Attached garage and carport cost in Chicago: what owners paid (2023 survey)
Chicago owners paid a median $39,610 for an attached garage or carport: $35,010 above the U.S. median, the highest of 3 big metros (Census Bureau, 2023).
What Chicago owners paid
$39,610
This is historical spending: work done in about 2021 to 2023 on owner-occupied homes, reported in the 2023 survey.
Margin of error ±$12,520: at 90% confidence the Chicago median lies between $27,090 and $52,130.
How Chicago compares
- U.S. median, same work
- $4,600
- Rank, highest first
- 1 of 3
Chicago: $39,610. The highest of the big metros.
12 of the 15 metros have no published figure for this work, so the rank counts the other 3.
- Chicago$39,610
- Miami$5,500
- Phoenix$5,000
No published figure: Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Riverside, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC.
What it covers
Building or replacing an attached garage or carport. Detached garages are counted with sheds.
The Census category is “Attached garage/carport” within “Exterior Additions and Replacements”: what Chicago-area homeowners told the Census Bureau they paid, every size of job together.
Before you compare quotes
Ask every contractor to price the same scope, in writing. Is the scope open or enclosed, and are slab, doors and electrical work included?
Measure your job with the material calculator. Then put the quotes in your project budget worksheet to see each one's scope beside its price.