Grandwood ParkIL
Some 5,262 people live in this town, in Illinois.
Is Grandwood Park a good place to live?
Grandwood Park does especially well on health (A+) — residents are healthier than 96% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Overall, Grandwood Park earns a B+, better than 71% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 316th of 767 in Illinois. The drawback is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $330K, 3.6 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. On history, just 40 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. 59% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in the town, against 29% in Illinois’ towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Only 24 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on incomes. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places.
What makes Grandwood Park stand out
Where Grandwood Park beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Grandwood Park for work
Where Grandwood Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Grandwood Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Grandwood Park is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 10%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Six Flags Great America and 103 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Grandwood Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw3 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
27 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
40 mi MuseumHull House
25 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store MuseumPhoto credits
Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hull House: User talk:Hied5, Public domain · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Moving to Grandwood Park: who provides what
Grandwood Park is unincorporated, so Lake County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Grandwood Park.
Grandwood Park has less food insecurity than most of Illinois, sends most of its workers to Chicago and beyond and has household incomes well above the Illinois norm.
A smaller share of adults in Grandwood Park report frequent physical distress than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 8.3% of its 3,928 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide.
Two figures for adults in Grandwood Park: 13% report frequent mental distress, 15% get no exercise outside work. For adults here, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 18%.
| Grandwood Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 23% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Grandwood Park | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.8% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Grandwood Park stands out in Illinois and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
Grandwood Park has 219 jobs for its 2,532 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Gurnee (8%) and Waukegan (7%). Jobs based in Grandwood Park grew to 219 in 2023, 46 more than in 2013. The middle household income in the town is $127,000. Half commute less than 14 miles.
| Grandwood Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $127,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Grandwood Park: snowy winters and pleasant summers
In Grandwood Park, the midsummer high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Grandwood Park sells for about $332K at the median
The median property tax bill is $9,729, against $5,298 across Illinois, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Grandwood Park’s rent at the middle of the market comes in at $1,836 a month. 87% of Grandwood Park households own their home.
| Grandwood Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,836 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 87% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Grandwood Park: inland flooding
66% of Grandwood Park’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 15%. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 50% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Grandwood Park
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Grandwood Park
About 8 of every 100 Grandwood Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Grandwood Park
Census designated place
Grandwood Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Warren Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,297.
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- Area
- 1.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 745 ft
- Area code
- 847
Grandwood Park’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Grandwood Park.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandwood Park | #316 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Gurnee | #450 | B− | C− | C | B− | A |
| Old Mill Creek | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lindenhurst | #143 | A | C− | A | B+ | A |
| Lake Villa Township | #334 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Avon Township | #401 | B | C | — | B− | A− |
Grandwood Park, Lake Villa Township and Avon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Old Mill Creek isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Grandwood Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Grandwood Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grandwood Park, IL a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. It grades A+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Grandwood Park, IL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $331,000, 12% above the Illinois typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.