RobbinsIL
A town of 4,588, settled in 1917.
Is Robbins a good place to live?
Robbins grades D overall, 738th of 767 graded towns in Illinois, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 90% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $41K, and 29% of residents live below the poverty line. What it does well: it is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. 29% of residents live below the poverty line in Robbins, above both the Illinois town median (8.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). On history, just 92 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. Robbins's schools rank behind 80% of the state's.
What makes Robbins stand out
Where Robbins beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Robbins | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 20.5% | 7.8% |
Robbins has shrunk 14% since 2010
5,337 counted in 2010 and 4,629 in 2020; an estimated 4,588 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Robbins grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Robbins is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Soldier Field and 155 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Robbins. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw12 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw17 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 Robbins: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Robbins, 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 Robbins.
Robbins is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it has poverty well above the Illinois rate.
The typical home in Robbins is valued at about $116K
At 1.3 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income, the typical home (about $116K) costs less against local pay than in 97% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living. Its typical home is the least expensive on its borders; Crestwood is next at $204K.
The typical Robbins home is worth about $116,000, up 7.6% in a year, 61% below the Illinois typical home. The median rent in Robbins is $1,553 a month.
| Robbins | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 59% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,553 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
More of Robbins’ adults say their health is fair or poor than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
Against the 2,565 U.S. towns with household incomes like Robbins’s, it is less healthy than 53%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income. All 3 graded neighbors score healthier than its D, from Blue Island (C+) to Crestwood (B+).
31% of Robbins adults say their health is fair or poor. Among 767 Illinois towns, just 8 have a higher share of adults who feel lonely than Robbins. 16% of Robbins adults report frequent physical distress.
| Robbins | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 18% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 11% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 35% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Robbins | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.4% | 17.8% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 20.5% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
High risk in Robbins, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 79% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 27 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Robbins.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Robbins stands out in Illinois and nationally, with the median household income lower than most
Robbins has 332 jobs for its 1,727 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 486 in 2013 to 332.
Only 10 of the 768 Illinois towns we compare have a lower median household income than Robbins. Jobs based in Robbins fell to 332 in 2023, 154 fewer than in 2013. 0.9% of working residents work locally in Robbins.
| Robbins | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $41,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Robbins
Robbins has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Robbins has set aside 0.2% of its land for conservation
0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Robbins | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Robbins Heritage Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Robbins
Colleges nearby
25 within 15 miles of the center of Robbins
About 5 of every 100 Robbins residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
99% of working residents leave Robbins for work
Where Robbins’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Robbins
Village in Illinois, United States
Robbins is a village and south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,629 at the 2020 census. It is the second oldest African American incorporated town in the north following Brooklyn, Illinois, and was home to the country's first black-owned airport, Robbins Airport.
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- Established
- 1917
- Area
- 1.5 sq mi
- ZIP code
- 60472
- Area code
- 708
Robbins’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Robbins.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its D; Blue Island (D) is closest.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbins | #738 | D | B− | — | C− | D |
| Crestwood | #596 | C | B− | C | C− | B+ |
| Blue Island | #707 | D | B− | C− | C− | C+ |
| Midlothian | #549 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C | B+ |
Robbins reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Robbins with a neighbor →
Questions about Robbins
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Robbins, IL a good place to live?
Robbins grades D overall, better than 7% of U.S. towns and #738 of 767 in Illinois. It grades D for health and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Robbins, IL expensive?
That is 1.3 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 B−.
What is Robbins, IL known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Nichelle Nichols and Joe Montgomery.