Best PlacesLombard, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lombard, 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.
Lombard ranks 11,901st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lombard
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.
Lombard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lombard ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute19.9 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
Where Lombard ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 20% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lombard
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lombard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,750, 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 Lombard's effective rate of 1.08%, 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 Lombard
Lombard 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 Lombard.
Who works in Lombard, and how
Work in Lombard centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Lombard
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lombard.
What the weather is like in Lombard, month by month
Lombard sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 78 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 15° | 9° |
| April | 51° | 40° | 32° |
| July | 78° | 67° | 57° |
| October | 55° | 45° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Lombard
The nearest airport, Chippewa Valley Regional, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 121 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lombard
Schools across Lombard average a C, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Thorp ElementaryB · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Thorp HighD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lombard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lombard 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 Lombard against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lombard
Is Lombard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lombard ranks 11,901st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and low disaster risk, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lombard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,000. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $99,750 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Lombard safe?
Yes, Lombard is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $259 per resident a year.
Compare Lombard with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lombard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lombard 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.
Lombard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lombard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lombard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lombard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lombard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lombard 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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