Best PlacesBloomingdale, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bloomingdale, 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.
Bloomingdale ranks 8,752nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bloomingdale
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.
Bloomingdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bloomingdale ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where Bloomingdale ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,560 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bloomingdale
A household needs to earn about $118,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bloomingdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $105,798; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Bloomingdale's effective rate of 2.14%, 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.
Who lives in Bloomingdale
Bloomingdale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bloomingdale.
Who works in Bloomingdale, and how
Work in Bloomingdale centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bloomingdale
Bloomingdale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns and more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bloomingdale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bloomingdale, month by month
Bloomingdale sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Bloomingdale
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 9 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 Bloomingdale
Schools across Bloomingdale average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Erickson Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Dujardin Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Cloverdale Elem SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hadley Junior High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Westfield Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Medinah Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Lake Park High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Glenbard North High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Glenbard East High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bloomingdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bloomingdale 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 Bloomingdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Bloomingdale suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 85% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 19% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Bloomingdale
Is Bloomingdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bloomingdale ranks 8,752nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, big-city access, and cell coverage, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bloomingdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $382,001. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $105,798 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Bloomingdale safe?
Bloomingdale is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $263 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bloomingdale?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 19. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 23% of towns.
Is Bloomingdale good for families?
Schools beat 44% of towns, crime safety beats 39%, and childcare runs $1,560 a month.
Compare Bloomingdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bloomingdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bloomingdale 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.
Bloomingdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bloomingdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bloomingdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bloomingdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bloomingdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bloomingdale 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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