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For most people who can afford it, yes. Homer Glen grades A overall, 160th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. It reports less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns. The median household earns $137K and its schools rank ahead of 79% of Illinois towns. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $535K, 5.9 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Homer Glen’s average trip to work is 36 minutes, above both Illinois’ towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On history, just 125 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. Messenger Woods Nature Preserve, at 407 acres with 1.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Homer Glen beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Homer Glen | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.9% | 15.9% |
Where Homer Glen’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 Homer Glen is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for safety (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 9%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2010 and 7 maps from 1890 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Homer Glen. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw23 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw26 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Homer Glen, 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 Homer Glen.
Homer Glen has less food insecurity than most of Illinois and has household incomes well above the Illinois norm, but it has commutes longer than most of Illinois.
The median property tax bill is $9,017, against $5,298 across Illinois, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median rent in Homer Glen is $1,861 a month. Typical home values rose 4.6% in the year to September 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Violent crime is rare: 8 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
Homer Glen’s property crime rate is 2.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Homer Glen | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.8 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
| Homer Glen | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.1% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Heritage Park | 2.1 mi | 103 |
| 2. Messenger Woods Nature Preserve | 1.9 mi | 407 |
| 3. Edmond J. Sendra Park | 0.4 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 8.9% of its 19,226 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 3,873 U.S. towns with household incomes like Homer Glen’s, it is less healthy than 65%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Homer Glen beats the Illinois average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 19% of Homer Glen adults binge drink.
| Homer Glen | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 13% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Homer Glen | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.9% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.9% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 11,712 working residents takes 35.8 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois. Jobs based here grew from 3,138 in 2013 to 4,519.
Most working residents leave Homer Glen for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Homer Glen has added 1,381 jobs, to 4,519 in 2023. 4.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Homer Glen.
| Homer Glen | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $137,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.3% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 11% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 8.4% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homer Glen has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 16° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median household earns $136,678, against $83,390 across Illinois, one input to its A for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (23% statewide). 40% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Homer Glen | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 42.6 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 19% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.3 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Homer Glen | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.2% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.4% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.3% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.8% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.6% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.6% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.4% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.1% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.9% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.5% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.5% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.7% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 59% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Homer Glen.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
10 within 15 miles of the center of Homer Glen
About 5 of every 100 Homer Glen residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Homer Glen is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion in Cook County. As of the 2020 census, its population was 24,543. It is located 32 miles (51 km) southwest of downtown Chicago, IL.
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5 towns share a border with Homer Glen.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Glen | #160 | A | D | A+ | A− | A− |
| Homer Township | #340 | B+ | D | — | A− | A− |
| Lockport | #127 | A | C− | A− | A− | A− |
| Orland Township | #163 | A | C− | — | A− | A |
| Orland Park | #168 | A | D | B+ | A− | A |
| Lemont Township | #25 | A+ | C | — | A− | A |
Homer Township, Orland Township and Lemont Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Homer Glen with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Homer Glen grades A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns and #160 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A− for health, A+ for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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