Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,437, settled in 1889.
The best of Kenilworth’s subject grades are an A+ for health, incomes, and walkability; the weakest is a C for cost of living. 91% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Kenilworth, where Illinois’ towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. No town in Illinois scores higher than Kenilworth on health. Kenilworth's schools rank ahead of 98% of Illinois towns. Only 54 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns score higher on civic life. Kenilworth has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them George W. Maher House and Kenilworth Club. Kenilworth has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Kenilworth beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Kenilworth | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 2.3% | 10.3% |
Where Kenilworth’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 Kenilworth is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 336 in 1900, 2,514 in 2020. The archive holds 17 old photos and papers going back to 1893 and 6 maps from 1899 on.
7 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kenilworth. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw22 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw15 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearWrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kenilworth, 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 Kenilworth.
The typical Kenilworth home is worth about $2,111,000, up 15.2% in a year, 7 times the Illinois typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
5.2% of adults smoke cigarettes in Kenilworth, against 13% in Illinois’ towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 27% of Kenilworth adults sleep under 7 hours. No town among the 768 in Illinois we compare has a lower share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Kenilworth.
| Kenilworth | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 5.2% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 7.8% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Kenilworth | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 2.3% | 10.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.5% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Kenilworth’s violent crime rate is 0 per 1,000 residents.
| Kenilworth | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.7 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Kenilworth since 1978.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median household income in Kenilworth is $250,000. Jobs based in Kenilworth fell to 443 in 2023, 117 fewer than in 2013. 2.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Kenilworth.
| Kenilworth | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $250,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.1% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Kenilworth has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 18° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.4 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Kenilworth | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.5% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Maloney Farm Preserve | 0.3 mi | 3 |
| 2. Townley Field | — | 4 |
| 3. Pee Wee Playfield | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
28 within 15 miles of the center of Kenilworth
About 3 of every 100 Kenilworth residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
7 places in Kenilworth on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Kenilworth.
Village in Illinois, United States
Kenilworth is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 15 miles (24 km) north of downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,514. It is the newest of the nine suburban North Shore communities bordering Lake Michigan, and is one of those developed as a planned community.
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3 towns share a border with Kenilworth.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenilworth | — | — | C | A+ | A+ | A+ |
| Wilmette | #67 | A | D− | B+ | A+ | A+ |
| New Trier Township | #45 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Winnetka | #10 | A+ | D | A− | A+ | A+ |
Kenilworth has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. New Trier Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Kenilworth with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 23.2 years of the area's median household income ($90,887 across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
3 notable people were born here, including Anita Decker Breckenridge and Christopher DeMuth.
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