East Hazel CrestIL
A town of 1,250.
Is East Hazel Crest a good place to live?
East Hazel Crest’s best subject grade is an A for walkability; its weakest is a D for schools. East Hazel Crest’s property crime rate is 62.7 per 1,000 residents, where Illinois’ towns sit at 7.9 and U.S. towns at 9.9. Only 30 of Illinois’ 405 towns score lower on safety. Only 5 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns score lower on civic life. East Hazel Crest has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes East Hazel Crest stand out
Where East Hazel Crest beats most towns.
East Hazel Crest has shrunk 19% since 2010
1,543 counted in 2010 and 1,297 in 2020; an estimated 1,250 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How East Hazel Crest grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far East Hazel Crest is from typical.
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Soldier Field and 149 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Hazel Crest. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw15 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw21 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 East Hazel Crest: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in East Hazel Crest, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in East Hazel Crest.
With 2.7 jobs for every working resident, East Hazel Crest draws in 1,464 commuters
Most working residents leave East Hazel Crest for work: only 1% work in town. 24% of residents live below the poverty line in East Hazel Crest, against 8.4% in Illinois’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The median household income in East Hazel Crest is $55,000.
| East Hazel Crest | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 24% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
East Hazel Crest sees more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns
East Hazel Crest’s violent crime rate is 2.4 per 1,000 residents.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
A typical East Hazel Crest home is worth about $183K
The typical East Hazel Crest home is worth about $183,000, up 4.8% in a year, 38% below the Illinois typical home. 62% of households own their home in East Hazel Crest.
| East Hazel Crest | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 62% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,504 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
East Hazel Crest has four seasons and pleasant summers
East Hazel Crest has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in East Hazel Crest, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
East Hazel Crest is healthier than 53% of U.S. towns
East Hazel Crest beats the Illinois average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 24% of East Hazel Crest adults worry about having enough food.
| East Hazel Crest | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 13% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | East Hazel Crest | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 15.5% | 17.8% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.7% | 7.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 12.6% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about East Hazel Crest
Colleges nearby
18 within 15 miles of the center of East Hazel Crest
About 5 of every 100 East Hazel Crest residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
1,250 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About East Hazel Crest
Village in Illinois, United States
East Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a south suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 1,297.
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- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 620 ft
Questions about East Hazel Crest
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is East Hazel Crest, IL expensive?
That is 2 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 B−.