Best PlacesGlencoe, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glencoe, 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.
Glencoe ranks 1,301st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glencoe
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.
Glencoe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glencoe ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$208,239 median, better than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
Where Glencoe ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter 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 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glencoe
A household needs to earn about $403,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glencoe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $208,239, 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 Glencoe's effective rate of 1.40%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Glencoe
Glencoe runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glencoe.
Who works in Glencoe, and how
Work in Glencoe centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 44%
- Work from home 35%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Glencoe
Glencoe has more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Glencoe and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glencoe, month by month
Glencoe sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 60° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 67° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Glencoe
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 13 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 Glencoe
Schools across Glencoe average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Meadowbrook Elem SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- West SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Hubbard Woods Elem SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Carleton W Washburne SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Sunset Ridge Elem SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Central SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- New Trier Township H S WinnetkaA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glencoe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glencoe 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 Glencoe against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glencoe
Is Glencoe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glencoe ranks 1,301st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, population health, and high incomes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glencoe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,426,309. The overall cost of living runs about 36% above the national average. Set against a $208,239 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Glencoe safe?
Glencoe is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $440 per resident a year.
Compare Glencoe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glencoe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glencoe 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.
Glencoe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glencoe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glencoe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glencoe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glencoe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glencoe 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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