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Place dossier plate
SheetIL-LA-GRANGE-PARK-IL · La Grange Park, IL 13,227 pop · income 87th 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 La Grange Park
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest La Grange Park on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Harrison · lowest
40,568
Harrison · lowest
40,568 median HH income
18.5% of the leader · rank #1
Riverton · near
119,093
Riverton · near
119,093 median HH income
54.4% of the leader · rank #2
Bluebell · near
119,107
Bluebell · near
119,107 median HH income
54.4% of the leader · rank #3
Van Dyne · near
119,107
Van Dyne · near
119,107 median HH income
54.4% of the leader · rank #4
La Grange Park · this city
119,115
La Grange Park · this city
119,115 median HH income
54.4% of the leader · rank #5
Verona · near
119,148
Verona · near
119,148 median HH income
54.4% of the leader · rank #6
Western Sprin… · highest
218,839
Western Sprin… · highest
218,839 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 La Grange 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: 13,227.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
La Grange Park - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, La Grange Park lands in the 87th percentile for household income and the 77th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
87th
percentile, household income
80th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
77th
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: La Grange Park, IL
Illinois's La Grange Park is a small town, with 13,227 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in La Grange Park report a median income of $119,115 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.1%. Typical homes in La Grange Park are valued around $427,800, and the median resident age is 41.5 years. Educational attainment runs 59.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 62.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 3 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Stable), up 0% from five years earlier. La Grange Park reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 699.1 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Illinois at 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,063 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Illinois's average monthly utility costs around $240 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 54.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of La Grange 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 population change to reported crime to housing and income to schools and households to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For La Grange Park, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates.
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
Is La Grange Park growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -246 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -1.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 3 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
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.
What can the FBI record say about safety in La Grange Park?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 699.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 69% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in La Grange Park?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for La Grange Park?
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.
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Lincolnwood (13,179 residents, $107,950 income); Western Springs (13,353 residents, $218,839 income); Lincoln (13,406 residents, $54,390 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Accokeek, MD (13,226 residents); Star, ID (13,231 residents); California, MD (13,223 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.
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.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for La Grange Park?
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.
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 59.7% 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.
Poverty estimate
2.1%
Bachelor's degree+
59.7%
Matched public schools
4
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What does the journey to work look like in La Grange Park?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 64.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Drive alone
64.9%
Work from home
19.1%
Public transit
7.3%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 6,367 workers age 16+.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
B+
City profile score · La Grange Park, IL
78/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share A+
59.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime A+
23 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income A
$119,115
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A
2.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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.
La Grange Park profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 92/100 (A+) · 59.7%
Violent crime: 91/100 (A+) · 23 /100k
Household income: 85/100 (A) · $119,115
Poverty rate: 85/100 (A) · 2.1%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where La Grange Park sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
La Grange 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 - La Grange Park highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
La Grange Park, IL (this city): home $427,800, crime 699/100k
Newton, NC : home $169,300, crime 2,307/100k
Harrison, AR : home $165,000, crime 2,107/100k
Lincolnwood, IL : home $475,400, crime 2,638/100k
Western Springs, IL : home $691,300, crime 281/100k
Lincoln, IL : home $111,600, crime 1,183/100k
Hazel Crest, IL : home $181,400, crime 3,233/100k
Glen Carbon, IL : home $278,200, crime 1,168/100k
How does La Grange Park compare to other US cities?
La Grange Park measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income87% higher than other cities
Home value80% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety77% 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, La Grange Park ranks #161 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 La Grange 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 La Grange Park near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, La Grange Park ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares La Grange Park only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#116 of 1,311
91st percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#60 of 1,315
95th percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#1,110 of 1,335
16th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#65 of 1,336
95th 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
87th percentile nationally for median household income · 77th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
La Grange Park's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
La Grange 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 La Grange Park's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$427,80020th percentilemore affordable than 20% 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
La Grange Park's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,331 of 15,516
More affordable than 40% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,579 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.6×, La Grange Park sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,331 of 15,516 and #1,579 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$119,115La Grange Park, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context La Grange 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 La Grange Park, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)59.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
13,227
Median Income
$119,115
Median Home Value
$427,800
Median Age
41.5
Poverty Rate
2.1%
Labor force participation
62.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
59.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
699.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
23.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
675.8
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
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
La Grange Park's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
13,699 residents
2021
13,464 residents
2022
13,285 residents
2023
13,386 residents
2024
13,475 residents
2025
13,453 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Stable
Total Permits (2024)
3
housing units authorized
Single-Family
3
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
3
3
0
$1.4M
2020
4
4
0
$1.8M
2021
5
5
0
$2.3M
2022
60
1
59
$8.3M
2023
7
7
0
$2.8M
2024
3
3
0
$1.2M
Permit volume increased 0% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
64.9%
Carpool
4.3%
Public Transit
7.3%
Walk
2.7%
Work from Home
19.1%
Other
1.7%
Based on 6,367 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 La Grange 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 La Grange 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 La Grange Park sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How La Grange 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.