Key takeaway: A one-bedroom in Rogers Park rents for about $1,450 to $1,550 a month in fall 2026, two-bedrooms about $2,000, and the neighborhood has four Red Line stations and 10 free Park District beaches.
Rogers Park is Chicago’s northeast corner, from Devon Avenue to the Evanston border, with Loyola University’s lakefront campus at its south end. It’s one of the best-priced lakefront neighborhoods in the city. Its typical one-bedroom, about $1,550 a month, runs about $529 below the citywide typical of $2,079 (Zillow, September 2026), the 38th highest of the 92 areas in our neighborhood comparison.
| Typical one-bedroom | $1,550 a month |
| Typical two-bedroom | $2,000 a month |
| Income for your own one-bedroom | About $62,000 a year |
| L lines | Red, Purple, Yellow |
| Metra | Union Pacific North |
| Part of the city | North Side |
On this page: Rent · Getting around · Groceries · Free beaches · Parking · Taxes and home prices · New housing · Sample budget
Rent by apartment size
| Unit | Zumper (avg., Oct 2026) | RentHop (Oct 2026) | RentCafe (avg., Sep 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,300 | $1,364 | $1,255 |
| 1 bedroom | $1,550 | $1,450 | $1,506 |
| 2 bedrooms | $2,000 | $1,995 | $1,985 |
| 3 bedrooms | $2,517 | $2,495 | n/a |
Source: Zumper Rogers Park rent research, updated October 24, 2026; RentHop Rogers Park; RentCafe Rogers Park, updated September 30, 2026. The three sources are unusually close here. Sources differ because they track different listings; see why rent reports disagree.
Getting around
- L: Red Line at Loyola, Morse, Jarvis and Howard. Howard is also the end of the Purple Line and the Yellow Line to Skokie. From the City of Chicago’s list of L stops.
- Metra: Rogers Park station on the Union Pacific North Line, at Lunt and Ravenswood, is Zone 2: $3.75 one way or $75 a month (Metra fares). See Metra fares.
- Buses: #22 Clark, #151 Sheridan, #155 Devon and the #147 express on Lake Shore Drive, which starts at Howard.
A 30-day CTA pass is $75 (CTA).
Groceries nearby
| Store | Address |
|---|---|
| Jewel-Osco Howard | 1763 W. Howard St. |
| Target Rogers Park | 6422 N. Sheridan Rd. |
| ALDI (just south, Edgewater) | 6221 N. Broadway |
| ALDI (just west, West Ridge) | 6220 N. California Ave. |
| Mariano’s Edgewater (south) | 5201 N. Sheridan Rd. |
Source: each store’s own location page or locator, checked October 25, 2026. See our Chicago grocery guide.
Free beaches
Admission to Chicago’s beaches is free (Chicago Park District), and Rogers Park has more of them than any other neighborhood: Hartigan, Helen Doria, Howard, Juneway, Leone, Loyola, Marion Mahony Griffin, North Shore, Rogers and Tobey Prinz, most at the east end of a residential street. Lifeguards are on duty from the Friday before Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Parking
If you will have a car, check your block with the City Clerk’s zone lookup before you sign a lease. Adding a residential permit zone to your City Sticker costs $25 to $35 a year, on top of the $105.18 passenger-car sticker; our parking guide covers guest passes, meters and garages.
Property taxes and home prices
The Assessor’s 2024 report put Rogers Park median sale prices at $216,000 for a condo, $520,000 for a single-family home and $675,000 for a two-to-six-unit building (Cook County Assessor, 2024 Chicago report). That makes a Rogers Park condo one of the lowest-cost ways to own near the lake. Citywide, the median Chicago homeowner bill for tax year 2025, mailed in August 2026, was $4,597, up 3.2% (Cook County Treasurer).
Commercial strips along Howard Street and Clark Street are in special service areas (SSA 19 and SSA 24), which add a small levy on properties inside them (City SSA map). For how bills are set and how to appeal, see our property tax guide.
New housing
The Plan Commission approved redeveloping the Werner Bros. building at 7603 N. Paulina St. into 80 affordable apartments, with completion expected in February 2028 if city and state funding is approved (Chicago YIMBY).
Rogers Park cost of living: a sample monthly budget
| Setup | Rent | CTA pass | Income needed at 30% rent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your own one-bedroom | $1,550 | $75 | $62,000 |
| Half of a two-bedroom | $1,000 | $75 | $40,000 |
| Your own two-bedroom | $2,000 | $75 | $80,000 |
Source: our calculation from the Zumper averages above. Income needed is monthly rent times 12, divided by 0.30. For a fuller answer that includes taxes and the rest of your budget, try our Chicago salary calculator, and see Chicago move-in costs for what you’ll pay up front.
Compare every neighborhood side by side in our Chicago neighborhood cost comparison, or work out your own number with our salary calculator. More North Side neighborhood profiles: Andersonville, DePaul and Sheffield, Edgewater, Lakeview, Lakeview East and Northalsted, Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square, North Center, North Park, Ravenswood, Roscoe Village, Uptown, West Ridge and Wrigleyville.
Costs that apply in every neighborhood: property tax bills, closing costs and condo fees, water, sewer and garbage fees, ComEd and Peoples Gas, CTA fares, parking, average salaries by job and our Chicago cost index.
Sources
- Zumper: Rogers Park rent
- RentHop: Rogers Park rent
- RentCafe: Rogers Park rent
- Rogers Park Metra station
- Metra fare table
- Chicago Park District: beaches
- City of Chicago: SSA map
- Chicago YIMBY: Werner Bros. redevelopment
- City of Chicago: list of L stops
- CTA fares
- City Clerk: City Sticker prices
- City Clerk: residential zone parking
- Cook County Assessor: 2024 Chicago report
- Cook County Treasurer: tax year 2025 analysis