Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,961.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Indian Head Park grades A overall, 128th among Illinois's 767 graded towns. Residents are healthier than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its schools outperform 94% of the state's. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $356K, 3.9 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 56% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Indian Head Park, where Illinois’ towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. Indian Head Park is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. On history, just 120 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse.
Where Indian Head Park beats most towns.
Where Indian Head Park’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 Indian Head Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 385 in 1960, 4,065 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2024 and 8 maps from 1891 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Indian Head Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw16 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw16 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 Indian Head Park, 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 Indian Head Park.
11% of Indian Head Park adults report frequent mental distress. Indian Head Park beats the Illinois average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 28% of Indian Head Park adults feel lonely.
| Indian Head Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 17% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 13% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Indian Head Park | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.5% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.7% | 7.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Indian Head Park has 370 jobs for its 1,695 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.1% of working residents work locally in Indian Head Park. Since 2013, Indian Head Park has lost 91 jobs, to 370 in 2023. Indian Head Park’s average trip to work is 30 minutes.
| Indian Head Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.1% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Median household income | $100,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Indian Head Park has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median rent in Indian Head Park is $1,746 a month. Typical home values rose 5.1% in the year to September 2026.
| Indian Head Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,746 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
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Indian Head Park since 2014.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Indian Head Park's reported crime rate is well below Illinois's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. No violent crimes were reported in 2024.
| Indian Head Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 3.1 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
| Indian Head Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Blackhawk Park | 0.5 mi | 6 |
| 2. Sacagawea Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
| 3. Walker Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
28 within 15 miles of the center of Indian Head Park
About 5 of every 100 Indian Head Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Indian Head Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, slightly north of the intersection of Interstate 294 and Interstate 55. The village is south of Western Springs, west of Countryside, north and east of Burr Ridge. Per the 2020 census, the population was 4,065. The village's ZIP code is 60525 (La Grange).
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
4 towns share a border with Indian Head Park.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Head Park | #128 | A | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Burr Ridge | #80 | A | D− | A− | A | A |
| Countryside | #272 | A− | C | C | A | A |
| Hinsdale | #5 | A+ | D | A | A+ | A+ |
| Western Springs | #4 | A+ | C− | A+ | A+ | A+ |
Indian Head Park reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Indian Head Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Indian Head Park grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #128 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A+ for health and A 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−.
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