Best PlacesGlenview, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glenview, 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.
Glenview ranks 377th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glenview
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.
Glenview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glenview ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of cities
- BikingBetter than 92% of cities
- Household income$139,579 median, better than 87% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of cities
Where Glenview ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 21% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 30% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Glenview
A household needs to earn about $167,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glenview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $139,579, 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 Glenview's effective rate of 1.70%, 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 Glenview
Glenview runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glenview.
Who works in Glenview, and how
Work in Glenview centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Glenview
Glenview has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of cities and more parkland per resident than 91% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Glenview and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glenview, month by month
Glenview 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 Glenview
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 8 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 Glenview
Schools across Glenview average a B−, better than 52% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Willowbrook Elem SchoolA · 65% proficient
- George B Carpenter Elem SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Romona Elem SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Maple SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Marie Murphy SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Wilmette Junior High SchoolA · 60% 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 Glenview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glenview 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 Glenview against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Glenview suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 86% of cities and 22% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Glenview
Is Glenview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glenview ranks 377th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on an educated workforce, biking, and high incomes, and lowest on taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glenview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $570,653. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $139,579 median income, cost of living beats 86% of cities.
Is Glenview safe?
Glenview is safer than 30% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Glenview?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 21. That works out to about 86 pleasant days a year, more than 50% of cities.
Is Glenview good for families?
Schools beat 52% of cities, crime safety beats 30%, and childcare runs $1,105 a month.
Compare Glenview with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glenview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glenview 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.
Glenview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glenview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glenview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glenview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glenview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glenview 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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