Best PlacesMundelein, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mundelein, 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.
Mundelein ranks 803rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mundelein
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.
The best areas in Mundelein
The parts of Mundelein, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Orchard Meadows
Superior Homes
Mundelein Station & Fair Haven
Phillip's and Barr's
Scores across Mundelein run from about the 22nd to the 91st percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Mundelein's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mundelein ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 83% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 78% of cities
Where Mundelein ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 19% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 34% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Mundelein
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mundelein home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $113,970, 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 Mundelein's effective rate of 2.43%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mundelein
Mundelein'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 Mundelein.
Who works in Mundelein, and how
Work in Mundelein centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mundelein
Mundelein has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mundelein and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mundelein, month by month
Mundelein sees roughly 89 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 Mundelein
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 21 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 Mundelein
Schools across Mundelein average a C−, better than 19% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Butterfield SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Fremont Intermediate SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Hawthorn Sch Of Dual LanguageD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Highland Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Hawthorn Middle School SouthB · 46% proficient
- Fremont Jr High/middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Adlai E Stevenson High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Vernon Hills High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Mundelein Cons High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mundelein school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mundelein 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 Mundelein against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Mundelein suits
Families
Schools land around the 19th percentile and crime safety beats 59%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 74% of cities and 18% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Mundelein
Is Mundelein a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mundelein ranks 803rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low disaster risk, a stable housing market, and heat safety, 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 Mundelein expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $309,740. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $113,970 median income, cost of living beats 74% of cities.
Is Mundelein safe?
Yes, Mundelein is safer than 59% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $226 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mundelein?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 21. That works out to about 89 pleasant days a year, more than 53% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Mundelein?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Orchard Meadows, Superior Homes, and Mundelein Station & Fair Haven. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Mundelein with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mundelein. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mundelein 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.
Mundelein detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mundelein: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mundelein: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mundelein: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mundelein: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mundelein 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.