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Arbury HillsIL

A town of 1,519.

Is Arbury Hills a good place to live?

Arbury Hills’ best subject grades are an A for incomes and schools and an A− for health; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. Only 20 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on history. Arbury Hills has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

A commuter town

99% of working residents leave Arbury Hills for work

Where Arbury Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

15% → Chicago Chicago 15% 6% → Mokena Mokena 6% 6% → Tinley Park Tinley Park 6% 5% → Frankfort Frankfort 5% 4% → Orland Park Orland Park 4% 3% → Joliet Joliet 3% Arbury Hills · 1% stay
57jobs based in Arbury Hills
1%of working residents work in town
16 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Arbury Hills grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Arbury Hills is from typical.

How grading works

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Nearby attractions

Soldier Field and 149 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Arbury Hills. Close and well known come first.

All 165 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Soldier 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

Getting set up

Moving to Arbury Hills: who provides what

Arbury Hills is unincorporated, so Will County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerCommonwealth Edison17.7¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterIl American-Arbury water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesWill CountyWill County provides services here
SchoolsLincoln Way Community High School District 210Summit Hill School District 1612 districts serve Arbury Hills; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Illinois you can register online until 16 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereWill County ClerkWill County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2025
ZIP code6044860448 100%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Arbury Hills.

HealthA−

On CDC estimates, Arbury Hills is healthier than 79% of U.S. towns

37% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Arbury Hills. CDC measures, 32 in all: Arbury Hills beats Illinois on 13 and trails on 1. Two figures for adults here: 29% have high blood pressure, 8.8% have diabetes.

79%healthier than U.S. townsA−Health Grade
Arbury HillsIllinois townsU.S. towns
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)21%18%16%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)29%35%35%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)8.8%11%12%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)11%13%14%
32 measures vs. Illinois
13 better18 too close to call1 worse
What stands outArbury HillsIL
Fewer adults facing food insecurity10.1%15.9%
Fewer uninsured adults6.9%9.9%
More binge drinkers21.2%17.8%
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago Heights
6.9 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade A

Arbury Hills stands out in Illinois and nationally, with fewer of its working residents who work locally

The top destinations are Chicago (15%), Mokena (6%) and Tinley Park (6%). Arbury Hills’ income of the median household stands at $99,000, above both the Illinois town median ($83,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000); by contrast, among residents here, 4.1% live below the poverty line. Half commute less than 16 miles.

1%work in town
Arbury HillsIllinois townsU.S. towns
Below the poverty line4.1%8.4%9.6%
Working residents who work in town0.6%8.3%8%
Median household income$99,000$83,000$80,000
Average trip to work24 minutes26 minutes25 minutes

Where working residents work

In Arbury Hills1%
Chicago15%
Mokena6%
Tinley Park6%
Frankfort5%
16 mi
median commute distance
57
jobs based in Arbury Hills
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B+
Walkability grade: more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Four seasons and pleasant summers in Arbury Hills

Arbury Hills’ midsummer high stands at 84°F, where Illinois’ towns sit at 84°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.

28″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter20–35°
Spring39–60°
Summer62–82°
Fall43–63°
Oct 20
typical first frost
Apr 23
typical last frost
+1.2°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B

Top of a moderate hazard risk in Arbury Hills: inland flooding

Of the losses FEMA expects in Arbury Hills, 53% come from inland flooding and 23% from cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in nearly three fifths of U.S. communities.

41risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
41Moderate riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

1
homes sold in April

Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Arbury Hills

15pages on Arbury Hills
After high school

Colleges nearby

10 within 15 miles of the center of Arbury Hills

About Arbury Hills

Place in Illinois, United States

Arbury Hills is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Will County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Arbury Hills had a population of 1,132.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Arbury Hills’s neighbors

One town shares a border with Arbury Hills.

Explore the map →
How the neighbors grade
TownIL rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Arbury Hills——C−—AA−
Mokena#69ACA−AA−

Arbury Hills has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Arbury Hills reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Arbury Hills with a neighbor →

Questions about Arbury Hills

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Arbury Hills, IL expensive?

Yes. The typical home is worth about $230,000, 22% below the Illinois typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.