Is Lake Villa a good place to live?
Lake Villa's standout: it has 5 miles of trail. Overall it grades A, 151st of 767 graded towns in Illinois. The median household earns $119K and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 82% of U.S. towns. 56% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lake Villa, above both the Illinois town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Sun Lake Forest Preserve, at 513 acres with 3.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Lake Villa's schools outperform 68% of the state's.
What makes Lake Villa stand out
Where Lake Villa beats most towns.
5 miles of trails in Lake Villa
16.3% of the town is conserved land, across 5 parks and preserves.
How Lake Villa grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Lake Villa is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Wrigley Field and 45 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Villa. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw8 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
30 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
28 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
26 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum
28 mi TheatreAlpine Valley Music TheatrePhoto credits
Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre: chad davis, CC BY-SA 2.0
Moving to Lake Villa: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lake Villa, 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 Lake Villa.
Lake Villa owes part of its health edge to its incomes and sees little violent crime.
16.3% of Lake Villa is conserved land
Lake Villa’s trail density is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sun Lake Forest Preserve | 3.3 mi | 513 |
| 2. Frank M Loffredo Park | 1 mi | 59 |
| 3. Lake Villa Township Ball Park | 0.3 mi | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For safety, Lake Villa earns an A−
Violent crime is rare: 9 reported in 2025, 1 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Lake Villa is 3 per 1,000 residents.
| Lake Villa | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1 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
On CDC estimates, Lake Villa is healthier than 80% of U.S. towns
Against the 5,914 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lake Villa’s, it is healthier than 56%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Lake Villa beats the Illinois average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 20% of adults get no exercise outside work in Lake Villa.
| Lake Villa | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Lake Villa | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.1% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lake Villa has 0.7 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Lake Villa for work: only 3% work in town. 3.2% of Lake Villa residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Gurnee (4%) and Waukegan (4%).
| Lake Villa | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 20% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $119,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Lake Villa, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Lake Villa has cold, 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
Moderate risk in Lake Villa, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lake Villa.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Lake Villa sell for about $415K
The median sale price was $415,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lake Villa
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Villa
About 3 of every 100 Lake Villa residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
97% of working residents leave Lake Villa for work
Where Lake Villa’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Famous people from Lake Villa
3 notable people were born in Lake Villa.
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About Lake Villa
Village in Illinois, United States
Lake Villa is a village in Lake County, Illinois United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 8,741. Lake Villa lies within Lake Villa Township and about 50 miles north of Chicago and is part of the United States Census Bureau's Chicago combined statistical area (CSA).
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1901
- Area
- 7.3 sq mi
- ZIP code
- 60046
Lake Villa’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Lake Villa.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Villa | #151 | A | C+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Venetian Village | — | — | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Round Lake Beach | #505 | B− | C | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Lindenhurst | #143 | A | C− | A | B+ | A |
| Fox Lake Hills | — | — | B− | — | B | A− |
| Lake Villa Township | #334 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Round Lake Heights | #361 | B+ | C+ | A | C+ | B+ |
Venetian Village and Fox Lake Hills have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Venetian Village, Fox Lake Hills and Lake Villa Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lake Villa with a neighbor →
Questions about Lake Villa
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Villa, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Lake Villa grades A overall, better than 87% of U.S. towns and #151 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A− for health, A− for safety and B+ for schools.
Is Lake Villa, IL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $352,000, 19% above the Illinois typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
What is Lake Villa, IL known for?
3 notable people were born here, including Kecia Morway and T. J. Edwards.