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Yes, by almost any measure. La Grange Park earns an A+, ranked 22nd of 767 in Illinois. Residents are healthier than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, its schools outperform 95% of the state's, and the median household earns $120K. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $494K for a typical one and 5.4 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 57% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in La Grange Park, above both Illinois’ towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). La Grange Park is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 97% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Salt Creek Woods, at 110 acres.
Where La Grange Park beats most towns.
Where La Grange 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 La Grange Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 730 in 1900, 13,475 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1967 and 8 maps from 1891 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around La Grange Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw15 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw13 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 La Grange 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 La Grange Park.
La Grange Park has less food insecurity than most of Illinois and has seen reported crime fall by about half, but it has property taxes 1.7 times the Illinois norm.
The median property tax bill is $9,103, against $5,298 across Illinois, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Typical home values rose 11% in the year to September 2026. The median rent in La Grange Park is $1,442 a month.
| La Grange Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,442 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 8.4% of its 10,193 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide.
26% of La Grange Park adults have obesity. La Grange Park beats the Illinois average on 22 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 13% of La Grange Park adults report frequent mental distress.
| La Grange Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.8% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | La Grange Park | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.4% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.4% | 7.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.8 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. La Grange Park’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| La Grange Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.4% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Salt Creek Woods | 0.6 mi | 110 |
| 2. Hainesworth Park | 0.5 mi | 4 |
| 3. La Grange Park Woods | 0.1 mi | 107 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Reported crimes fell from 105 to 58 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 8 reported in 2025, 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 79% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in La Grange Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave La Grange Park for work: only 4% work in town. 24% of workers work from home in La Grange Park. The top destinations are Chicago (32%), La Grange (3%) and Oak Brook (2%).
| La Grange Park | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 24% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $120,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
La Grange 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
56 within 15 miles of the center of La Grange Park
About 5 of every 100 La Grange Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
La Grange Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, about 13 miles (21 km) west-southwest of Chicago. According to the 2020 census, the population was 13,475.
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5 towns share a border with La Grange Park.
Proviso Township next door grades lower for schools (C to La Grange Park’s A+) and higher for cost of living (C to D).
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Grange Park | #22 | A+ | D | A− | A+ | A+ |
| La Grange | #42 | A+ | C− | B | A | A+ |
| Proviso Township | #512 | C+ | C | — | C | B+ |
| Lyons Township | #219 | A− | C− | — | A− | A |
| Brookfield | #18 | A+ | C− | A | A | A |
| Broadview | #564 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
Proviso Township, Lyons Township and Broadview report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare La Grange Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. La Grange Park grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #22 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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