PhoenixIL
A town of 1,646.
Is Phoenix a good place to live?
The best of Phoenix’s subject grades are an A+ for walkability and an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for schools. 22% of residents live below the poverty line in Phoenix, against 8.4% in Illinois’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 30 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns score higher on walkability. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 78% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On civic life, just 21 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do worse. Phoenix has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Phoenix stand out
Where Phoenix beats most towns.
Typical home value
Phoenix has shrunk 16% since 2010
1,964 counted in 2010 and 1,708 in 2020; an estimated 1,646 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Phoenix grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Phoenix is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Soldier Field and 150 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Phoenix. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw12 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw19 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · 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
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Moving to Phoenix: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Phoenix, 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 Phoenix.
A typical Phoenix home is worth about $87K
The typical Phoenix home is worth about $87,000, down 1% in a year, 71% below the Illinois typical home. 66% of Phoenix households own their home, below both Illinois’ towns (75%) and U.S. towns (73%). Phoenix’s median rent is $994 a month.
| Phoenix | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 66% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $994 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Compared with most of Illinois and the rest of the country, more of Phoenix’s adults have diabetes
20% of Phoenix adults have diabetes. Only 2 of the 768 Illinois towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Phoenix. 16% of Phoenix adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Phoenix | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 11% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 35% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 35% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Phoenix | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.7% | 17.8% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.7% | 7.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 17.1% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median household income in Phoenix is lower than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
The median household income in Phoenix is $30,000. Since 2013, Phoenix has added 253 jobs, to 336 in 2023. 1% of working residents work locally in Phoenix.
| Phoenix | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $30,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Phoenix, with inland flooding at the top
One flood insurance claim has been paid in Phoenix since 2009.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Phoenix has four seasons and pleasant summers
Phoenix has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Everything we know about Phoenix
Colleges nearby
21 within 15 miles of the center of Phoenix
About 7 of every 100 Phoenix residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
99% of working residents leave Phoenix for work
Where Phoenix’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Phoenix
Village in Illinois, United States
Phoenix is a village and south suburb in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,708 at the 2020 census. It is located approximately 19 miles (31 km) south of the Chicago Loop in the Chicago metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Area code
- 708
Phoenix’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Phoenix.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | — | — | A− | B− | D | C− |
| Harvey | #751 | D | B+ | D | D | D |
| South Holland | #743 | D | C− | C− | D | C+ |
Phoenix has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Phoenix with a neighbor →
Questions about Phoenix
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Phoenix, IL expensive?
Not for the area. That is 1 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 A−.