The 100 Best Places To Live In Illinois Ranked

Clarendon Hills was ranked the best place to live in Illinois, according to a new list released by Niche. The village, along with 96 other communities in the state, received an A+ grade on the website's rankings of best places to live for 2018.

The list awarded grades from A+ to D- to communities across Illinois. The top 100 communities in the state received grades of between A+ and A, with only three communities — Magnificent Mile, Winfield and Sauganash/Forest Glen — getting an A grade.

To calculate the rankings and assign grades to communities, Niche looked at factors like the quality of local schools, crime rates, housing trends, employment statistics and access to amenities. Niche gets its data from government sources like the Department of Education, the FBI and the U.S. Census. You can read more about Niche’s methodology and data sources.

According to Niche, these are the 100 best communities to live in Illinois:

1. Clarendon Hills
2. Buffalo Grove
3. Naperville
4. Western Springs
5. Oak Park
6. Indian Head Park
7. Long Grove
8. Hinsdale
9. Evanston
10. Printers Row
11. Vernon Hills
12. Bannockburn
13. Wilmette
14. Northbrook
15. Winnetka
16. Tower Lakes
17. Glencoe
18. Lisle
19. South Barrington
20. Northfield
21. Green Oaks
22. Glen Ellyn
23. Deerfield
24. Wheaton
25. Glenview
26. West Loop
27. La Grange
28. Greektown
29. Kenilworth
30. Libertyville
31. Willowbrook
32. Elmhurst
33. Loop
34. Kildeer
35. Lincolnshire
36. Oak Brook
37. Schaumburg
38. Barrington
39. Highland Park
40. Gold Coast
41. Lake Forest
42. Streeterville
43. Riverwoods
44. Lake Zurich
45. Near South Side
46. La Grange Park
47. Hoffman Estates
48. River North
49. Palatine
50. River Forest
51. Hawthorn Woods
52. Burr Ridge
53. Deer Park
54. Glen Carbon
55. Lake Bluff
56. Savoy
57. Old Town
58. Inverness
59. North Barrington
60. Skokie
61. Riverside
62. Lincolnwood
63. Arlington Heights
64. Downers Grove
65. Warrenville
66. Morton Grove
67. Leland Grove
68. Rush & Division
69. Geneva
70. Lake View
71. Lincoln Park
72. Hyde Park
73. O'Fallon
74. Gurnee
75. Darien
76. Grandwood Park
77. Edwardsville
78. Mount Prospect
79. Wicker Park
80. North Center
81. Bucktown
82. St. Charles
83. Woodridge
84. East Village
85. Lake Barrington
86. Homewood
87. Mundelein
88. Boystown
89. Grayslake
90. Rolling Meadows
91. Barrington Hills
92. Brookfield
93. Lombard
94. Lakewood
95. Park Ridge
96. Batavia
97. Dunlap
98. Magnificent Mile
99. Winfield
100. Sauganash/Forest Glen

Go to Niche's website for the complete list of Illinois communities.

Photo via Village of Clarendon Hills