Best PlacesLindenhurst, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lindenhurst, 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.
Lindenhurst ranks 3,555th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lindenhurst
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.
Lindenhurst's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lindenhurst ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$137,537 median, better than 96% of towns
Where Lindenhurst 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
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,267 a month, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lindenhurst
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lindenhurst home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $137,537, 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 Lindenhurst's effective rate of 3.08%, 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 Lindenhurst
Lindenhurst runs younger 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 Lindenhurst.
Who works in Lindenhurst, and how
Work in Lindenhurst centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lindenhurst
Lindenhurst has more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Lindenhurst and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lindenhurst, month by month
Lindenhurst sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 56° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 63° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Lindenhurst
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 31 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 Lindenhurst
Schools across Lindenhurst average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Millburn Elem SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Woodland Intermediate SchD+ · 25% proficient
- Woodland ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Millburn Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Antioch Upper Grade SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Peter J Palombi SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Lakes Community High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Grayslake North High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Warren Township High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lindenhurst school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lindenhurst 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 Lindenhurst against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lindenhurst
Is Lindenhurst a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lindenhurst ranks 3,555th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, what local pay buys, and biking, 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 Lindenhurst expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $304,473. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $137,537 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Lindenhurst safe?
Yes, Lindenhurst is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $172 per resident a year.
Compare Lindenhurst with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lindenhurst. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lindenhurst 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.
Lindenhurst detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lindenhurst: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lindenhurst: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lindenhurst: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lindenhurst: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lindenhurst 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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