BY THE NUMBERS
CHICAGO—The pace of growth in renter households is much stronger in many suburban areas than their respective urban cores, according to a new study of census data by RENTCafé. Suburban Chicago, for example, gained 57,600 new renter households by 2015, up 12% from 2011. Meanwhile, the city saw the addition of only 37,000 renter households over the same period, or half the growth rate. And even though renting is still more common in principal cities than in adjacent suburbs, in Chicagoland, that gap is narrowing. RENTCafé found that 56% of renters are living in urban areas while 44% call the suburbs home.
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
