Rent information is provided to help illustrate that back rent sought in eviction cases is generally around 2 months rent.

Median Rent from American Community Survey 5-Year Data presented with eviction filing rate. Select "2010" to display ACS 5-Year (2006-2010) and 2010 filing rate, "2018" for ACS 5-Year (2014-2018) and 2018 filing rate, or "Avg" to display overtime averages (this is the default display).

Tract ACS 5-year (2006-2010) ACS 5-year (2014-2018) Tract Notes
Tract 7608.01 $989 $1171 Tract 7608.01
Tract 7608.02 $1045 $1056 Tract 7608.02
Tract 7608.03 $931 $1060 Tract 7608.03
Tract 7705.00 $770 $1003 Tract 7705.00 O'Hare Airport
Tract 7706.02 $799 $973 Tract 7706.02 O'Hare Airport
Tract 7707.00 $770 $957 Tract 7707.00 O'Hare Airport
Tract 7708.00 $896 $1151 Tract 7708.00 O'Hare Airport
Tract 7709.02 $842 $979 Tract 7709.02 About 8% housing and 6% population
Tract 9800.00 $0 $0 Tract 9800.00 O'Hare Airport

O'Hare contains partial census tracts. Census tracts are presented with their full values as reported by the US Census Bureau. The percentages noted are for informational purposes only.

From the American Community Survey "Median Rent" variable from "Gross Rent" (table DP04). For more information, read our methodology.