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SheetIL-HANOVER-PARK-IL · Hanover Park, IL 36,850 pop · income 72nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Hanover Park
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hanover Park on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Urbana · lowest
45,854
Urbana · lowest
45,854 median HH income
28.0% of the leader · rank #1
New Columbia · near
92,250
New Columbia · near
92,250 median HH income
56.4% of the leader · rank #2
Groveland · near
92,258
Groveland · near
92,258 median HH income
56.4% of the leader · rank #3
Hanover Park · this city
92,263
Hanover Park · this city
92,263 median HH income
56.4% of the leader · rank #4
Lighthouse Po… · near
92,268
Lighthouse Po… · near
92,268 median HH income
56.4% of the leader · rank #5
Fiskdale · near
92,273
Fiskdale · near
92,273 median HH income
56.4% of the leader · rank #6
Oakton · highest
163,662
Oakton · highest
163,662 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Hanover Park on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 36,850.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Hanover Park - the verdict
Nationally, Hanover Park sits in the 72nd percentile for household income and the 83rd percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
72nd
percentile, household income
58th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
83rd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Hanover Park, IL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 36,850 residents in Hanover Park, a small city within Illinois. Households in Hanover Park report a median income of $92,263 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 12.4%. Hanover Park's housing stock carries a median value of $260,900, and the median resident age is 35.0 years. 29.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 65.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 0 residential building permits were authorized in Hanover Park (No Permits), per Census BPS data. Hanover Park reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 542.2 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,063 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Illinois run around $240, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 26.4 minutes, with 69.6% driving alone and 9.9% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Hanover Park's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to population change to comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hanover Park, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, local building permits, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for Hanover Park?
The NCES join finds 10 public schools within the city match. 29.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Is Hanover Park growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -770 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Hanover Park?
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Rock Island (36,758 residents, $57,292 income); Carpentersville (37,544 residents, $86,327 income); Addison (35,470 residents, $87,587 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Muskogee, OK (36,819 residents); Oakton, VA (36,776 residents); Martinez, CA (36,926 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
How far does income reach against housing in Hanover Park?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 12.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Hanover Park?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 69.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 26.4 minutes.
Public transit
2.3%
Work from home
9.9%
Drive alone
69.6%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 18,120 workers age 16+.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Hanover Park?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 542.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 76% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
416.4
Violent rate
125.8
Total reported rate
542.2
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above median income · poverty 12.4% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
C-
City profile score · Hanover Park, IL
53/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income B
$92,263
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime C+
126 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C
29.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate F
12.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Hanover Park profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 71/100 (B) · $92,263
Violent crime: 64/100 (C+) · 126 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 57/100 (C) · 29.5%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Poverty rate: 30/100 (F) · 12.4%
Where Hanover Park sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Hanover Park's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Hanover Park highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Hanover Park, IL (this city): home $260,900, crime 542/100k
Muskogee, OK : home $124,900, crime 3,935/100k
Martinez, CA : home $824,700, crime 1,506/100k
Wildomar, CA : home $511,900, crime 1,123/100k
Richfield, MN : home $320,400, crime 2,728/100k
Rock Island, IL : home $118,400, crime 3,259/100k
Carpentersville, IL : home $225,200, crime 891/100k
Addison, IL : home $318,000, crime 1,034/100k
Oswego, IL : home $319,000, crime 586/100k
Urbana, IL : home $186,300, crime 3,036/100k
How does Hanover Park compare to other US cities?
Here's how Hanover Park stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income72% higher than other cities
Home value58% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety83% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Illinois, Hanover Park ranks #122 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Hanover Park against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Hanover Park near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hanover Park ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hanover Park only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#287 of 1,311
78th percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#210 of 1,315
84th percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#342 of 1,335
74th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#321 of 1,336
76th percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
72nd percentile nationally for median household income · 83rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Hanover Park's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Hanover Park's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Hanover Park's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$260,90042nd percentilemore affordable than 42% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Hanover Park's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,737 of 15,516
More affordable than 63% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#680 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.8×, Hanover Park sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,737 of 15,516 and #680 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$92,263Hanover Park, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hanover Park, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Hanover Park, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)65.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
36,850
Median Income
$92,263
Median Home Value
$260,900
Median Age
35.0
Poverty Rate
12.4%
Labor force participation
65.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
29.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
542.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
125.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
416.4
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
10
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Hanover Park's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
37,338 residents
2021
36,832 residents
2022
36,439 residents
2023
36,425 residents
2024
36,627 residents
2025
36,568 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
0
0
0
-
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
26.4 minutes
Drive Alone
69.6%
Carpool
15.7%
Public Transit
2.3%
Walk
1.4%
Work from Home
9.9%
Other
1.1%
Based on 18,120 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for Hanover Park. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Hanover Park is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Hanover Park sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hanover Park compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.