Best PlacesStone Park, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stone Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Stone Park ranks 34,302nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Stone 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.
Stone Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stone Park ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
Where Stone Park ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 51 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stone Park
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stone Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $76,397; 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 Stone Park's effective rate of 2.17%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stone Park
Stone Park 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 Stone Park.
Who works in Stone Park, and how
Work in Stone Park centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Stone Park
Stone Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Stone Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Stone Park, month by month
Stone Park sees roughly 51 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Stone Park
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 5 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 Stone Park
Schools across Stone Park average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Northlake Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Proviso Math And Science AcademyB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stone Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stone 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 Stone Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stone Park
Is Stone Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stone Park ranks 34,302nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and cell coverage, and lowest on civic engagement and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stone Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $247,073. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $76,397 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Stone Park safe?
Stone Park is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $401 per resident a year.
Compare Stone Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stone Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stone 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.
Stone Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stone Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stone Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stone Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stone Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stone 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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