Best PlacesClarendon Hills, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clarendon Hills, 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.
Clarendon Hills ranks 1,184th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Clarendon Hills
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.
Clarendon Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Clarendon Hills ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$153,176 median, better than 97% of towns
Where Clarendon Hills ranks low
- 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
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Clarendon Hills
A household needs to earn about $195,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clarendon Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $153,176, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Clarendon Hills' effective rate of 1.78%, 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 Clarendon Hills
Clarendon Hills'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 Clarendon Hills.
Who works in Clarendon Hills, and how
Work in Clarendon Hills centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Clarendon Hills
Clarendon Hills has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns and more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Clarendon Hills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Clarendon Hills, month by month
Clarendon Hills 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 Clarendon Hills
Chicago Midway International sits about 10 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 Clarendon Hills
Schools across Clarendon Hills average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prospect Elem SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Walker SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Gower West Elem SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clarendon Hills Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Gower Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Westview Hills Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Hinsdale Central High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Westmont High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Hinsdale South High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clarendon Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clarendon Hills 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 Clarendon Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Clarendon Hills
Is Clarendon Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clarendon Hills ranks 1,184th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, population health, and big-city access, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clarendon Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $657,169. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $153,176 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Clarendon Hills safe?
Clarendon Hills is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $252 per resident a year.
Compare Clarendon Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clarendon Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clarendon Hills 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.
Clarendon Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clarendon Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clarendon Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clarendon Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clarendon Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clarendon Hills 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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