Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Montgomery grades B− overall, 480th of 767 graded towns in Illinois, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $104K and 9% of its land is conserved. On the other side, homes are expensive, about $332K for a typical one and 3.7 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Montgomery’s median rent is $1,984 a month, against $1,128 a month in Illinois’ towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Blackberry Creek Forest Preserve, at 152 acres. Montgomery's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 83% of U.S. towns.
Where Montgomery beats most towns.
Where Montgomery’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 Montgomery is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 200 in 1880, 20,262 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 5 maps from 1925 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Montgomery. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw40 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw40 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a year
31 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 · 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 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Montgomery, 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 Montgomery.
Montgomery owes part of its health edge to its incomes and is safe by national standards but not by Illinois’s.
Most working residents leave Montgomery for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work in Montgomery is 33 minutes. Since 2013, Montgomery has added 649 jobs, to 6,270 in 2023.
| Montgomery | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 8,015 U.S. towns with household incomes like Montgomery’s, it is less healthy than 51%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Montgomery beats the Illinois average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 20% of adults binge drink in Montgomery.
| Montgomery | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 78% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Montgomery | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.6% | 7.6% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.4% | 5.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.4% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Montgomery has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 15° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.8 miles of trail in 17 parks and preserves.
| Montgomery | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.6% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Montgomery Park | 0.4 mi | 7 |
| 2. Blackberry Creek Forest Preserve | 0.2 mi | 152 |
| 3. Jericho Lake Park | — | 48 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Children under 18 are 28% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 11% of residents (17% statewide). 29% of Montgomery residents are under 18. Montgomery has grown 8.3% since 2020, to 21,978 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Montgomery | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 29% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 11% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 35.3 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Among residents 55 to 64, 62% are men (IL 49%). Median age: women 38.0, men 33.3.
| Montgomery | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15.7% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.1% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.1% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.8% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.4% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.4% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.9% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.5% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.4% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.4% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.1% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.6% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
At 14.2 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 54% of Illinois’s graded towns. Reported crimes rose from 193 to 291 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Montgomery home is worth about $332,000, up 3.6% in a year, 12% above the Illinois typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 121 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Montgomery.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
5 within 15 miles of the center of Montgomery
About 5 of every 100 Montgomery residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Montgomery is a village within the Chicago Metropolitan Area of Kane and Kendall counties, Illinois. The village is a suburb/exurb of Chicago located roughly 45 miles (72 km) southwest of the city. The population was 20,262 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Montgomery.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery | #480 | B− | D | B | B | B+ |
| Aurora | #422 | B | C− | C+ | B+ | B |
| Oswego | #177 | A− | D | A− | B+ | A− |
| Boulder Hill | #551 | C+ | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Yorkville | #225 | A− | D | A− | A− | A− |
Boulder Hill reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Montgomery with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Montgomery grades B− overall, better than 49% of U.S. towns and #480 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ 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.
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