Boulder HillIL
A town of 8,989.
Is Boulder Hill a good place to live?
Boulder Hill grades C+ overall, 551st of 767 graded towns in Illinois, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. On the other side, homes are expensive, about $239K for a typical one and 2.6 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. It also does better than most on schools: its public schools beat 72% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. Only 59 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on history. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. Only 8 of the 768 Illinois towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Boulder Hill.
99% of working residents leave Boulder Hill for work
Where Boulder Hill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Boulder Hill grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Boulder Hill is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Soldier Field and 147 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Boulder Hill. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw39 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw38 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearPhoto 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
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Moving to Boulder Hill: who provides what
Boulder Hill is unincorporated, so Kendall County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Boulder Hill.
Most working residents commute out of Boulder Hill
Boulder Hill has 230 jobs for its 4,939 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Boulder Hill for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Boulder Hill grew to 230 in 2023, 118 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Aurora (11%), Chicago (11%) and Naperville (7%).
| Boulder Hill | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.8% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Boulder Hill has four seasons and pleasant summers
Boulder Hill has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 15° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Boulder Hill is healthier than 65% of U.S. towns
Boulder Hill beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 41% of adults have obesity in Boulder Hill, where Illinois’ towns sit at 37% and U.S. towns at 35%. 13% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Boulder Hill.
| Boulder Hill | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Boulder Hill | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| More uninsured adults | 12.7% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
High risk in Boulder Hill, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Boulder Hill.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 1.5% of Boulder Hill
For Boulder Hill, that is below both Illinois’ towns (0.3) and U.S. towns (0.4). 0.1 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Boulder Hill | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.5% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Winrock Park | — | 10 |
| 2. Boulder Hill Elementary Baseball Fields | — | 8 |
| 3. SuzanJohn Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Boulder Hill sell for about $286K
The median rent in Boulder Hill is $1,633 a month.
| Boulder Hill | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,633 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 86% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Boulder Hill
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Boulder Hill
About 6 of every 100 Boulder Hill residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Boulder Hill
Census-Designated Place in Illinois, United States
Boulder Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Oswego Township, Kendall County, Illinois, United States. According to the 2020 census, the population was 8,394. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area on the Fox River, south of Aurora.
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- Area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 663 ft
Boulder Hill’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Boulder Hill.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Hill | #551 | C+ | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Oswego | #177 | A− | D | A− | B+ | A− |
| Montgomery | #480 | B− | D | B | B | B+ |
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Questions about Boulder Hill
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Boulder Hill, IL a good place to live?
Boulder Hill grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #551 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Boulder Hill, IL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $239,000, 19% 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−.