Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Alsip grades C− overall, 666th of 767 graded towns in Illinois, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. It is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. On the other side, FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 75% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Alsip’s property offense rate is 26.7 per 1,000 residents, against 7.9 in Illinois’ towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns. On safety, just 35 of Illinois’ 405 towns do worse. Burr Oak Cemetery Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Alsip beats most towns.
Where Alsip’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Alsip is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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Census counts: 327 in 1930, 19,063 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 1955 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Alsip. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw11 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw16 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Alsip, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Alsip.
Alsip draws workers from Chicago and beyond and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
13,154 jobs are based in Alsip, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Alsip’s typical journey to work stands at 30 minutes. Most working residents leave Alsip for work: only 6% work in town. 12% of residents live below the poverty line in the town. The top destinations are Chicago (33%), Oak Lawn (4%) and Orland Park (2%).
| Alsip | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.3% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Alsip, the level of violent crime is 2.8 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Alsip has had 10 paid flood insurance claims since 1979. Expected losses in Alsip break down as 63% from inland flooding and 18% from cold waves. Federal aid has come to Alsip households in 8 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 17°, and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 10,148 U.S. towns with household incomes like Alsip’s, it is healthier than 84%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
On the CDC’s 32 measures, Alsip is ahead of Illinois on 1 and behind on 5. In Alsip, 21% of adults worry about having enough food. Among adults in the town, 35% feel lonely and 19% binge drink.
| Alsip | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Alsip | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.9% | 7.6% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 17.4% | 13.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.0 miles of trail wind through 15 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Commissioners Park, at 36 acres. Alsip’s concentration of trails comes in at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Alsip | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.1% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Commissioners Park | 0.9 mi | 36 |
| 2. Prairie Ball Diamonds | — | 16 |
| 3. Sears Park | — | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On the market in Alsip: a median 56 days to sell. Values rose 5.8% in the 12 months to September 2026. For households in the town, the share who live in a home they own is 64%.
| Alsip | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,140 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
28 within 15 miles of the center of Alsip
About 6 of every 100 Alsip residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Alsip is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 19,063 at the 2020 census. It is a south suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. Alsip was settled in the 1830s by German and Dutch farmers. The village is named after Frank Alsip, the owner of a brickyard that opened there in 1885. The village began to grow after the Tri-State Tollway was built there in 1959.
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5 towns share a border with Alsip.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alsip | #666 | C− | C+ | C− | C− | B |
| Blue Island | #707 | D | B− | C− | C− | C+ |
| Oak Lawn | #502 | B− | C | B− | C+ | A− |
| Crestwood | #596 | C | B− | C | C− | B+ |
| Worth Township | #531 | C+ | C | — | C | B+ |
| Chicago | #676 | C− | C− | D | C | B+ |
Worth Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Alsip with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Alsip grades C− overall, better than 18% of U.S. towns and #666 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B for health, C− for safety and C− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 3 years of the area's median household income ($90,887 across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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