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A city of 64,737, settled in 1835.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Dundee Township grades A− overall, 270th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. It has 55 miles of trail. Residents are healthier than 80% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $98K. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $278K, 3.1 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 21% of the land in Dundee Township is conserved, where Illinois’ towns sit at 3.6% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. On hazard risk, just 69 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better. Dundee Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 93% of U.S. towns.
Where Dundee Township beats most towns.
21% of the town is conserved land, across 51 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Dundee Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 585 in 1880, 7,686 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2025 and 6 maps from 1925 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dundee Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw26 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
22 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate ArenaWrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dundee Township, 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 Dundee Township.
Dundee Township carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Illinois (mostly inland flooding), trades workers with Elgin and other neighbors and is one of Illinois’s best towns for the outdoors.
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #8 of 768 in Illinois.
At 1.5 miles per square mile, Dundee Township’s trail density is against 0.3 in Illinois’ towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Brunner Family Forest Preserve, at 741 acres with 1.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Raceway Woods Forest Preserve | 9.1 mi | 225 |
| 2. Randall Oaks Park | 7.5 mi | 265 |
| 3. Jelkes Creek Bird Sanctuary | 5.2 mi | 272 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by CUSD 300. Three of its 25 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield Community SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 1,287 | B+ |
| Dundee-Crown High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,573 | B− |
| Sleepy Hollow Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 424 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
30% of adults have high blood pressure in Dundee Township. Dundee Township beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 19% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Dundee Township.
| Dundee Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Dundee Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.4% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.6% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 92% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $336 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Dundee Township’s FEMA risk score is 18 of 100. Since 1978, 56 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Dundee Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Dundee Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 15° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Dundee Township has about as many jobs (32,498) as working residents, but only 4,135 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Dundee Township for work: only 14% work in town. Jobs based in Dundee Township grew to 32,498 in 2023, 5,880 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Dundee Township is 29 minutes.
| Dundee Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 14% | 11% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 13% of residents (17% statewide). 24% of Dundee Township residents are under 18. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Dundee Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 36.2 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 29% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.4 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 36.0, men 36.3.
| Dundee Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.5% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.3% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.5% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.3% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.2% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.3% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14.9% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.1% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.6% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.6% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.8% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
5 within 15 miles of the center of Dundee Township
About 6 of every 100 Dundee Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
6 notable people were born in Dundee Township.
Village in Illinois, United States
West Dundee is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,686 as of the 2020 US Census. It is considered a far northwest Chicago suburb. West Dundee lies across the Fox River from East Dundee and Carpentersville.
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9 towns share a border with Dundee Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee Township | #270 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Rutland Township | #352 | B+ | D | — | A− | A |
| Algonquin Township | #238 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Elgin · Elgin Township | #526 | C+ | C | B− | C+ | B |
| Barrington Township | #84 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Algonquin | #186 | A− | C− | B+ | B+ | A |
| Gilberts | #112 | A | C− | A+ | B+ | A |
| Barrington Hills | #77 | A | D− | A | A | A |
Dundee Township, Rutland Township, Algonquin Township and Barrington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Elgin Township and Elgin are one community, graded once. Compare Dundee Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Dundee Township grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #270 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
6 notable people were born here, including Nina M. Armagno and Henry Pratt Fairchild.
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