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A city of 54,621, settled in 1838. Public schools that outperform most of Illinois.
Trash day: look up yoursFew places in the country grade higher. Libertyville Township earns an A+, 40th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. Its schools rank ahead of 96% of Illinois towns, residents are healthier than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household earns $134K. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $462K for a typical one and 5.1 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 62% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Libertyville Township, above both the Illinois town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Libertyville Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 86% of U.S. towns. Only 59 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on the outdoors.
Where Libertyville Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove Elem School | K–8 | 911 |
| Butterfield School | PK–5 | 568 |
| Hawthorn Sch of Dual Language | K–5 | 413 |
Where Libertyville Township’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 Libertyville Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 695 in 1880, 20,579 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1903 and 5 maps from 1906 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Libertyville Township. 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 draw39 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw31 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 Township, 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 Township.
Libertyville Township has schools in the top 5% of Illinois, draws workers from Chicago and beyond and has less food insecurity than most of Illinois.
Its A+ ranks #13 of the 768 Illinois towns we grade for schools. Its A+ for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $462K.
Three of its 26 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 911 | A+ |
| Libertyville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,777 | A+ |
| Copeland Manor Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 378 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 8.1% of its 22,940 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide.
13% of Libertyville Township adults report frequent mental distress. Libertyville Township beats the Illinois average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of Libertyville Township adults feel lonely.
| Libertyville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Libertyville Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.1% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.3% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
51,885 jobs are based in Libertyville Township, 2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 24.8% of workers work from home, against 15.9% across Illinois.
About one in 5 of Libertyville Township’s working residents works in town. 25% of workers work from home in Libertyville Township. The top destinations are Chicago (14%), Libertyville (8%) and Vernon Hills (4%).
| Libertyville Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 25% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $134,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 20% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
17 miles of trail in 37 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is MacArthur Woods Forest Preserve, at 467 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve | 0.5 mi | 439 |
| 2. Nicholas Dowden Park | 0.3 mi | 19 |
| 3. Kracklauer Park | 0.3 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 119 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Libertyville Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Libertyville Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Libertyville Township is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
5 within 15 miles of the center of Libertyville Township
About 5 of every 100 Libertyville Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
24.1% of the town is conserved land, across 37 parks and preserves.
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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10 towns share a border with Libertyville Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libertyville Township | #40 | A+ | C− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Warren Township | #362 | B+ | C− | — | B− | A |
| Fremont Township | #173 | A− | C− | — | A− | A |
| Shields Township | #209 | A− | D | — | B+ | A |
| Vernon Township | #36 | A+ | D | — | A+ | A+ |
| Green Oaks | #55 | A+ | C− | — | A+ | A |
| North Chicago | #337 | B+ | C+ | B | B+ | B |
| Lake Bluff | #15 | A+ | D | B+ | A+ | A+ |
Libertyville Township, Warren Township, Fremont Township, Shields Township, Vernon Township and Green Oaks report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Libertyville Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Libertyville Township grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #40 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A+ for health 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−.
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