Hinsdale Ranked Among Best Illinois Cities for Families

Hinsdale is a great place to live for plenty of reasons, and now you can keep your humble bragging current with the latest ranking of best and worst Illinois cities for families from WalletHub.

Hinsdale comes in as the No. 6 overall best city for families in the state.

The village has the highest school-system quality in the study, which is 18 times better than in East St. Louis, which has the lowest quality school system, according to WalletHub.

Of the 162 cities included in the study, Hinsdale ranked No. 41 for family life and fun. It earned fourth place for affordability, 19th place for education, health and safety and 33rd place for socioeconomic environment.

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Several other towns throughout the Chicago suburbs were highly ranked for family raising, the study reports.

In addition to Hinsdale, top Chicago suburbs on the list include Deerfield (No. 2), Libertyville (No. 4), Cary (No. 7), Lake in the Hills (No. 8), Frankfort (No. 9) and Naperville (No 10).

But several of the top 10 worst towns in Illinois are also located in the Chicago suburbs.

Among the worst suburbs for families on WalletHub’s list were Harvey, Dolton, Maywood and Blue Island.

WalletHub ranked Morton, a village of about 15,000 residents located southeast of Peoria, as the best town in Illinois for families. East St. Louis, located on the Mississippi River just east of St. Louis, was named the worst town in Illinois for families.

To create the ranking, WalletHub’s analysts compared 162 cities in the state using 21 indicators of “ideal family conditions.” Some of those conditions included percentage of families with young children, median family income, housing affordability, quality of the school systems, number of parks and attractions and a separation and divorce rates. The full methodology can be found here.

Below is a list of the 40 best and worst cities from the study.

Best Cities in Illinois for Families

1. Deerfield
2. Washington
3. Morton
4. Libertyville
5. O’Fallon
6. Hinsdale
7. Cary
8. Lake in the Hills
9. Frankfort
10. Naperville
11. Yorkville
12. Edwardsville
13. Elmhurst
14. Oswego
15. Lake Zurich
16. Batavia
17. Lake Forest
18. Glen Ellyn
19. Normal
20. Grayslake
21. La Grange
22. Algonquin
23. Bartlett
24. Shorewood
25. Montgomery
26. Wilmette
27. Vernon Hills
28. St. Charles
29. New Lenox
30. Wheaton
31. Buffalo Grove
32. Crystal Lake
33. Plainfield
34. Northbrook
35. South Elgin
36. Glenview
37. Geneva
38. Bloomington
39. Lockport
40. Woodridge

Worst Cities in Illinois for Families

1. East St. Louis
2. Harvey
3. Dolton
4. Maywood
5. Blue Island
6. Bridgeview
7. Calumet City
8. Kankakee
9. Chicago
10. Country Club Hills
11. Chicago Heights
12. North Chicago
13. Lansing
14. Rockford
15. Danville
16. Bellwood
17. Bensenville
18. Cicero
19. Alton
20. Carbondale
21. Franklin Park
22. Waukegan
23. Melrose Park
24. Granite City
25. Berwyn
26. South Holland
27. Niles
28. Mount Vernon
29. Park Forest
30. Zion
31. Elmwood Park
32. Alsip
33. Crest Hill
34. Matteson
35. Skokie
36. Addison
37. Decatur
38. Palos Hills
39. DeKalb
40. Oak Lawn

The full list can be found here.

Amie Schaenzer contributed to this article.
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