Best PlacesOrland Park, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Orland Park, 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.
Orland Park ranks 902nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cell coverage.
The best neighborhoods in Orland 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.
Orland Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Orland Park ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 79% of cities
Where Orland Park ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of cities
- Short commute33.9 minutes each way, better than only 8% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Orland Park
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Orland Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $106,022; 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 Orland Park's effective rate of 1.97%, 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 Orland Park
Orland Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Orland Park.
Who works in Orland Park, and how
Work in Orland Park centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Orland Park
Orland Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of cities and more parkland per resident than 94% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Orland Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Orland Park, month by month
Orland Park sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 84° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Orland Park
Chicago Midway International sits about 13 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Orland Park
Schools across Orland Park average a B−, better than 43% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Mokena Elem SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Palos West Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Meadow Ridge SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Palos South Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Homer Jr High SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Prairie View Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln-way East High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Carl Sandburg High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Lockport Township High Sch EastC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Orland Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Orland 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 Orland Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Orland Park suits
Families
Schools land around the 43rd percentile and crime safety beats 56%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 71% of cities and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Orland Park
Is Orland Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Orland Park ranks 902nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, low disaster risk, and a stable housing market, and lowest on taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Orland Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $386,483. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $106,022 median income, cost of living beats 71% of cities.
Is Orland Park safe?
Yes, Orland Park is safer than 56% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Orland Park?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 32 with lows near 20. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 41% of cities.
Is Orland Park good for families?
Schools beat 43% of cities, crime safety beats 56%, and childcare runs $1,107 a month.
Compare Orland Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Orland Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Orland 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.
Orland Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Orland Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Orland Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Orland Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Orland Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Orland 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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