Best PlacesHomer Glen, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Homer Glen, 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.
Homer Glen ranks 709th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Homer Glen
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.
Homer Glen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Homer Glen ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of cities
- QuietBetter than 85% of cities
Where Homer Glen ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of cities
- Short commute35.3 minutes each way, better than only 5% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 5% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Homer Glen
A household needs to earn about $131,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Homer Glen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $131,972, 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 Homer Glen's effective rate of 2.17%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Homer Glen
Homer Glen 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 Homer Glen.
Who works in Homer Glen, and how
Work in Homer Glen centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Homer Glen
Homer Glen has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of cities and more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Homer Glen and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Homer Glen, month by month
Homer Glen sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 84° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Homer Glen
Chicago Midway International sits about 16 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 Homer Glen
Schools across Homer Glen average a C+, better than 33% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Palos West Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Reed Elem SchoolB · 45% proficient
- William J Butler SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Palos South Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Homer Jr High SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Old Quarry Middle SchB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Lemont Twp High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Lincoln Way WestB− · 42% proficient
- Lockport Township High Sch EastC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Homer Glen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Homer Glen 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 Homer Glen against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Homer Glen suits
Families
Schools land around the 33rd percentile and crime safety beats 86%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 87% of cities and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Homer Glen
Is Homer Glen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Homer Glen ranks 709th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on civic engagement, low disaster risk, and what local pay buys, 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 Homer Glen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $421,413. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $131,972 median income, cost of living beats 87% of cities.
Is Homer Glen safe?
Yes, Homer Glen is safer than 86% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $162 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Homer Glen?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 32 with lows near 20. That works out to about 80 pleasant days a year, more than 44% of cities.
Is Homer Glen good for families?
Schools beat 33% of cities, crime safety beats 86%, and childcare runs $1,352 a month.
Compare Homer Glen with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Homer Glen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Homer Glen 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.
Homer Glen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Homer Glen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Homer Glen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Homer Glen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Homer Glen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Homer Glen 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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