150 Best Illinois Towns to Call Home: Elmhurst is No. 10

Where are the best places to live in Illinois? No one will be surprised the top of the list is packed with North Shore and west suburban communities, towns with gorgeous housing, quality schools and residents with flush bank accounts.

Elmhurst comes in as the 10th best place to live, undoubtably due to the picturesque downtown area, low crime rates and abundant park space.

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RoadSnacks.net, in analyzing 342 of the state’s most populous cities, recently ranked the best and worst places to live in Illinois using FBI crime data, the government census, Labor Bureau statistics and Sperling’s Best Places.

The website’s rankings are based on unemployment, housing, median income, education, crime and population density. Many of these communities perennially rank high on annual Time, Money and Business Week lists of the Best Places to Live.

Here is what RoadSnacks has to say about Elmhurst:

Elmhurst is another Chicago suburb with a low unemployment rate and where residents earn high salaries.

Said one reviewer on City-Data.com: “ We feel incredibly safe in Elmhurst. The houses and neighborhoods are beautiful, the people are friendly, and it’s wonderful to have such good neighbors. People watch out for each other here, they teach their children to be respectful of others and things.”

Enough said.

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