Electric companies in DeKalb County, Illinois

Q: DeKalb County, IL: what do homes pay for electricity?

No single price in DeKalb County, IL: 1 utility deliver power and homes pick a plan. Illinois average 15.87 cents per kWh, $110 a month at 693 kWh.

Q: DeKalb County, IL: how many homes heat with electricity?

DeKalb County, IL: 8,847 of 39,314 occupied homes, 22.5%, rank 50 of 102.

Q: DeKalb County, IL: median household income?

$69,022 in DeKalb County, IL, rank 39 of 102; 100,512 residents, 39,314 households.

Q: DeKalb County, IL: outage-linked storms since 2015?

DeKalb County, IL: 180 NWS events, peak year 2025.

Q: DeKalb County, IL: flood insurance claims since 2015?

DeKalb County, IL: 6 NFIP flood claims, $45K paid, 0.2 per 1,000 homes, 0.5% of homes insured.

Q: How old are the homes in DeKalb County, IL?

DeKalb County, IL: median home built 1978; 52.6% predate 1980, 57.4% detached, 22.0% in 5+ unit buildings.

Q: DeKalb County, IL: share of income for energy?

DeKalb County, IL homes spend $1,126 a year on electricity, $2,259 on all energy: 2.8% of $81,162; 7.7% for lower incomes.

DeKalb County, IL ranks 4th of 102 Illinois counties for the lowest yearly electricity cost per home ($1,126). DeKalb County, IL has 100,512 residents. DeKalb County, IL: 1 utility listed by EIA.

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DeKalb County, IL on the map

DeKalb County, IL darker: more storm events

Electric utilities in DeKalb County, IL

Utility listed for DeKalb County, IL	Type	Home accounts in Illinois
Commonwealth Edison Co in DeKalb County, IL	Investor Owned	3,727,675

Plans from retail suppliers are not in public data, so no plan prices are shown. The listed utilities deliver the power, and which one serves your street depends on the address.

Cost of living with electricity in DeKalb County, IL

DeKalb County, IL: electricity $1,126 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,259, 2.8% of $81,162 income. 39,139 households in DeKalb County, IL spend about $44.1 million a year on electricity and $88.4 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in DeKalb County, IL ($19,752 a year) spend 7.7% of income, 2.8 times the all-home figure.

Energy burden in DeKalb County, IL

% of income on energy, DeKalb County, IL

All households2.8
Lower income7.7
Owners2.6
Renters3.7
Illinois counties2.3

DeKalb County, IL home energy cost by household group
DeKalb County, IL	Homes	Income	Power	Gas	Other	Burden
DeKalb County, IL, all households	39,139	$81,162	$1,126	$1,102	$31	2.8%
DeKalb County, IL, lower income	12,841	$19,752	$826	$695	$6	7.7%
DeKalb County, IL, owners	23,489	$112,547	$1,390	$1,488	$49	2.6%
DeKalb County, IL, renters	15,650	$34,055	$730	$524	$3	3.7%

ZIP codes in DeKalb County, IL

60111
60112
60115
60129
60135
60145
60146
60150
60151
60178
60518
60520
60530
60531
60548
60550
60552
60556

Facts about DeKalb County, IL

Residents of DeKalb County, IL, ACS 2023: 100,51220 of 102 Illinois counties
Households in DeKalb County, IL: 39,3142.56 people each
Owner-occupied homes in DeKalb County, IL: 60.9%23,927 owner and 15,387 renter households
Median household income in DeKalb County, IL: $69,02239 of 102 Illinois counties
Housing units in DeKalb County, IL: 41,4992,185 vacant or seasonal, 5.3% of the units
Homes heated by electricity in DeKalb County, IL: 22.5%8,847 homes, 50 of 102 Illinois counties
Utilities listed for DeKalb County, IL: 11 with a home price: Commonwealth Edison Co
ZIP areas touching DeKalb County, IL: 1860111 to 60556
Outage-linked storm events in DeKalb County, IL: 180NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025
Homes built before 1980 in DeKalb County, IL: 52.6%median year built 1978
Flood claims in DeKalb County, IL: 6NFIP 2015 to 2025, $45K paid
Home energy burden in DeKalb County, IL: 2.8%$1,126 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in DeKalb County, IL

DeKalb County, IL has no price series of its own. DeKalb County, IL: the Illinois average was 12.50 ¢/kWh in 2015. DeKalb County, IL: 15.87 ¢ in 2024, 27% up. DeKalb County, IL: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

DeKalb County, IL: a 693 kWh month at the Illinois price. DeKalb County, IL: $87 in 2015, $110 in 2024. DeKalb County, IL: $1,320 a year, 1.9% of the $69,022 median income.

DeKalb: 10 yearly prices

Year	Illinois average	DeKalb: Gap to U.S. average
2015, DeKalb	12.50	-0.15
2016, DeKalb	12.54	-0.01
2017, DeKalb	12.95	+0.06
2018, DeKalb	12.77	-0.10
2019, DeKalb	13.03	+0.02
2020, DeKalb	13.04	-0.11
2021, DeKalb	13.18	-0.48
2022, DeKalb	15.65	+0.61
2023, DeKalb	15.71	-0.29
2024, DeKalb	15.87	-0.61

DeKalb County, IL: EIA-861 home prices, 2015 to 2024, not a DeKalb County, IL price.

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Housing and heating in DeKalb County, IL

DeKalb County, IL: 21,808 of 41,499 homes were built before 1980 and 10,644 in 2000 or later. DeKalb County, IL has 23,805 detached houses, 9,111 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 904 mobile homes, and 15,387 of 39,314 households rent.

Age of homes in DeKalb County, IL

% of homes by decade built, DeKalb County, IL

16pre-40
340s
750s
1160s
1570s
880s
1490s
2200s
310s
020+

Heating fuel in DeKalb County, IL

% of homes by main fuel, DeKalb County

Utility gas70.3
Electricity22.5
Propane6.0

DeKalb County, IL housing against Illinois counties
DeKalb County, IL	Value	State median	Gap	Rank (1 = highest)
DeKalb County, IL, median year built	1978	1969	+9 years	14 of 102
DeKalb County, IL, built before 1980	52.6%	66.6%	-14.1 points	89 of 102
DeKalb County, IL, built 2000 or later	25.6%	14.2%	+11.5 points	10 of 102
DeKalb County, IL, detached houses	57.4%	78.6%	-21.2 points	99 of 102
DeKalb County, IL, apartments in 5+ unit buildings	22.0%	5.4%	+16.6 points	5 of 102
DeKalb County, IL, mobile homes	2.2%	5.6%	-3.4 points	89 of 102
DeKalb County, IL, renter households	39.1%	23.2%	+16.0 points	5 of 102
DeKalb County, IL, median home value	$231,900	$126,000	+$105,900	10 of 102
DeKalb County, IL, median gross rent a month	$1,041	$793	+$248	10 of 102
DeKalb County, IL, people per household	2.44	2.35	+0.09	30 of 102

Outage risk in DeKalb County, IL

DeKalb County, IL, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 180 in all, 179.1 per 100,000 residents of 100,512, rank 16 of 102 Illinois counties. Property damage in DeKalb County, IL: $8.0M, with 13 direct injuries or deaths.

Events by year in DeKalb County, IL

events a year, DeKalb County, IL

5'15
4'16
12'17
10'18
8'19
24'20
24'21
13'22
19'23
24'24
37'25

Events by type

events by type, DeKalb County, IL

Thunderstorm and high wind138
Winter storm and heavy snow16
Tornado16
Heat wave7
Ice storm3

DeKalb County, IL outage-linked hazards
DeKalb County, IL	FEMA	Score	Rank	Events	Peak	Damage
DeKalb County, IL, thunderstorm and high wind	Relatively Moderate	79.1	38 of 102	138	2025 (33)	$18K
DeKalb County, IL, tornado	Relatively Moderate	88.1	17 of 102	16	2021 (6)	$8.0M
DeKalb County, IL, hurricane and tropical storm	Very Low	19.6	70 of 102	0	none	$0
DeKalb County, IL, ice storm	Relatively Moderate	60.1	34 of 102	3	2019 (2)	$0
DeKalb County, IL, winter storm and heavy snow	Relatively Low	32.7	75 of 102	16	2021 (3)	$0
DeKalb County, IL, heat wave	Relatively Low	59.0	65 of 102	7	2022 (2)	$0

Flood claims and flood insurance in DeKalb County, IL

DeKalb County, IL: 6 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $45K paid.

152 of 30,780 residential structures in DeKalb County, IL carry an NFIP contract. 168 NFIP policies of any type were in force in DeKalb County, IL on 8 Sep 2026. DeKalb County, IL lists 29 repetitive-loss properties, 5 of them severe repetitive loss.

DeKalb County, IL: claims history, not an outage count.

DeKalb County, IL flood claims and flood insurance
DeKalb County, IL	Value	Median county	Rank (1 = highest)
DeKalb County, IL, claims 2015-2025	6	—	55 of 61
DeKalb County, IL, paid 2015-2025	$45K	—	58 of 61
DeKalb County, IL, median paid claim	<5	—	—
DeKalb County, IL, claims per 1,000 homes	0.2	1.1	60 of 61
DeKalb County, IL, homes with flood insurance	0.5%	0.3%	39 of 99
DeKalb County, IL, policies in force	168	—	—
DeKalb County, IL, repetitive-loss properties	29	—	—

DeKalb County, IL: OpenFEMA NFIP, claims as of 8 Sep 2026, insured share as of 3 Aug 2026; counts under 5 are hidden.

DeKalb County, IL: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in DeKalb County, IL

DeKalb County, IL totals 6,588 heating degree days and 749 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, DeKalb County, IL is the 8th coldest of 102 counties in Illinois: 6,588 against a median of 5,457. For cooling, DeKalb County, IL is the 96th hottest: 749 against a median of 1,112.

DeKalb County, IL is a cold-winter county, with 5,839 more heating than cooling degree days.

DeKalb County, IL: 6,291 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 6,588 on the normal, 5% under.

In DeKalb County, IL, 22.5% of 39,314 homes heat with electricity; the other 77.5% use another main heating fuel.

DeKalb County, IL

Heating degree days, 6,588 vs 5,457121
Cooling degree days, 749 vs 1,11267
Electric heat, 22.5% vs 22.2%101
IL median county100

DeKalb County, IL: degree days, electric heat
DeKalb County, IL	Value	IL median county	DeKalb County, IL, rank (1 = highest)
DeKalb County, IL, heating degree days, 1991-2020 normal	6,588	5,457	8 of 102
DeKalb County, IL, heating degree days, 2016-2025 mean	6,291	5,201	7 of 102
DeKalb County, IL, cooling degree days, 1991-2020 normal	749	1,112	96 of 102
DeKalb County, IL, cooling degree days, 2016-2025 mean	827	1,200	97 of 102
DeKalb County, IL, electric heating, ACS 2019-2023	22.5%	22.2%	50 of 102

DeKalb County, IL: ACS B25040, 39,314 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Analyst note on DeKalb County, IL

DeKalb County, IL touches 18 ZIP areas, 60111 to 60556, about 5,584 residents each. DeKalb County, IL counts 100,512 residents in 39,314 households. Household income in DeKalb County, IL is $69,022; 23,927 of its 39,314 households own.

8,847 of the 39,314 homes in DeKalb County, IL heat with electricity. DeKalb County, IL has 41,499 housing units, 2,185 (5.3%) vacant or seasonal, and 15,387 rented homes. DeKalb County, IL logged 180 storm events for its 100,512 residents.

The median home in DeKalb County, IL dates from 1978. Homes in DeKalb County, IL pay $1,126 a year for electricity.

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Compare DeKalb County, IL with its neighbours

Kane County sits 20 miles east of DeKalb County, IL, with 516,097 residents against 100,512 there, 335 storm events against 180, median home built 1984 against 1978, energy burden 2.2% against 2.8%, income $100,678 against $69,022.
Boone County sits 29 miles north of DeKalb County, IL, with 53,316 residents against 100,512 there, 86 storm events against 180, median home built 1981 against 1978, energy burden 2.8% against 2.8%, income $81,638 against $69,022.
Kendall County sits 26 miles southeast of DeKalb County, IL, with 135,053 residents against 100,512 there, 119 storm events against 180, median home built 2001 against 1978, energy burden 2.3% against 2.8%, income $110,474 against $69,022.
McHenry County sits 35 miles northeast of DeKalb County, IL, with 311,366 residents against 100,512 there, 212 storm events against 180, median home built 1989 against 1978, energy burden 2.2% against 2.8%, income $102,836 against $69,022.
LaSalle County sits 39 miles south of DeKalb County, IL, with 109,049 residents against 100,512 there, 186 storm events against 180, median home built 1963 against 1978, energy burden 3.2% against 2.8%, income $72,281 against $69,022.

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Questions on DeKalb County, IL

DeKalb County, IL: what do homes pay for electricity?