Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Westmont grades A overall, 148th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. Residents are healthier than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its schools rank ahead of 88% of Illinois towns and the median household earns $88K. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $411K, 4.5 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Westmont’s trail density is 1.8 miles per square mile, where Illinois’ towns sit at 0.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Only 85 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score higher on hazard risk. Westmont is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns.
Where Westmont beats most towns.
6.1% of the town is conserved land, across 18 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Westmont is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,733 in 1930, 24,429 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 8 maps from 1891 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Westmont. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw20 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw19 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Westmont, 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 Westmont.
Westmont carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Illinois (mostly inland flooding), trades workers with Chicago and other neighbors and is safe by national standards but not by Illinois’s.
9.1 miles of trail in 18 parks and preserves. Ty Warner Park, at 37 acres with 2.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ty Warner Park | 2.4 mi | 37 |
| 2. Bellerive Park | 0.5 mi | 8 |
| 3. Veterans Memorial Park | 0.3 mi | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
13% of Westmont adults report frequent mental distress, below both Illinois’ towns (17%) and U.S. towns (17%). 18% of Westmont adults have been diagnosed with depression. Westmont beats the Illinois average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Westmont | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Westmont | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.5% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.6% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 95% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $245 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Westmont’s FEMA risk score is 16 of 100. Since 1978, 36 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Westmont.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
55% of households own their home in Westmont. The typical Westmont home is worth about $411,000, up 4.3% in a year, 39% above the Illinois typical home. The median rent in Westmont is $1,533 a month.
| Westmont | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 55% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,533 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 50% | 46% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Westmont has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 16° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 13.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 50% of Illinois’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 283 to 250 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Westmont has about as many jobs (13,337) as working residents, but only 577 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Westmont for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Westmont grew to 13,337 in 2023, 1,296 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Chicago (24%), Downers Grove (5%) and Naperville (4%).
| Westmont | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22% | 11% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Median household income | $88,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
21 within 15 miles of the center of Westmont
About 5 of every 100 Westmont residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Westmont is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, Westmont had a population of 24,429.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
8 towns share a border with Westmont.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmont | #148 | A | D | B | A | A |
| Downers Grove | #98 | A | D | B+ | A | A |
| Willowbrook | #198 | A− | D | B− | A | A |
| Clarendon Hills | #1 | A+ | C | A | A+ | A+ |
| Oak Brook | #462 | B− | D− | D− | A+ | A |
| Hinsdale | #5 | A+ | D | A | A+ | A+ |
| Darien | #75 | A | D | A− | A | A |
| Downers Grove Township | #82 | A | D | — | A | A |
Downers Grove Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Westmont with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Westmont grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #148 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A for health, B for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
2 notable people were born here, including Robbie Russo and Pierre Pierce.
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