Oakwood HillsIL
The town was founded in 1959 and has 2,046 residents today.
Is Oakwood Hills a good place to live?
The best of Oakwood Hills’ subject grades are an A for incomes, health, and the outdoors; the weakest is a C− for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 124 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. Oakwood Hills's schools outperform 75% of the state's. Only 4 of the 769 Illinois towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Oakwood Hills. Oakwood Hills’ trail density is 5.5 miles per square mile, above both Illinois’ towns (0.3) and U.S. towns (0.4). No town in Illinois scores lower than Oakwood Hills on history. The biggest place to walk is Oakwood Hills Fen, 97 acres with 1.6 miles of trail. Oakwood Hills has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Oakwood Hills for work
Where Oakwood Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Oakwood Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Oakwood Hills is from typical.
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Moving to Oakwood Hills: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oakwood Hills, 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 Oakwood Hills.
Residents of Oakwood Hills are healthier than 86% of U.S. towns
The share of adults 18 to 64 in Oakwood Hills who have no health insurance: 6.2%. Of 32 CDC measures, Oakwood Hills beats the Illinois average on 10 and trails it on 1. 32% of adults in Oakwood Hills sleep under 7 hours; 19% get no exercise outside work.
| Oakwood Hills | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Oakwood Hills | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.7% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a very high hazard risk in Oakwood Hills: inland flooding
Households in Oakwood Hills have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2013. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 81% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts just over three quarters of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Oakwood Hills has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The typical journey to work for Oakwood Hills comes to 32 minutes. Jobs here fell by 33 from 2013 to 2023, to 249. For residents in the town, the share who live below the poverty line is 2.9%. The top destinations are Crystal Lake (10%), Chicago (8%) and McHenry (6%).
| Oakwood Hills | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 11% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Illinois overall
In Oakwood Hills, 38% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (39% statewide); children under 18 are 17% of residents (22% statewide).
| Oakwood Hills | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 19% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 35% and 60% women
The Census survey reached too few of Oakwood Hills’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±12.5 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Oakwood Hills | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.5% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.2% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.9% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 19.5% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.6% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.1% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.8% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.5% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.8% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.4% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.8% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.8% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
In Oakwood Hills, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
For Oakwood Hills, the midsummer high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical home in Oakwood Hills is valued at about $351K
The typical rent in Oakwood Hills is $1,886 a month. Typical home values rose 4.9% in the year to September 2026. Among households in the town, 92% own their home.
| Oakwood Hills | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,886 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 92% | 75% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Property crime in Oakwood Hills is lower than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
Oakwood Hills's reported crime rate is well below Illinois's. In Oakwood Hills, the level of violent crime is 0.5 per 1,000 residents. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025.
| Oakwood Hills | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Open space protected for good: 7.1% of Oakwood Hills
6.6 miles of trail wind through 3 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Oakwood Hills: 3, covering 102 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Oakwood Hills Fen | 1.6 mi | 97 |
| 2. Bates Fen Nature Preserve | — | 3 |
| 3. Silver Creek Conservation Area | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Wrigley Field and 87 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oakwood Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw18 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
25 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
23 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
40 mi MuseumHull HousePhoto credits
Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Hull House: User talk:Hied5, Public domain
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Everything we know about Oakwood Hills
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Oakwood Hills
About 5 of every 100 Oakwood Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Oakwood Hills
Village in Illinois, United States
Oakwood Hills is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1959. The population was 2,076 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.3 sq mi
Oakwood Hills’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Oakwood Hills.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakwood Hills | — | — | C− | — | A− | A |
| Nunda Township | #391 | B | C− | — | B | A− |
| Algonquin Township | #238 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A |
Oakwood Hills has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Oakwood Hills, Nunda Township and Algonquin Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Oakwood Hills with a neighbor →
Questions about Oakwood Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oakwood Hills, IL expensive?
Yes. That is 3.9 years of the area's median household income ($90,887 across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.