Is Justice a good place to live?
Justice is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 608th of 767 graded towns in Illinois, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 48% of the state's. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $300K for a typical one and 3.3 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Justice is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 92% of U.S. towns. On history, just 55 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. Justice's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 95% of U.S. towns.
What makes Justice stand out
Where Justice beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Justice for work
Where Justice’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Justice grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Justice is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Soldier Field and 151 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Justice. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw13 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw14 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 Justice: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Justice, 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 Justice.
Justice is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Chicago and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Illinois (mostly inland flooding).
Inland flooding leads a very high hazard risk in Justice
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $438 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
At 80 of 100, Justice’s FEMA risk score is above both the Illinois town median (50 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). Since 1986, 20 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Justice.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Justice
Justice has 1,180 jobs for its 5,088 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Justice for work: only 3% work in town. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Justice, against 8.4% in Illinois’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Justice’s average trip to work is 32 minutes.
| Justice | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Justice, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Justice has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Crime reported in Justice
Justice's reported crime rate is well below Illinois's. The property crime rate in Justice is 2.2 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Justice | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Residents of Justice are less healthy than 54% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,077 U.S. towns with household incomes like Justice’s, it is healthier than 75%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income. All 4 graded neighbors score healthier than its B−, from Hodgkins (B) to Willow Springs (A).
Justice beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17. 24% of Justice adults worry about having enough food.
| Justice | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 13% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 33% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Justice | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.4% | 7.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.3% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Justice | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Commissioner's Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For cost of living, Justice earns a C
54% of households own their home in Justice. Typical home values rose 4.9% in the year to September 2026.
| Justice | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 54% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,247 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Justice
Colleges nearby
48 within 15 miles of the center of Justice
About 7 of every 100 Justice residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Justice
Village in Illinois, United States
Justice is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, established in 1911. Per the 2020 census, the population was 12,600.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 617 ft
- ZIP code
- 60458
- Area code
- 708
Justice’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Justice.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C; Bridgeview (B+) is closest. Willow Springs next door grades higher for schools (A to Justice’s B−) and lower for cost of living (D to C).
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice | #608 | C | C | — | B− | B− |
| Bridgeview | #350 | B+ | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Hickory Hills | #205 | A− | C | B+ | A | B+ |
| Bedford Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hodgkins | — | — | B | D− | A | B |
| Willow Springs | #102 | A | D | A | A | A |
Hodgkins has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Justice and Bridgeview report no FBI crime data of their own. Bedford Park isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Justice with a neighbor →
Questions about Justice
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Justice, IL a good place to live?
Justice grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #608 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B− for health and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Justice, IL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.