Is McCook a good place to live?
McCook has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes McCook stand out
Where McCook beats most towns.
240 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Soldier Field and 152 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around McCook. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw13 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw13 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Soldier 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
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Moving to McCook: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in McCook, 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 McCook.
McCook has 47.4 jobs for every working resident, and 4,837 people commute in
McCook’s income of the median household comes in at $62,000. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Since 2013, McCook has lost 2,404 jobs, to 4,838 in 2023. Its average trip to work stands at 22 minutes, below both Illinois’ towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| McCook | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in McCook, with inland flooding at the top
Since 2013, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in McCook. Compared with 80% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is lower. Expected losses in McCook break down as 64% from inland flooding and 15% from tornadoes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in McCook after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in McCook
A winter brings about 42 inches of snow, with January nights at 17° and July afternoons at 84°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Crime reported in McCook
In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so rates aren't shown.
McCook is small, so we show counts rather than rates.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
How healthy McCook is
The share of adults in McCook who binge drink: 20%. This Illinois town does better than the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 6. 75% of adults had a checkup this year here, below both the Illinois town median (78%) and the median of U.S. towns (79%).
| McCook | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 78% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | McCook | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with high blood pressure | 29.5% | 33% |
| More uninsured adults | 15.7% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about McCook
Colleges nearby
54 within 15 miles of the center of McCook
About 2 of every 100 McCook residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Every workday, about 4,837 people come to McCook for work
Where McCook’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About McCook
Village in Illinois, United States
McCook is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and is an industrial suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 249, which is the lowest population of all municipalities in the county.
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- Area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Area code
- 708
Questions about McCook
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is McCook, IL a good place to live?
McCook has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.