% 10
10 Boone County Pop 38,262 · 18% renters · 30% on rent · $1,205 · 10 cities 38,262 4.3 Rep 17.6% 30.3% $1,205 9.3% 10
11 Coles County Pop 35,786 · 31% renters · 24% on rent · $771 · 6 cities 35,786 4.3 Rep 30.5% 24.1% $771 18.0% 6
12 Kane County Pop 555,305 · 17% renters · 33% on rent · $1,709 · 25 cities 555,305 4.3 Dem 17.3% 32.6% $1,709 5.7% 25
13 Fulton County Pop 22,296 · 21% renters · 28% on rent · $814 · 16 cities 22,296 4.3 Rep 21.4% 28.5% $814 16.7% 16
14 McHenry County Pop 286,165 · 18% renters · 29% on rent · $1,565 · 42 cities 286,165 4.3 IND 17.5% 28.9% $1,565 6.7% 42
15 Knox County Pop 41,958 · 17% renters · 29% on rent · $765 · 16 cities 41,958 4.3 Rep 17.4% 29.2% $765 13.0% 16
16 Winnebago County Pop 238,354 · 23% renters · 24% on rent · $1,051 · 14 cities 238,354 4.3 IND 23.2% 24.2% $1,051 10.7% 14
17 LaSalle County Pop 78,687 · 30% renters · 27% on rent · $971 · 24 cities 78,687 4.2 Rep 29.5% 27.0% $971 14.9% 24
18 Rock Island County Pop 128,129 · 28% renters · 30% on rent · $932 · 22 cities 128,129 4.2 Dem 28.3% 30.0% $932 12.9% 22
19 Madison County Pop 221,093 · 25% renters · 29% on rent · $1,025 · 31 cities 221,093 4.2 Rep 25.3% 29.4% $1,025 11.5% 31
20 Champaign County Pop 179,328 · 26% renters · 27% on rent · $1,033 · 20 cities 179,328 4.2 Dem 25.8% 27.2% $1,033 9.5% 20
21 Peoria County Pop 149,766 · 22% renters · 26% on rent · $921 · 21 cities 149,766 4.2 Dem 21.5% 25.6% $921 11.2% 21
22 McDonough County Pop 21,401 · 25% renters · 30% on rent · $812 · 11 cities 21,401 4.2 Rep 25.0% 30.3% $812 16.4% 11
23 Alexander County Pop 3,722 · 24% renters · 21% on rent · $689 · 7 cities 3,722 4.2 Rep 24.0% 21.3% $689 23.6% 7
24 Henderson County Pop 3,486 · 19% renters · 27% on rent · $726 · 9 cities 3,486 4.2 Rep 18.8% 27.2% $726 14.1% 9
25 Bureau County Pop 22,850 · 19% renters · 26% on rent · $829 · 16 cities 22,850 4.2 Rep 19.0% 26.1% $829 13.5% 16
26 Grundy County Pop 44,725 · 18% renters · 28% on rent · $1,212 · 17 cities 44,725 4.1 Rep 18.1% 28.3% $1,212 12.8% 17
27 Mason County Pop 8,987 · 27% renters · 35% on rent · $776 · 13 cities 8,987 4.1 Rep 26.5% 34.8% $776 16.8% 13
28 Stephenson County Pop 32,165 · 23% renters · 26% on rent · $794 · 13 cities 32,165 4.1 Rep 23.2% 26.3% $794 11.6% 13
29 Sangamon County Pop 161,962 · 19% renters · 26% on rent · $999 · 23 cities 161,962 4.1 IND 19.5% 26.2% $999 8.3% 23
30 Jo Daviess County Pop 13,028 · 25% renters · 30% on rent · $866 · 12 cities 13,028 4.1 Rep 24.5% 30.3% $866 11.3% 12
31 Lee County Pop 21,160 · 30% renters · 27% on rent · $913 · 11 cities 21,160 4.1 Rep 30.4% 26.5% $913 12.4% 11
32 Warren County Pop 11,535 · 25% renters · 25% on rent · $809 · 7 cities 11,535 4.1 Rep 25.2% 25.0% $809 11.7% 7
33 Mercer County Pop 9,475 · 21% renters · 24% on rent · $801 · 16 cities 9,475 4.1 Rep 20.6% 24.0% $801 12.2% 16
34 Macon County Pop 89,708 · 20% renters · 25% on rent · $913 · 15 cities 89,708 4.1 Rep 20.2% 25.5% $913 8.6% 15
35 Vermilion County Pop 51,756 · 22% renters · 29% on rent · $848 · 19 cities 51,756 4.1 Rep 22.1% 28.8% $848 13.0% 19
36 Kankakee County Pop 80,280 · 25% renters · 24% on rent · $1,052 · 22 cities 80,280 4.1 Rep 24.8% 24.4% $1,052 11.0% 22
37 Union County Pop 8,169 · 29% renters · 28% on rent · $697 · 6 cities 8,169 4.1 Rep 28.7% 27.9% $697 20.5% 6
38 McLean County Pop 153,459 · 18% renters · 25% on rent · $1,010 · 20 cities 153,459 4.1 IND 18.3% 24.8% $1,010 13.4% 20
39 Jasper County Pop 3,827 · 17% renters · 24% on rent · $677 · 7 cities 3,827 4.0 Rep 17.0% 24.3% $677 25.8% 7
40 Putnam County Pop 5,504 · 22% renters · 26% on rent · $958 · 12 cities 5,504 4.0 Rep 22.5% 25.6% $958 10.6% 12
41 Marshall County Pop 8,216 · 25% renters · 28% on rent · $876 · 8 cities 8,216 4.0 Rep 24.8% 28.3% $876 15.1% 8
42 Perry County Pop 12,715 · 22% renters · 32% on rent · $716 · 8 cities 12,715 4.0 Rep 22.1% 32.0% $716 17.2% 8
43 Macoupin County Pop 26,785 · 20% renters · 27% on rent · $762 · 25 cities 26,785 4.0 Rep 19.8% 26.9% $762 15.4% 25
44 Marion County Pop 25,983 · 23% renters · 31% on rent · $732 · 13 cities 25,983 4.0 Rep 22.5% 30.6% $732 20.2% 13
45 Bond County Pop 10,913 · 19% renters · 24% on rent · $834 · 10 cities 10,913 4.0 Rep 18.9% 24.2% $834 23.1% 10
46 Clay County Pop 6,900 · 26% renters · 27% on rent · $662 · 6 cities 6,900 4.0 Rep 26.1% 26.9% $662 14.9% 6
47 Calhoun County Pop 1,446 · 23% renters · 15% on rent · $556 · 5 cities 1,446 4.0 Rep 22.6% 14.6% $556 15.1% 5
48 Ogle County Pop 29,211 · 21% renters · 25% on rent · $948 · 15 cities 29,211 4.0 Rep 21.3% 24.5% $948 10.8% 15
49 Pulaski County Pop 3,170 · 37% renters · 25% on rent · $644 · 7 cities 3,170 4.0 Rep 36.6% 24.6% $644 22.7% 7
50 Franklin County Pop 24,938 · 26% renters · 34% on rent · $824 · 15 cities 24,938 4.0 Rep 26.0% 34.4% $824 18.5% 15
51 Tazewell County Pop 106,594 · 22% renters · 26% on rent · $972 · 16 cities 106,594 4.0 Rep 22.4% 25.9% $972 10.5% 16
52 Henry County Pop 35,062 · 19% renters · 25% on rent · $848 · 19 cities 35,062 4.0 Rep 19.3% 25.5% $848 11.8% 19
53 Edwards County Pop 4,774 · 26% renters · 29% on rent · $693 · 6 cities 4,774 4.0 Rep 26.4% 29.3% $693 25.1% 6
54 Lawrence County Pop 8,842 · 26% renters · 26% on rent · $798 · 5 cities 8,842 3.9 Rep 25.5% 26.0% $798 21.8% 5
55 Carroll County Pop 11,049 · 21% renters · 24% on rent · $754 · 8 cities 11,049 3.9 Rep 20.7% 23.5% $754 11.4% 8
56 Piatt County Pop 11,693 · 18% renters · 23% on rent · $1,001 · 9 cities 11,693 3.9 Rep 17.8% 23.1% $1,001 9.5% 9
57 Edgar County Pop 12,496 · 23% renters · 24% on rent · $793 · 11 cities 12,496 3.9 Rep 23.0% 24.1% $793 13.9% 11
58 Montgomery County Pop 20,959 · 26% renters · 25% on rent · $747 · 17 cities 20,959 3.9 Rep 25.6% 24.7% $747 15.4% 17
59 Clark County Pop 8,021 · 19% renters · 32% on rent · $738 · 5 cities 8,021 3.9 Rep 19.2% 32.1% $738 13.4% 5
60 Hamilton County Pop 3,579 · 25% renters · 28% on rent · $637 · 5 cities 3,579 3.9 Rep 24.6% 28.1% $637 22.7% 5
61 Jefferson County Pop 18,919 · 26% renters · 24% on rent · $761 · 10 cities 18,919 3.9 Rep 26.1% 24.3% $761 16.0% 10
62 Massac County Pop 6,856 · 38% renters · 28% on rent · $783 · 3 cities 6,856 3.9 Rep 38.3% 27.6% $783 17.9% 3
63 Wabash County Pop 7,698 · 16% renters · 22% on rent · $798 · 4 cities 7,698 3.9 Rep 15.8% 22.4% $798 13.5% 4
64 Williamson County Pop 45,102 · 26% renters · 29% on rent · $840 · 16 cities 45,102 3.9 Rep 26.4% 29.0% $840 16.1% 16
65 Fayette County Pop 10,435 · 22% renters · 28% on rent · $770 · 10 cities 10,435 3.9 Rep 21.8% 27.6% $770 20.9% 10
66 Monroe County Pop 24,700 · 32% renters · 27% on rent · $979 · 10 cities 24,700 3.9 Rep 32.2% 27.0% $979 7.3% 10
67 Cass County Pop 9,626 · 26% renters · 24% on rent · $781 · 6 cities 9,626 3.9 Rep 26.2% 24.1% $781 11.0% 6
68 Pike County Pop 9,366 · 25% renters · 29% on rent · $659 · 12 cities 9,366 3.9 Rep 25.4% 28.8% $659 18.6% 12
69 Stark County Pop 4,653 · 17% renters · 27% on rent · $761 · 6 cities 4,653 3.9 Rep 16.8% 26.9% $761 15.4% 6
70 Morgan County Pop 25,896 · 21% renters · 25% on rent · $802 · 11 cities 25,896 3.9 Rep 21.2% 25.4% $802 8.8% 11
71 Logan County Pop 19,272 · 25% renters · 25% on rent · $909 · 13 cities 19,272 3.9 Rep 24.6% 25.2% $909 13.9% 13
72 Ford County Pop 10,864 · 24% renters · 33% on rent · $862 · 12 cities 10,864 3.9 Rep 24.2% 33.4% $862 18.2% 12
73 Menard County Pop 7,805 · 19% renters · 27% on rent · $855 · 7 cities 7,805 3.9 Rep 19.0% 27.3% $855 9.9% 7
74 Hancock County Pop 11,995 · 19% renters · 28% on rent · $755 · 16 cities 11,995 3.9 Rep 19.1% 27.8% $755 20.7% 16
75 Randolph County Pop 20,922 · 29% renters · 28% on rent · $790 · 13 cities 20,922 3.8 Rep 29.1% 28.1% $790 14.6% 13
76 Schuyler County Pop 3,706 · 19% renters · 29% on rent · $767 · 5 cities 3,706 3.8 Rep 19.5% 29.4% $767 12.3% 5
77 Brown County Pop 3,466 · 27% renters · 22% on rent · $632 · 6 cities 3,466 3.8 Rep 26.8% 22.4% $632 15.3% 6
78 Hardin County Pop 1,567 · 45% renters · 19% on rent · $390 · 3 cities 1,567 3.8 Rep 44.6% 18.5% $390 24.9% 3
79 Gallatin County Pop 3,254 · 24% renters · 25% on rent · $551 · 7 cities 3,254 3.8 Rep 24.2% 25.2% $551 21.9% 7
80 De Witt County Pop 10,718 · 23% renters · 28% on rent · $830 · 8 cities 10,718 3.8 Rep 23.3% 28.1% $830 9.6% 8
81 Saline County Pop 15,414 · 31% renters · 32% on rent · $672 · 7 cities 15,414 3.8 Rep 31.4% 31.7% $672 19.9% 7
82 Crawford County Pop 11,302 · 24% renters · 24% on rent · $733 · 8 cities 11,302 3.8 Rep 24.4% 24.1% $733 16.0% 8
83 Woodford County Pop 25,236 · 16% renters · 27% on rent · $988 · 19 cities 25,236 3.8 Rep 16.1% 26.8% $988 8.9% 19
84 Washington County Pop 7,239 · 15% renters · 25% on rent · $849 · 11 cities 7,239 3.8 Rep 14.5% 25.3% $849 10.4% 11
85 Iroquois County Pop 17,175 · 19% renters · 27% on rent · $851 · 19 cities 17,175 3.7 Rep 19.0% 26.8% $851 17.6% 19
86 Christian County Pop 23,620 · 19% renters · 22% on rent · $813 · 15 cities 23,620 3.7 Rep 19.1% 22.5% $813 11.7% 15
87 Livingston County Pop 24,802 · 21% renters · 22% on rent · $873 · 14 cities 24,802 3.7 Rep 20.6% 22.4% $873 12.6% 14
88 Richland County Pop 10,200 · 24% renters · 29% on rent · $758 · 7 cities 10,200 3.7 Rep 24.1% 28.6% $758 15.9% 7
89 White County Pop 7,937 · 30% renters · 31% on rent · $747 · 8 cities 7,937 3.7 Rep 29.8% 30.9% $747 22.0% 8
90 Clinton County Pop 22,714 · 21% renters · 24% on rent · $877 · 14 cities 22,714 3.7 Rep 21.0% 24.3% $877 8.0% 14
91 Greene County Pop 7,802 · 19% renters · 22% on rent · $802 · 7 cities 7,802 3.7 Rep 19.4% 22.5% $802 12.7% 7
92 Johnson County Pop 4,007 · 22% renters · 20% on rent · $853 · 7 cities 4,007 3.7 Rep 22.5% 19.8% $853 15.8% 7
93 Adams County Pop 46,550 · 26% renters · 27% on rent · $836 · 23 cities 46,550 3.7 Rep 26.0% 26.7% $836 11.7% 23
94 Douglas County Pop 12,752 · 19% renters · 24% on rent · $898 · 10 cities 12,752 3.7 Rep 18.5% 24.2% $898 9.4% 10
95 Moultrie County Pop 11,660 · 26% renters · 22% on rent · $887 · 11 cities 11,660 3.7 Rep 26.3% 22.2% $887 12.3% 11
96 Wayne County Pop 6,885 · 20% renters · 25% on rent · $676 · 9 cities 6,885 3.7 Rep 20.0% 25.2% $676 20.1% 9
97 Jersey County Pop 11,791 · 19% renters · 28% on rent · $963 · 8 cities 11,791 3.7 Rep 19.1% 28.1% $963 12.0% 8
98 Pope County Pop 755 · 59% renters · 18% on rent · $442 · 2 cities 755 3.7 Rep 58.8% 18.2% $442 19.8% 2
99 Shelby County Pop 9,707 · 27% renters · 21% on rent · $798 · 9 cities 9,707 3.6 Rep 27.3% 20.6% $798 24.3% 9
100 Scott County Pop 3,989 · 25% renters · 20% on rent · $798 · 16 cities 3,989 3.6 Rep 25.3% 19.8% $798 14.1% 16
101 Cumberland County Pop 5,108 · 24% renters · 26% on rent · $770 · 7 cities 5,108 3.6 Rep 23.9% 26.5% $770 14.0% 7
102 Effingham County Pop 19,794 · 22% renters · 28% on rent · $733 · 10 cities 19,794 3.6 Rep 21.6% 27.6% $733 14.1% 10

Understanding county eviction risk in Illinois

Illinois's 102 counties span eviction-risk scores from 3.6 in Effingham County to 4.9 in Cook County , a 1.3-point gap that captures how unevenly rent burdens, renter populations, and local tenant politics are distributed across the state. The statewide average sits at 4.1/10 (Moderate), but that single figure hides far more than it reveals, the table above scores every county on the same 1–10 scale so you can see exactly where landlord exposure concentrates.

The counties carrying the most eviction risk, Cook County, Jackson County, Whiteside County, are Illinois's denser, higher-cost markets. In Mason County, renters spend an average of 35% of household income on rent, and 27% of its homes are renter-occupied, the cost pressure that pushes filings up and pulls tenant-protection ordinances into local politics. Larger metros also concentrate the legal-aid networks and renter-organizing capacity that lift a county's score above the rural baseline.

At the other end of the table, Effingham County, Cumberland County, Scott County score lowest. These tend to be smaller, more rural counties where homeownership is the norm, rent-to-income ratios run lower, and local rent-control or just-cause ordinances are rare or state-preempted. Evictions still happen there, but the structural pressure that drives a high score (heavy rent burden, a large renter majority, organized tenant advocacy) is simply weaker.

Each county score is a population-weighted aggregate of every city scored inside it, so a county with one expensive urban core and a dozen quiet suburbs lands somewhere in between. Click any county row to drill into its cities ranked one by one, a zoomed heat map, and a full breakdown of rent burden, renter share, poverty rate, and political margin. For the statutes that apply statewide regardless of county, notice periods, security-deposit caps, just-cause and rent-control rules, see the Illinois state overview.

Landlord guides for Illinois

State-specific playbooks
Illinois Eviction Costs →
Filing fees, attorney fees, lost rent, sheriff lockout
Illinois Eviction Process →
Step-by-step timeline, notices, statute cites
Illinois Rent Control →
Statewide caps, local ordinances, just-cause
Illinois Tenant Screening →
Five-point protocol, legal rules, protected classes
Illinois Tenant Protections →
Just cause, retaliation, habitability, entry

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