Best Places60085, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 60085, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
60085 ranks 24,504th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 60085
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
60085's strengths and weaknesses
Where 60085 ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 93% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of zip codes
Where 60085 ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 1% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 60085
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 60085 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,955, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 60085's effective rate of 2.11%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 60085
60085 runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 60085.
Who works in 60085, and how
Work in 60085 centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in 60085
60085 has more parkland per resident than 71% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 60085 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 60085, month by month
60085 sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 56° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 63° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of 60085
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 27 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.8 million passengers in 2025, with 305 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 60085
Schools across 60085 average a D−, better than 1% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Oak Grove Elem SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Woodland Intermediate SchD+ · 25% proficient
- Woodland ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- John R Lewis Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
- Viking SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- Edith M Smith Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Libertyville High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Warren Township High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- North Chicago Community High SchF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 60085 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
60085 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 60085 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 60085 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 60085
Is 60085 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 60085 ranks 24,504th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and transit, and lowest on the schools and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 60085 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $182,668. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $68,955 median income, cost of living beats 31% of zip codes.
Is 60085 safe?
60085 is safer than 12% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $440 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 60085?
July highs average about 83 degrees, and January highs near 32 with lows near 19. That works out to about 93 pleasant days a year, more than 59% of zip codes.
Is 60085 good for families?
Schools beat 1% of zip codes, crime safety beats 12%, and childcare runs $1,267 a month.
Compare 60085 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 60085. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 60085 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
60085 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 60085: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 60085: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 60085: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 60085: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
60085 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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