Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Few places in the country grade higher. Burr Ridge earns an A, 80th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. The median household earns $157K, its schools rank ahead of 94% of Illinois towns, and it is healthier than 94% of U.S. towns. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $854K, 9.4 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 36% of residents are 65 or older in Burr Ridge, above both Illinois’ towns (19%) and U.S. towns (18%). Burr Ridge is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. Only 93 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on history.
Where Burr Ridge beats most towns.
Where Burr Ridge’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 Burr Ridge is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 299 in 1960, 11,192 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 2 maps from 1953 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Burr Ridge. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw17 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw18 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 Burr Ridge, 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 Burr Ridge.
Burr Ridge draws workers from Chicago and beyond and has less housing insecurity than most of Illinois, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Illinois.
At 9.4 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income, the typical home (about $854K) costs more against local pay than in 98% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
Burr Ridge’s median rent is $3,501 a month. Typical home values rose 7.2% in the year to September 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its widest gap with Illinois is housing insecurity: 5.9% of its 9,204 adults worry about keeping their housing, against 13.2% statewide. Against the 2,350 U.S. towns with household incomes like Burr Ridge’s, it is healthier than 67%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
11% of adults report frequent mental distress in Burr Ridge. Burr Ridge beats the Illinois average on 23 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 10% of adults report frequent physical distress in Burr Ridge.
| Burr Ridge | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 17% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 22% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Burr Ridge | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.9% | 13.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.5% | 7.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.4% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
14,059 jobs are based in Burr Ridge, 2.9 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 28.6% of workers work from home, against 15.9% across Illinois.
Most working residents leave Burr Ridge for work: only 4% work in town. 29% of Burr Ridge workers work from home. Jobs based in Burr Ridge grew to 14,059 in 2023, 3,193 more than in 2013.
| Burr Ridge | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 29% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $157,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
5.5 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves. The trail density in Burr Ridge is 0.7 miles per square mile. Harvester Park, at 45 acres with 1.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Burr Ridge | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Harvester Park | 1.8 mi | 45 |
| 2. Walker Park | 0.9 mi | 44 |
| 3. Oak Grove Park | 0.5 mi | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Violent crime is rare: 7 reported in 2025, 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Burr Ridge has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 18 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Burr Ridge.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
20 within 15 miles of the center of Burr Ridge
About 2 of every 100 Burr Ridge residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Burr Ridge (formerly Harvester) is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,192.
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5 towns share a border with Burr Ridge.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burr Ridge | #80 | A | D− | A− | A | A |
| Hinsdale | #5 | A+ | D | A | A+ | A+ |
| Willow Springs | #102 | A | D | A | A | A |
| Indian Head Park | #128 | A | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Willowbrook | #198 | A− | D | B− | A | A |
| Countryside | #272 | A− | C | C | A | A |
Indian Head Park reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Burr Ridge with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Burr Ridge grades A overall, better than 93% of U.S. towns and #80 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health, A− for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
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