KildeerIL
A town of 4,683, settled in 1958.
Is Kildeer a good place to live?
Few places in the country grade higher. Kildeer earns an A, 59th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. Residents are healthier than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, its public schools beat 95% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation, and the median household earns $250K. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $870K for a typical one and 9.6 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 81% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Kildeer, above both the Illinois town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). On history, just 11 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Egret Marsh Forest Preserve, at 120 acres.
What makes Kildeer stand out
Where Kildeer beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Kildeer | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.9% | 15.9% |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
99% of working residents leave Kildeer for work
Where Kildeer’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Kildeer grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Kildeer is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Wrigley Field and 153 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kildeer. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw36 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw14 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
15 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaRate FieldPhoto credits
Wrigley 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 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Kildeer: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kildeer, 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 Kildeer.
Kildeer has less food insecurity than most of Illinois and has household incomes well above the Illinois norm, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Illinois.
A larger share of households in Kildeer own their home than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
At 9.6 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income, the typical home (about $870K) costs more against local pay than in 98% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living.
99% of Kildeer households own their home. The typical Kildeer home is worth about $870,000, up 3.8% in a year, 3 times the Illinois typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
5.3% of Kildeer is conserved land
8.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Kildeer’s trail density is 1.8 miles per square mile.
| Kildeer | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.8 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.3% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Egret Marsh Forest Preserve | — | 120 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A smaller share of adults report frequent mental distress in Kildeer than in most of Illinois or the rest of the country
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 5.9% of its 3,065 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 436 U.S. towns with household incomes like Kildeer’s, it is healthier than 55%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
12% of adults report frequent mental distress in Kildeer. Among 767 Illinois towns, just 7 have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Kildeer. 8.7% of adults report frequent physical distress in Kildeer.
| Kildeer | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 13% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Kildeer | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.9% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.7% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Less crime per resident in Kildeer than in 78% of U.S. towns
Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
The violent crime rate in Kildeer is 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Kildeer | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 9 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Kildeer has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
40.3% of workers work from home, against 15.9% across Illinois.
Most working residents leave Kildeer for work: only 1% work in town. Among 768 Illinois towns, just 6 have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Kildeer. Jobs based in Kildeer fell to 984 in 2023, 98 fewer than in 2013.
| Kildeer | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $250,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Kildeer
Kildeer has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 15° and about 43 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Kildeer, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Kildeer since 2013.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Kildeer
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Kildeer
About 3 of every 100 Kildeer residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Kildeer
Village in Illinois, United States
Kildeer is a village in southwestern Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 4,091.
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- Established
- 1958
- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
Kildeer’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Kildeer.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildeer | #59 | A | C− | A− | A+ | A+ |
| Deer Park | #62 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Lake Zurich | #106 | A | D | B | A | A+ |
| Long Grove | #44 | A+ | D | — | A+ | A+ |
| Forest Lake | — | — | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Hawthorn Woods | #2 | A+ | C | A+ | A | A+ |
Forest Lake has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Deer Park, Long Grove and Forest Lake report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Kildeer with a neighbor →
Questions about Kildeer
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kildeer, IL a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Kildeer grades A overall, better than 95% of U.S. towns and #59 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 C−.
Is Kildeer, IL expensive?
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−.