Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Few places in the country grade higher. Libertyville earns an A+, ranked 7th of 767 in Illinois. The median household earns $166K, it is healthier than 97% of U.S. towns, and its schools outperform 96% of the state's. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $624K, 6.9 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 71% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Libertyville, above both the Illinois town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Libertyville is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 92% of U.S. towns. Libertyville has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them David Adler Estate and Public Service Building.
Where Libertyville beats most towns.
Census counts: 695 in 1880, 20,579 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1903 and 5 maps from 1906 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Libertyville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Libertyville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw6 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
Big draw40 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaUnited CenterWrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Libertyville, 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 Libertyville.
Libertyville carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Illinois (mostly inland flooding), draws workers from Chicago and beyond and reports less crime than Mundelein or any other graded neighbor.
At 6.9 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income, the typical home (about $624K) costs more against local pay than in 95% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living.
Libertyville’s median rent is $1,637 a month. Typical home values rose 7.9% in the year to September 2026. 80% of Libertyville households own their home.
| Libertyville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,637 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 80% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 6.3% of its 15,672 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 1,853 U.S. towns with household incomes like Libertyville’s, it is healthier than 81%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
27% of adults feel lonely in Libertyville. Libertyville beats the Illinois average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 12% of adults report frequent mental distress in Libertyville.
| Libertyville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Libertyville | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.3% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.4% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
17,103 jobs are based in Libertyville, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 28.9% of workers work from home, against 15.9% across Illinois.
Most working residents leave Libertyville for work: only 12% work in town. Jobs based in Libertyville fell to 17,103 in 2023, 1,909 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Chicago (13%), Libertyville Township (5%) and Vernon Hills (4%).
| Libertyville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $166,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its A− tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Mundelein (A−) comes closest. Reported crimes fell from 138 to 63 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in Libertyville is 5.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Libertyville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 5.3 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 95% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $192 per resident a year; that rating is what its B for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1979, 51 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Libertyville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2.2 miles of trail in 16 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Adler Memorial Park, at 88 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nicholas Dowden Park | 0.3 mi | 19 |
| 2. Adler Memorial Park | — | 88 |
| 3. Canterbury Park | — | 48 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Libertyville has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 43 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
6 within 15 miles of the center of Libertyville
About 4 of every 100 Libertyville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Where Libertyville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
8 places in Libertyville on the National Register of Historic Places.
15 notable people were born in Libertyville.
Village in Illinois, United States
Libertyville is a village in Libertyville Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Lake Michigan, approximately 40 miles north of the Chicago Loop. As such, it is part of the United States Census Bureau's Chicago combined statistical area (CSA). It is bordered by Gages Lake and Gurnee to the north, Vernon Hills to the south, Mundelein to the west, and Grayslake to the northwest. The eastern portions of the village border Mettawa, unincorporated Waukegan and Lake Forest, and part of Knollwood CDP. Its 2020 census population was 20,579.
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5 towns share a border with Libertyville.
At #7 in IL, it grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Grayslake (A+) comes closest.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libertyville | #7 | A+ | C− | A− | A+ | A+ |
| Mettawa | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mundelein | #142 | A | C− | A− | B+ | A− |
| Green Oaks | #55 | A+ | C− | — | A+ | A |
| Grayslake | #52 | A+ | C+ | A− | B+ | A |
| Vernon Hills | #108 | A | D | B | A+ | A+ |
Green Oaks reports no FBI crime data of its own. Mettawa isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Libertyville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Libertyville grades A+ overall, among the top 2% of U.S. towns and #7 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−.
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−.
15 notable people were born here, including Jo Jorgensen and Phillipa Soo.
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