Best PlacesLemont, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lemont, 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.
Lemont ranks 4,362nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lemont
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.
Lemont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lemont ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$129,932 median, better than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
Where Lemont ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lemont
A household needs to earn about $145,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lemont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $129,932; 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 Lemont's effective rate of 1.62%, 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 Lemont
Lemont runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lemont.
Who works in Lemont, and how
Work in Lemont centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Lemont
Lemont has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lemont and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lemont, month by month
Lemont sees roughly 79 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 Lemont
Chicago Midway International sits about 15 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 Lemont
Schools across Lemont average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- River Valley SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Ludwig Elem SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Anne M Jeans Elem SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Old Quarry Middle SchB · 46% proficient
- Cass Jr High SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Hubert H Humphrey Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Lemont Twp High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Hinsdale South High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Lockport Township High Sch EastC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lemont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lemont 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 Lemont against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Lemont suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 92% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 17% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Lemont
Is Lemont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lemont ranks 4,362nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, population health, 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 Lemont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $499,413. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $129,932 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Lemont safe?
Yes, Lemont is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $171 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lemont?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 32 with lows near 20. That works out to about 79 pleasant days a year, more than 45% of towns.
Is Lemont good for families?
Schools beat 65% of towns, crime safety beats 79%, and childcare runs $1,122 a month.
Compare Lemont with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lemont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lemont 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.
Lemont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lemont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lemont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lemont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lemont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lemont 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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