Best PlacesBridgeview, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bridgeview, 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.
Bridgeview ranks 32,183rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bridgeview
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.
Bridgeview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bridgeview ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
Where Bridgeview ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bridgeview
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bridgeview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $70,454; 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 Bridgeview'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bridgeview
Bridgeview's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bridgeview.
Who works in Bridgeview, and how
Work in Bridgeview centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. 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 5%
Life in Bridgeview
Bridgeview has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns and more parkland per resident than 85% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bridgeview and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bridgeview, month by month
Bridgeview sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 70° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Bridgeview
Chicago Midway International sits about 4 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bridgeview
Schools across Bridgeview average a D+, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bridgeview Elem SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Robina Lyle Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
- George T Wilkins Elem SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- H H Conrady Jr High SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Geo T Wilkins Jr High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Simmons Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Amos Alonzo Stagg High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Oak Lawn Comm High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Argo Community High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bridgeview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bridgeview 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 Bridgeview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bridgeview
Is Bridgeview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bridgeview ranks 32,183rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and transit, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bridgeview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,209. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $70,454 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Bridgeview safe?
Bridgeview is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $346 per resident a year.
Compare Bridgeview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bridgeview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bridgeview 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.
Bridgeview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bridgeview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bridgeview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bridgeview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bridgeview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bridgeview 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.