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A town of 10,894, settled in 2007.
Few places in the country grade higher. Campton Hills earns an A+, 6th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. It reports less crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns, it is healthier than 95% of U.S. towns, and the median household earns $209K. Its lowest mark, a C, is in cost of living. Campton Hills’ middle household income is $209,000, against $83,000 in Illinois’ towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Campton Hills's schools rank ahead of 90% of Illinois towns. On the outdoors, just 62 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better.
Where Campton Hills beats most towns.
15.5% of the town is conserved land, across 10 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Campton Hills is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2020 and 6 maps from 1932 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Campton Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
27 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
Big draw38 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
40 mi MuseumHull House
40 mi TheatreSteppenwolf Theatre CompanyWrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Hull House: User talk:Hied5, Public domain · Steppenwolf Theatre Company: victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Campton Hills, 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 Campton Hills.
Campton Hills has less food insecurity than most of Illinois, but it has seen reported crime rise by about half and has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Illinois.
At 7.6 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income, the typical home (about $691K) costs more against local pay than in 96% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living.
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 6.4% in value. For Campton Hills, the typical rent is $1,750 a month. In Campton Hills, 62% of sales closed above the list price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Trails total 19 miles in 10 parks and preserves. Headwaters Park, at 275 acres with 3.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Campton Hills’ density of trails is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Corron Farm | 3.6 mi | 198 |
| 2. Headwaters Park | 3.2 mi | 275 |
| 3. Harley Woods | 1.5 mi | 56 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Reported crimes rose from 0 to 7 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
Police in Campton Hills reported no violent crime.
| Campton Hills | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 6.5% of its 8,149 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 899 U.S. towns with household incomes like Campton Hills’s, it is less healthy than 64%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
The share of adults in Campton Hills who get no exercise outside work: 15%. The town does better than the Illinois average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1. 10% of adults in Campton Hills report frequent physical distress; 14% report frequent mental distress.
| Campton Hills | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Campton Hills | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.5% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.6% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Campton Hills has 1,020 jobs for its 5,246 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Commuting out is the norm in Campton Hills: 2% of working residents work locally. The town had 1,020 jobs in 2023, up 227 from 2013. Also worth knowing: the average commute for Campton Hills comes to 34 minutes. The top destinations are Chicago (12%), St. Charles (9%) and Elgin (6%).
| Campton Hills | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 21% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 8.4% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The risk rating from FEMA in Campton Hills is 32 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 57% come from inland flooding and 21% from cold waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Campton Hills after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2011.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The range runs from 14° on a January night to 83° on a July afternoon, with about 39 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
5 within 15 miles of the center of Campton Hills
About 5 of every 100 Campton Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Where Campton Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Campton Hills on the National Register of Historic Places.
Village in Illinois, United States
Campton Hills is a village in Kane County, Illinois, and is a western suburb of Chicago. The population of the village is 10,885 per the 2020 US Census.
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5 towns share a border with Campton Hills.
At #6 in IL, it grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Plato Township (A) comes closest.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campton Hills | #6 | A+ | C | A+ | A | A+ |
| Elgin | #526 | C+ | C | B− | C+ | B |
| Campton Township | #137 | A | C− | — | A | A |
| St. Charles Township | #146 | A | D | — | A | A |
| St. Charles | #153 | A | D | B | A | A |
| Plato Township | #60 | A | C+ | — | A | A |
Campton Township, St. Charles Township and Plato Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Campton Hills with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Campton Hills grades A+ overall, among the top 2% of U.S. towns and #6 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A+ for health, A+ for safety and A for schools.
Yes, by national standards. Campton Hills reports less crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade: 0 violent and 7 property crimes in 2025.
That is 7.6 years of the area's median household income ($90,887 across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area). 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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