PrestburyIL
A town of 2,045.
Is Prestbury a good place to live?
Prestbury’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A for health; its weakest is a C for cost of living. 74% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Prestbury, above both Illinois’ towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). On incomes, just 12 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better. Only 19 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on history. Prestbury has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Prestbury stand out
Where Prestbury beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Prestbury for work
Where Prestbury’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Prestbury grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Prestbury is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
United Center and 58 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Prestbury. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
32 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
32 mi Stadium & arenaSeatGeek Stadium
33 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
31 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum32 mi Park & preserveMazon CreekPhoto credits
United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · SeatGeek Stadium: Khvmty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Prestbury: who provides what
Prestbury is unincorporated, so Kane County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Prestbury.
Fewer of Prestbury’s adults sleep under 7 hours than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
28% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Prestbury, against 35% in Illinois’ towns and 36% across U.S. towns. 8.1% of adults smoke cigarettes in Prestbury. Prestbury beats the Illinois average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| Prestbury | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.1% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Prestbury | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.4% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.5% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14.2% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very low risk in Prestbury, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in Prestbury than in most of Illinois or the rest of the country
1.9% of Prestbury residents live below the poverty line. Of the 769 Illinois towns we compare, none has a higher average trip to work than Prestbury. Prestbury’s median household income is $165,000.
| Prestbury | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 54 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $165,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Prestbury has four seasons and pleasant summers
Prestbury has cold winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 15° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Prestbury | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bliss Woods Forest Preserve | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Prestbury sells for about $350K
Of the 769 Illinois towns we compare, none has a higher share of households owning their home than Prestbury.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Prestbury
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Prestbury
About 2 of every 100 Prestbury residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Prestbury
Census-designated place in Illinois, United States
Prestbury is a census-designated place in Kane County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,657. Prestbury first appeared as a census-designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.
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- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 686 ft
Prestbury’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Prestbury.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prestbury | — | — | C | — | C+ | A |
| Sugar Grove | #182 | A− | C− | A | B+ | A |
Prestbury has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Prestbury reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Prestbury with a neighbor →
Questions about Prestbury
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Prestbury, IL expensive?
That is 4 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.