Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Bridgeview grades B+ overall, 350th of 767 graded towns in Illinois, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools outperform 80% of the state's and it is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 65% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $320K, 3.5 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Only 56 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on history. Bridgeview's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 95% of U.S. towns. Bridgeview’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, against 26 minutes in Illinois’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
Where Bridgeview beats most towns.
Where Bridgeview’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 Bridgeview is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,393 in 1950, 17,027 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1963 and 2 maps from 1953 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bridgeview. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw12 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw14 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 Bridgeview, 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 Bridgeview.
Bridgeview draws workers from Chicago and beyond and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
12,183 jobs are based in Bridgeview, 1.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Bridgeview for work: only 6% work in town. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Bridgeview. Jobs based in Bridgeview grew to 12,183 in 2023, 1,210 more than in 2013.
| Bridgeview | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.6% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.8% | 8.4% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Bridgeview | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Commissioners Park | 0.7 mi | 13 |
| 2. Wierzba Park | 0.3 mi | 7 |
| 3. Bedford Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Bridgeview has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 10,161 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bridgeview’s, it is healthier than 85%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income.
20% of Bridgeview adults binge drink. Bridgeview beats the Illinois average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 31% of Bridgeview adults have obesity.
| Bridgeview | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 37% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Bridgeview | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with obesity | 30.6% | 34% |
| Fewer adults with high blood pressure | 30.1% | 33% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.7% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Typical home values rose 5.5% in the year to September 2026.
| Bridgeview | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 66% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,177 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 2006, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bridgeview.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
45 within 15 miles of the center of Bridgeview
About 5 of every 100 Bridgeview residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Bridgeview is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) southwest of the Chicago Loop. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 17,027.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
10 towns share a border with Bridgeview.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeview | #350 | B+ | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Burbank | #630 | C− | C | C | C | B |
| Bedford Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Justice | #608 | C | C | — | B− | B− |
| Hickory Hills | #205 | A− | C | B+ | A | B+ |
| Oak Lawn | #502 | B− | C | B− | C+ | A− |
| Palos Hills | #120 | A | C | A− | A | A− |
| Stickney Township | #604 | C | C | — | C− | B |
Bridgeview, Justice and Stickney Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Bedford Park isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bridgeview with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Bridgeview grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #350 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools.
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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