Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in DuPage County, IL

Discover affordable housing in DuPage County where there are 75+ housing opportunities based on income and household needs like accessible units for seniors or persons with disabilities. Find and apply to these low income apartments now.

Fox Shore Apartments

430 N River St, Aurora, Illinois 60506

Edwin F Diecke Home

1005 E Division St, Lombard, Illinois 60148

Villagebrook Apartments

278 E Saint Charles Rd, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188

Harbor Village Apartments

1360 S 4th St, Aurora, Illinois 60505

Bradford Court Apartments

930 W College Blvd, Addison, Illinois 60101

Colony Park Apartments

550 E Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188

Carroll Towers

200 N 2nd St, Saint Charles, Illinois 60174

Forest Apartments

520 Forest Ave, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137

Greenleaf

502 Kildeer Dr, Bolingbrook, Illinois 60440

Aurora St. Charles

400 E New York Ave, Aurora, Illinois 60505

Town and Country Apartments

700 W Forest Ave, West Chicago, Illinois 60185

Pershing Pointe

520 Pershing Ave, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137

Warrenville Horizon

28W620 Batavia Rd., Warrenville, Illinois 60555

Coulter Court Residences

104 E Downer Pl, Aurora, Illinois 60505

Forest Ridge Apartments

1217 2nd Ave, Aurora, Illinois 60605

Bloomingdale Horizon Senior Living Comm.

160 W Lake St, Bloomingdale, Illinois 60108

Covered Bridges

637 Burns St, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188

Eastwood

1644 Grove Street, Aurora, Illinois 60505

Southwind

1223 Pearl Street, Aurora, Illinois 60505

Centennial House

1630 W. Plum Street, Aurora, Illinois 60506

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In DuPage County, Illinois
$32.46/hour
$18.46 (+132%) more than Illinois minimum wage and $25.21 (+348%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve DuPage County, Illinois?

Public Housing Agencies operate federally assisted affordable housing programs at local levels on behalf of HUD. Notably, housing agencies are responsible for managing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher waiting lists within their jurisdiction.

Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Family Self-Sufficiency, Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH), Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV), Homeownership programs for DuPage County, Illinois.

Go to the Illinois Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near DuPage County.

How many renters live in DuPage County, Illinois?

The County of DuPage County has 920,901 people living in 351,021 households.

There are 186,569 renters living in 87,965 renter households in this County. Renters make up 20.26 percent of the population living in DuPage County.

What is the rental market like in DuPage County, Illinois?

There are an estimated 367,206 housing units in the DuPage County area. Of these, 94,105 units are rental homes, making up 26 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in DuPage County, Illinois, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in DuPage County?

The rental vacancy rate in DuPage County is 5 percent. This is a lower than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are low there are fewer available units. Rents tend to be higher as more people compete for scarce housing.

How many rental units are in DuPage County for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in DuPage County
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
4,003 31,607 38,082 10,178 3,190
Occupied Rental Units by Size in DuPage County

A large number of apartments in DuPage County have two or fewer bedrooms. Seniors and young professionals especially may have more success finding an apartment that meets their needs.

How many renter households in DuPage County are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 45 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 21 percent of households are extremely rent overburdened. When renters pay too much for their housing, it leaves little money for other necessities like food, clothes, or medicine.

The federal government says that renters are cost-burdened if they pay more than a third of their monthly income for rent and utilities.

How Much Is Rent in DuPage County

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $1,399 to $2,583. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $1,399
One BR $1,507
Two BR $1,714
Three BR $2,182
Four BR $2,583
2024 Fair Market Rents in DuPage County, Illinois

How many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in DuPage County?

Renters with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher must select a home that is at or below the area’s Fair Market Rent. Markets with a large share of units above FMR tend to have longer search times to find a qualified unit, while those with a large share of units below FMR tend to have more choices and shorter search times. The share below FMR can vary by size of unit, as shown in the table below.

These are the approximate number of units renting below the FMR in this market:

Unit Size Count of Units Below FMR Percentage of Total Units Below FMR
Studio 2,519 63 percent
One BR 21,388 68 percent
Two BR 16,653 44 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in DuPage County, Illinois

How many affordable rental units are in DuPage County?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in DuPage County, Illinois including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 2,782
Public Housing 8
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 2,670
Section 236 Rental Assistance 42
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 214
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities 12
Tracked Units by Federal Program in DuPage County, Illinois

Rental units may be funded in part by multiple federal programs.

Income Based Apartments in DuPage County, Illinois

DuPage County features 4,955 income based apartments. Tenants of income based apartments typically pay no more than 30% of their income towards rent and utilities.

Low Rent Apartments in DuPage County, Illinois

There are 3,275 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in DuPage County.

Housing Choice Vouchers in DuPage County, Illinois

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay DuPage County landlords $1,100 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $400 towards rent in DuPage County.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in DuPage County, Illinois for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,543 and $1,885.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.