Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Rosemont's standout: it is among the most walkable places in the country. Overall it grades B−, 471st among Illinois's 767 graded towns. Natural-hazard risk is low. Its weakest subject is safety: its crime rate is higher than 97% of U.S. towns, with 7 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. On history, just 10 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. Rosemont's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 98% of U.S. towns. Among 768 Illinois towns, just 1 have a lower share of households owning their home than Rosemont.
Where Rosemont beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Rosemont’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 Rosemont is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for safety (better than 3%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 978 in 1960, 3,952 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 7 maps from 1900 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rosemont. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
in town Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
Big draw20 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaRate FieldWrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rosemont, 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 Rosemont.
Rosemont draws workers from Chicago and beyond and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it reports more crime than Chicago and its other graded neighbors.
Each of the 3 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Chicago (D) to Park Ridge (B+). Reported crimes fell from 361 to 77 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
At 18.5 per 1,000 residents, Rosemont’s property crime rate is above both Illinois’ towns (7.9) and U.S. towns (9.9). Rosemont reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 97% report less.
| Rosemont | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 18.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.8 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
26,033 jobs are based in Rosemont, 13.3 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 19,654 in 2013 to 26,033.
Most working residents leave Rosemont for work: only 19% work in town. Since 2013, Rosemont has added 6,379 jobs, to 26,033 in 2023. At 23 minutes, Rosemont’s average trip to work is below both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Rosemont | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Rosemont home is worth about $400,000, up 12.5% in a year, 35% above the Illinois typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Against the 9,653 U.S. towns with household incomes like Rosemont’s, it is healthier than 94%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Rosemont beats the Illinois average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 16% of Rosemont adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Rosemont | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Rosemont | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with high blood pressure | 28.3% | 33% |
| Fewer adults with obesity | 29.6% | 34% |
| More uninsured adults | 16% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Rosemont has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 50 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Rosemont.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.9 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Catherine Chevalier Woods Preserve, at 26 acres.
| Rosemont | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dunne Park | 0.6 mi | 8 |
| 2. Catherine Chevalier Woods Preserve | — | 26 |
| 3. Dam Number 4 South Preserve | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
42 within 15 miles of the center of Rosemont
About 8 of every 100 Rosemont residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, located immediately northwest of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, the village had a population of 3,952. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that. While Rosemont's land area and population are relatively small among municipalities in the Chicago metropolitan area, the village is a major center for commercial activity in the region and is a key component of the Golden Corridor. It contains Allstate Arena, which hosts the Chicago Wolves AHL hockey team. The AUSL Chicago Bandits are also located in Rosemont. Since its founding, the village has been governed by one family, and has been describ…
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5 towns share a border with Rosemont.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemont | #471 | B− | C | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Chicago | #676 | C− | C− | D | C | B+ |
| Leyden Township | #543 | C+ | C | — | C− | B |
| Maine Township | #176 | A− | D | — | A− | A |
| Des Plaines | #197 | A− | C− | B | A− | A |
| Park Ridge | #30 | A+ | C− | B+ | A | A+ |
Leyden Township and Maine Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Rosemont with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Rosemont grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #471 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health, D− for safety and B+ for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D−.
That is 4.4 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.
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