Best PlacesMaple Park, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maple Park, 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.
Maple Park ranks 11,017th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Maple Park
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.
Maple Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maple Park ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$119,678 median, better than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
Where Maple Park 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
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,328 a month, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maple Park
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maple Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $119,678, 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 Maple Park's effective rate of 2.30%, 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 Maple Park
Maple Park's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Maple Park.
Who works in Maple Park, and how
Work in Maple Park centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Maple Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Maple Park.
What the weather is like in Maple Park, month by month
Maple Park sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 23° | 17° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 38° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Maple Park
The nearest airport, Chicago/Rockford International, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Maple Park
Schools across Maple Park average a C−, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lily Lake Grade SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- North Grove Elementary SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Southeast Elem SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Prairie Knolls Middle SchB− · 43% proficient
- Central Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Hinckley-big Rock Middle SchC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Central High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Kaneland Senior High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Hinckley-big Rock High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maple Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maple Park 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 Maple Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maple Park
Is Maple Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maple Park ranks 11,017th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and low crime, 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 Maple Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $338,992. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $119,678 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Maple Park safe?
Yes, Maple Park is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $129 per resident a year.
Compare Maple Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maple Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maple Park 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.
Maple Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maple Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maple Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maple Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maple Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maple Park 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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