Best PlacesLong Grove, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Long Grove, 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.
Long Grove ranks 1,193rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Long Grove
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.
Long Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Long Grove ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$209,746 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
Where Long Grove 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$1,267 a month, better than only 12% of towns
- Short commute34.4 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Long Grove
A household needs to earn about $212,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Long Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $209,746; 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 Long Grove's effective rate of 2.38%, 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 Long Grove
Long Grove 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 Long Grove.
Who works in Long Grove, and how
Work in Long Grove centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Long Grove
Long Grove has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Long Grove and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Long Grove, month by month
Long Grove sees roughly 88 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 Long Grove
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 16 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 Long Grove
Schools across Long Grove average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prairie Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Kildeer Countryside Elem SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Country Meadows Elem SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Twin Groves Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Woodlawn Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Fremont Jr High/middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Adlai E Stevenson High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Mundelein Cons High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Long Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Long Grove 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 Long Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Long Grove
Is Long Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Long Grove ranks 1,193rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and an educated workforce, 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 Long Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $665,946. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $209,746 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Long Grove safe?
Yes, Long Grove is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $220 per resident a year.
Compare Long Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Long Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Long Grove 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.
Long Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Long Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Long Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Long Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Long Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Long Grove 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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