Best Places60565, IL Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 60565, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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60565 ranks 1,179th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 60565

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 60565 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

60565's strengths and weaknesses

#1179Best US zip overall
Top 3%What local pay buys
Top 3%An educated workforce
Top 3%High incomes
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 60565 with other zip codes.

Where 60565 ranks high

  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of zip codes
  • Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of zip codes
  • Household income$171,138 median, better than 98% of zip codes
  • Health outlookBetter than 97% of zip codes
  • Big-city accessBetter than 93% of zip codes

Where 60565 ranks low

  • State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of zip codes
  • Low property taxBetter than only 5% of zip codes
  • Cheap childcare$1,482 a month, better than only 7% of zip codes
  • Air qualityBetter than only 14% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 60565

A household needs to earn about $161,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 60565 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $171,138, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$161,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$3,746
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $535,665 home
Median rent
$1,900
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$2,731
Property tax$837
Homeowners insurance$179

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 60565's effective rate of 1.87%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 60565

60565 runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
43
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
17%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.9
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1824%
18 to 3417%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6422%
65 and older17%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 60565.


Who works in 60565, and how

Work in 60565 centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
27%
above the national average
Unemployment
3.6%
below the national average
Job growth
+5.8%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Professional & technical15%
Education13%
Health care & social12%
Manufacturing10%
Finance & insurance10%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 66%
  • Work from home 27%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 7%

Life in 60565

60565 has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most zip codes and more parkland per resident than 94% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 60565 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
45
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 11.2 per 10,000 residents, more than 20% of zip codes
Coffee shops
5
about 1.2 per 10,000 residents, more than 43% of zip codes
Parkland
605 acres
about 15.0 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 94% of zip codes

What the weather is like in 60565, month by month

60565 sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January32°26°20°
April60°49°40°
July84°75°66°
October65°54°46°

Flying in and out of 60565

Chicago Midway International sits about 20 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
MDW
Chicago Midway International, about 20 miles
Airport size
Large hub
31st-busiest in the US, 113 nonstop destinations
Average drive
28 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 60565

Schools across 60565 average a B+, better than 75% of zip codes.

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Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 60565 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


60565 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 60565 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 60565 suits

Families

Schools beat 75% of zip codes.

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Remote workers

Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 27% already work from home.

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Retirees

Health care access beats 92%.

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Common questions about living in 60565

Is 60565 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 60565 ranks 1,179th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on what local pay buys, an educated workforce, and high incomes, and lowest on state finances and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 60565 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $535,665. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $171,138 median income, cost of living beats 98% of zip codes.

Is 60565 safe?

60565 is safer than 54% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $232 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 60565?

July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 32 with lows near 20. That works out to about 79 pleasant days a year, more than 42% of zip codes.

Is 60565 good for families?

Schools beat 75% of zip codes, crime safety beats 54%, and childcare runs $1,482 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 60565. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 60565 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.

60565 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 60565: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 60565: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 60565: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 60565: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

60565 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.