Boulder HillIL
A town in Illinois, home to 8,989 people.
Is Boulder Hill a good place to live?
Boulder Hill’s weakest is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $239K, 2.6 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. With a C+ overall, Boulder Hill is better than 37% of U.S. towns and ranks 551st of 767 in Illinois. Walkability is weaker too (C−). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. Where it does best is schools — its schools rank ahead of 72% of Illinois towns. It is strong on health as well: residents are healthier than 65% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Only 59 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on history. Only 8 of the 768 Illinois towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Boulder Hill.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places · Census LEHD, 2023.
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.
Fewer of Boulder Hill’s working residents work locally than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
Boulder Hill has 230 jobs for its 4,939 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Boulder Hill’s average commute stands at 27 minutes, against 26 minutes in Illinois’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. It had 230 jobs in 2023, up 118 from 2013. The median commute is under 18 miles. The top destinations are Aurora (11%), Chicago (11%) and Naperville (7%).
| Boulder Hill | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Boulder Hill
A winter brings about 28 inches of snow, with January nights at 15° and July afternoons at 84°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Boulder Hill earns a B+ for health
For adults in Boulder Hill, the share who have high blood pressure is 31%. 19% of adults binge drink here, above both the Illinois town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (16%). Of 32 CDC measures, Boulder Hill beats the Illinois average on 1 and trails it on 1.
| 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 losses in Boulder Hill break down as 41% from inland flooding and 36% from cold waves. The risk rating from FEMA here is 62 of 100. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1996: 6.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.5% of the land in Boulder Hill is protected from building
There are 0.1 miles of trail across 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 $310K
In Boulder Hill, the going rate for rent is $1,633 a month. Boulder Hill: 86% of households are owner-occupiers. Homes sold in Boulder Hill spent a median 40 days on the market.
| 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+ |
Boulder Hill reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Boulder Hill with a neighbor →
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−.