Best PlacesHoliday Hills, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holiday Hills, 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.
Holiday Hills ranks 18,928th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Holiday 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.
Holiday Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Holiday Hills ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
Where Holiday Hills ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,371 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Short commute35.4 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Holiday Hills
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holiday Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,729, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Holiday Hills' effective rate of 2.40%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Holiday Hills
Holiday Hills runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Holiday Hills.
Who works in Holiday Hills, and how
Work in Holiday Hills centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Holiday Hills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Holiday Hills.
What the weather is like in Holiday Hills, month by month
Holiday Hills sees roughly 90 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 Holiday Hills
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 28 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 Holiday Hills
Schools across Holiday Hills average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Landmark Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mchenry Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Wauconda High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holiday Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holiday 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 Holiday Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Holiday Hills
Is Holiday Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holiday Hills ranks 18,928th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, cell coverage, and few empty homes, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Holiday Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,184. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $88,729 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Holiday Hills safe?
Yes, Holiday Hills is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $185 per resident a year.
Compare Holiday Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holiday Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holiday 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.
Holiday Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holiday Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holiday Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holiday Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holiday Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holiday 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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