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A town of 3,501, settled in 1846.
Hainesville gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $295K for a typical one, or 3.2 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. It grades A− overall, 174th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. On the plus side, 12% of its land is conserved. Hainesville’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile, above both Illinois’ towns (0.3) and U.S. towns (0.4). Hainesville is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. Only 121 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns score lower on civic life.
Where Hainesville beats most towns.
Where Hainesville’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 Hainesville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 103 in 1880, a low of 66 in 1910, 3,546 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2026 and 5 maps from 1920 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hainesville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw7 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
25 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
Big draw39 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a year
40 mi MuseumField Museum of Natural History1.4M visitors a yearWrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0 · Field Museum of Natural History: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hainesville, 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 Hainesville.
Hainesville is one of Illinois’s best towns for the outdoors, sends most of its workers to Chicago and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #21 of 768 in Illinois.
2.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Antler Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Hainesville has 376 jobs for its 1,634 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.6% of Hainesville working residents work locally, against 8.4% in Illinois’ towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Hainesville grew to 376 in 2023, 122 more than in 2013. Hainesville’s median household income is $130,000.
| Hainesville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $130,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.4% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 4,555 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hainesville’s, it is less healthy than 66%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Hainesville beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 74% of adults had a checkup this year in Hainesville.
| Hainesville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 78% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 35% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Hainesville | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.5% | 5.9% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.8% | 7.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.3% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median household earns $129,911, against $83,390 across Illinois, one input to its B+ for jobs and income.
8.1% of Hainesville residents are 65 or older. 35% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Hainesville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 8.1% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
45% women, 55% men
About 125 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.2 points). Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Hainesville | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.1% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.7% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.7% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 22.5% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.3% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.5% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.6% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.9% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.7% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.6% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.7% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.1% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,500, single groups can be off by several points
Hainesville has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Hainesville is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Hainesville home is worth about $295,000, up 4.3% in a year, close to the Illinois typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
5 within 15 miles of the center of Hainesville
About 8 of every 100 Hainesville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Hainesville is a village in Avon Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,546. Hainesville has the distinction of being the oldest incorporated community within Lake County.
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2 towns share a border with Hainesville.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hainesville | #174 | A− | B | — | B− | B+ |
| Round Lake Park | #215 | A− | B | A | B | B− |
| Grayslake | #52 | A+ | C+ | A− | B+ | A |
Hainesville reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Hainesville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Hainesville grades A− overall, better than 85% of U.S. towns and #174 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and B− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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