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For most people who can afford it, yes. Sugar Grove grades A− overall, 182nd of 767 graded towns in Illinois. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 93% of U.S. towns. It is healthier than 93% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $121K. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $464K for a typical one and 5.1 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Sugar Grove’s median household income is $121,000, against $83,000 in Illinois’ towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Ephraim Smith House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Sugar Grove beats most towns.
Where Sugar Grove’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 Sugar Grove is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 326 in 1960, 9,278 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1996 and 4 maps from 1932 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sugar Grove. Close and well known come first.
33 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
33 mi Stadium & arenaSeatGeek Stadium
34 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
31 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum32 mi Park & preserveMazon Creek
20 mi MuseumMorton ArboretumAllstate 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 · Morton Arboretum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sugar Grove, 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 Sugar Grove.
Sugar Grove has less tooth loss than most of Illinois and has seen reported crime fall by about half, but it has property taxes 1.7 times the Illinois norm.
Reported crimes fell from 54 to 23 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Sugar Grove is 2.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Sugar Grove | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its widest gap with Illinois is tooth loss: 5.1% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 10.3% statewide.
20% of Sugar Grove adults binge drink. Sugar Grove beats the Illinois average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 17% of Sugar Grove adults get no exercise outside work.
| Sugar Grove | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Sugar Grove | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.1% | 10.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.9% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median property tax bill is $9,221, against $5,298 across Illinois, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Sugar Grove’s median rent is $1,543 a month. Typical home values rose 4.9% in the year to September 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
27.2% of workers work from home, against 15.9% across Illinois.
Most working residents leave Sugar Grove for work: only 4% work in town. 4.7% of residents live below the poverty line in Sugar Grove. The top destinations are Chicago (13%), Aurora (11%) and Naperville (5%).
| Sugar Grove | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 8.4% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
2.9 miles of trail in 20 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Aurora West Forest Preserve, at 38 acres.
| Sugar Grove | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.5% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Harter Community Park | 0.7 mi | 16 |
| 2. Volunteer Park | 0.4 mi | 10 |
| 3. Aurora West Forest Preserve | — | 38 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 25% of residents (17% statewide). 46% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Sugar Grove | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 46% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 45.4 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.2 points). Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Sugar Grove | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.8% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.9% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.2% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.7% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.7% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.9% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.2% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.9% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.1% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.5% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.3% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Sugar Grove 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.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sugar Grove.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Sugar Grove
About 7 of every 100 Sugar Grove residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
4 notable people were born in Sugar Grove.
Village in Illinois, United States
Sugar Grove is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 9,278.
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3 towns share a border with Sugar Grove.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Grove | #182 | A− | C− | A | B+ | A |
| Prestbury | — | — | C | — | C+ | A |
| Big Rock | — | — | C+ | — | B | A− |
| Aurora | #422 | B | C− | C+ | B+ | B |
Prestbury and Big Rock have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Prestbury and Big Rock report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sugar Grove with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Sugar Grove grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #182 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health, A for safety and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
4 notable people were born here, including Leah Hayes and P. J. Fleck.
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