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SheetIL-WEST-DUNDEE-IL · West Dundee, IL 7,867 pop · income 80th 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 West Dundee
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest West Dundee on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Grove City · lowest
56,420
Grove City · lowest
56,420 median HH income
24.4% of the leader · rank #1
Tangerine · near
104,730
Tangerine · near
104,730 median HH income
45.3% of the leader · rank #2
Aspen Park · near
104,732
Aspen Park · near
104,732 median HH income
45.3% of the leader · rank #3
Apison · near
104,741
Apison · near
104,741 median HH income
45.3% of the leader · rank #4
South Lancast… · near
104,745
South Lancast… · near
104,745 median HH income
45.3% of the leader · rank #5
West Dundee · this city
104,750
West Dundee · this city
104,750 median HH income
45.3% of the leader · rank #6
Bernardsville · highest
231,006
Bernardsville · highest
231,006 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 West Dundee 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: 7,867.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
West Dundee - the verdict
Nationally, West Dundee sits in the 80th percentile for household income and the 59th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
80th
percentile, household income
71st
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
59th
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: West Dundee, IL
7,867 people live in West Dundee, Illinois - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in West Dundee brings in $104,750 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.9%. Home values in West Dundee run a median of $342,900, and the median resident age is 34.4 years. 45.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 73.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 204 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 32% from five years earlier. West Dundee reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 1116.5 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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,063 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Illinois run around $240, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 West Dundee'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 comparison shortlist to schools and households to housing and income to work and mobility to population change to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For West Dundee, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, annual population history, commute-mode shares, local building permits, 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.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for West Dundee?
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 Broadview (7,898 residents, $60,139 income); Round Lake Park (7,833 residents, $57,486 income); Princeton (7,829 residents, $57,682 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Blair, NE (7,868 residents); Cumming, GA (7,869 residents); White Knoll, SC (7,865 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.
What does the education layer cover for West Dundee?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 45.8% 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.
How far does income reach against housing in West Dundee?
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 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in West Dundee?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.9%. 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.
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.
Population change
Is West Dundee growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +644 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +8.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 204 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 upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
7,926
2025 estimate
8,570
Period change
+8.1%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What can the FBI record say about safety in West Dundee?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1116.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 51% 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.
Total reported rate
1116.5
Violent rate
152.2
Property rate
964.2
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
B-
City profile score · West Dundee, IL
67/100
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-
45.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B+
$104,750
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B+
2.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime C
152 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger 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.
West Dundee profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 80/100 (A-) · 45.8%
Household income: 79/100 (B+) · $104,750
Poverty rate: 79/100 (B+) · 2.9%
Violent crime: 58/100 (C) · 152 /100k
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where West Dundee sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
West Dundee'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 - West Dundee highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
West Dundee, IL (this city): home $342,900, crime 1,117/100k
Blair, NE : home $211,000, crime 848/100k
Bernardsville, NJ : home $737,600, crime 636/100k
Grove City, PA : home $165,900, crime 658/100k
Round Lake Park, IL : home $157,900, crime 181/100k
Princeton, IL : home $131,300, crime 1,684/100k
South Beloit, IL : home $160,800, crime 1,182/100k
Lincolnshire, IL : home $625,800, crime 962/100k
Silvis, IL : home $161,300, crime 3,865/100k
How does West Dundee compare to other US cities?
Here's how West Dundee stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income80% higher than other cities
Home value71% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety59% 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, West Dundee ranks #262 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 West Dundee 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 West Dundee near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, West Dundee ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares West Dundee only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#190 of 1,311
86th percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#105 of 1,315
92nd percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#1,029 of 1,335
22nd percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#135 of 1,336
90th 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
80th percentile nationally for median household income · 59th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
West Dundee's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
West Dundee'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 West Dundee's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$342,90029th percentilemore affordable than 29% 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
West Dundee's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,997 of 15,516
More affordable than 48% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,557 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.3×, West Dundee sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,997 of 15,516 and #6,557 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$104,750West Dundee, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context West Dundee, 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 West Dundee, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)45.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)73.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
7,867
Median Income
$104,750
Median Home Value
$342,900
Median Age
34.4
Poverty Rate
2.9%
Labor force participation
73.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
45.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1116.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
152.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
964.2
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
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
West Dundee's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
7,926 residents
2021
7,928 residents
2022
8,106 residents
2023
8,099 residents
2024
8,100 residents
2025
8,570 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
204
housing units authorized
Single-Family
204
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
25.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
300
0
300
$30.0M
2020
1
1
0
$0.4M
2021
80
0
80
$8.0M
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
3
3
0
$2.6M
2024
204
204
0
$42.1M
Permit volume decreased 32% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
72.9%
Carpool
4.2%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
1.5%
Work from Home
17.9%
Other
3.2%
Based on 4,621 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 West Dundee. 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 West Dundee 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 West Dundee sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How West Dundee 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.