Best PlacesElk Grove Village, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Elk Grove Village, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Elk Grove Village ranks 1,280th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Elk Grove Village
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.
Elk Grove Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Elk Grove Village ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of cities
- BikingBetter than 80% of cities
Where Elk Grove Village ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 53 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of cities
- School gradeD+, better than only 7% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Elk Grove Village
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Elk Grove Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $96,293; 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 Elk Grove Village's effective rate of 1.81%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Elk Grove Village
Elk Grove Village runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Elk Grove Village.
Who works in Elk Grove Village, and how
Work in Elk Grove Village centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Elk Grove Village
Elk Grove Village has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Elk Grove Village and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Elk Grove Village, month by month
Elk Grove Village sees roughly 53 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 Elk Grove Village
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 6 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 Elk Grove Village
Schools across Elk Grove Village average a D+, better than 7% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Stem Magnet Academy ElemB+ · 53% proficient
- Fairview Elem SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Frederick Nerge Elem SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Margaret Mead JhsB+ · 51% proficient
- Blackhawk Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Wood Dale Jr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Elk Grove High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Fenton High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Elk Grove Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Elk Grove Village 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 Elk Grove Village against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Elk Grove Village suits
Common questions about living in Elk Grove Village
Is Elk Grove Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Elk Grove Village ranks 1,280th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, low disaster risk, and a stable housing market, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Elk Grove Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $339,237. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $96,293 median income, cost of living beats 53% of cities.
Is Elk Grove Village safe?
Elk Grove Village is safer than 36% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $275 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Elk Grove Village?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 19. That works out to about 53 pleasant days a year, more than 1% of cities.
Is Elk Grove Village good for families?
Schools beat 7% of cities, crime safety beats 36%, and childcare runs $1,105 a month.
Compare Elk Grove Village with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Elk Grove Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Elk Grove Village 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.
Elk Grove Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Elk Grove Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Elk Grove Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Elk Grove Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Elk Grove Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Elk Grove Village 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.