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For most people who can afford it, yes. Lombard grades B+ overall, ranked 325th of 767 in Illinois. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 92% of the country. The median household earns $100K. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $386K, 4.2 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Lombard is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 89% of U.S. towns. Lombard is home to National University of Health Sciences. Lombard's schools rank ahead of 68% of Illinois towns.
Where Lombard beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Lombard is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 378 in 1880, 44,476 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1870 and 5 maps from 1953 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lombard. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw23 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
11 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate ArenaSoldier 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 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lombard, 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 Lombard.
7.7 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. At 0.8 miles per square mile, Lombard’s trail density is where Illinois’ towns sit at 0.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4. The biggest place to walk is Madison Meadow Park, 90 acres with 2.5 miles of trail.
| Lombard | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Madison Meadow Park | 2.5 mi | 90 |
| 2. Sunset Knoll Park | 1 mi | 33 |
| 3. The Commons | 0.9 mi | 50 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
18% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Lombard, against 22% in Illinois’ towns and 23% across U.S. towns. 11% of Lombard adults report frequent physical distress. Lombard beats the Illinois average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Lombard | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lombard | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.5% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.4% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median rent in Lombard is $1,948 a month. Typical home values rose 5% in the year to September 2026.
| Lombard | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,948 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lombard has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 16° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Lombard for work: only 7% work in town. 20% of workers work from home in Lombard. The top destinations are Chicago (20%), Downers Grove (4%) and Elmhurst (3%).
| Lombard | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 20% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $100,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 94 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lombard.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Reported crimes fell from 743 to 720 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Lombard’s property crime rate is 15.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Lombard | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 15.4 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
17 within 15 miles of the center of Lombard
About 8 of every 100 Lombard residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
8 notable people were born in Lombard.
Village in Illinois, United States
Lombard is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. The population was 44,476 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Lombard.
Addison next door grades lower for schools (C+ to Lombard’s B+) and higher for cost of living (C to D).
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lombard | #325 | B+ | D | B− | B+ | A |
| Villa Park | #292 | B+ | C | B− | B | A |
| Addison | #430 | B | C | B | C+ | B |
| Glen Ellyn | #19 | A+ | C− | A− | A | A+ |
| Oak Brook | #462 | B− | D− | D− | A+ | A |
| Downers Grove | #98 | A | D | B+ | A | A |
| Oakbrook Terrace | #321 | B+ | D | — | B | A |
Oakbrook Terrace reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Lombard with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lombard grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #325 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health, B− for safety and B+ 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.
8 notable people were born here, including Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Charles Tilly.
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