Village · DuPage County, Illinois

Clarendon Hills, Illinois

Clarendon Hills is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area. It has 8,659 residents. Clarendon Hills, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 93 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,074 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #28 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on access to exercise opportunities (high), injury deaths (low) and dentists (high). It ranks worst on income inequality (Gini index) (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high) and effective property tax rate (high).

93Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,074 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #28 of 697 in IL
Population: 8,659 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 4,781.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1714572

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety99#211/15,637
Economy81#2,914/15,631
Housing46#8,079/14,977
Health98#302/15,609
Healthcare95#757/15,650
Environment15#13,087/15,453
Education93#1,070/15,649
Infrastructure85#2,365/15,650
Community95#811/15,651
Leisure & amenities73#4,227/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clarendon Hills, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “DuPage County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Access to exercise opportunities · high99.8%
99/100Illinois 90.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDuPage County value
Injury deaths · low45 /100k
99/100Illinois 80 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDuPage County value
Dentists · high122 /100k
97/100Illinois 86 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDuPage County value
Physical inactivity · low14.1%
97/100Illinois 23.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · low13.4%
97/100Illinois 18.7%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · low10.5%
97/100Illinois 18.9%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.545
2/100Illinois 0.481United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
8/100Illinois 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDuPage County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.83%
11/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Average commute time · high28.9 min
18/100Illinois 27.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
High ozone days · high3 days
21/100Illinois 5 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDuPage County value
Days with unhealthy air · high1.6%
23/100Illinois 4.2%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDuPage County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.7 /1k (2021) → 1.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+118%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Public transit commutersWorsening
20.1% (2015-2019) → 7.3% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
91.1% (2015-2019) → 96.6% (2020-2024)
+5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
4.2% (2015-2019) → 8.4% (2020-2024)
+4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
76.4% (2015-2019) → 72.3% (2020-2024)
−4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$111,958 (2015-2019) → $130,388 (2020-2024)
+16%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Clarendon Hills, Illinois improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Transit use−13 points20.1% → 7.3%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Clarendon Hills, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	32.3 min2015-2019	28.9 min2020-2024	−3.4 min	Within the margin of error	82%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.4%2015-2019	72.3%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Broadband subscriptions	91.1%2015-2019	96.6%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Effective property tax rate	1.87%2015-2019	1.83%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	23%
High school diploma or higher	96.0%2015-2019	97.5%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Home price to income ratio	4.5×2015-2019	4.6×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	73%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5392015-2019	0.5452020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	45%
Median household income	$111,9582015-2019	$130,3882020-2024	+16%	Within the margin of error	26%
Public transit commuters	20.1%2015-2019	7.3%2020-2024	−13 points	Declined	1%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Rent-burdened households	41.6%2015-2019	40.7%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Clarendon Hills, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clarendon Hills, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Clarendon Hills, Illinois itself moved +1.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

8,659 residents (±30)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 men (+3.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

8,659 residents (±30)

Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Illinois share

White79%6,822
Black0.4%†32
Hispanic or Latino6.7%†584

Education

5,413 residents (±265)

Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Illinois share

No high school diploma2.5%†138
High school or GED13%†705
Some college8.3%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,180 households (±281)

Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k9.4%†300
$25k–50k16%†504
$50k–75k9.3%†295
$75k–100k6.7%†214
$100k–150k15%†480
$150k–200k11%†352
$200k or more33%1,035

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,180 households (±281)

Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Illinois share

Own84%2,676
Rent16%†504

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

504 households (±176)

Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00028%†143
$1,000–1,50038%†192

Home values

2,676 homes (±279)

Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $150k4.9%†132
$150k–250k11%†297
$250k–400k15%†

Age of homes

3,342 homes (±314)

Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Illinois share

2010 or later7.7%†257
2000–200916%†543
1980–199931%†

Size of homes

3,342 homes (±314)

Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Illinois share

Studio0.5%†16
1 bedroom14%†470
2 bedrooms23%†752

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

4,131 workers (±470)

Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone51%2,108
Carpool1.8%†76
Public transit7.3%†301
Walk3.5%†143
Bike0.2%†7
Work from home36%1,470
Other0.6%†26

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+25.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,661 workers (±394)

Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Illinois share

Under 15 min28%†750
15–29 min21%†562
30–44 min20%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of DuPage County, the county holding most of Clarendon Hills's residents.

DuPage County has 34,121 employer establishments, 368 for every 10,000 residents (1.48× the US rate of 248; 1.44× Illinois's), with 595,691 paid employees at an average annual pay of $75,829. The Census Bureau also counts 102,104 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 34,121; 102,104 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 368; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 595,691
Average annual pay: $75,829; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of DuPage County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	3,259	35.1	1.69×More than typical	42,027	$79,246	4,676
Truck transportation	1,952	21	4.16×More than typical	10,243	$86,764	7,796
Restaurants and other eating places	1,948	21	1.14×About typical	38,494	$26,367	411
Specialty trade contractors	1,897	20.5	1.32×More than typical	19,789	$96,213	4,217
Lessors of real estate	1,296	14	1.13×About typical	6,118	$82,399	10,776
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,149	12.4	1.85×More than typical	8,107	$101,909	4,623
Computer systems design and related services	1,124	12.1	2.80×More than typical	11,786	$111,720	1,548
Construction of buildings	1,038	11.2	1.48×More than typical	6,454	$95,558	2,992
Offices of other health practitioners	1,031	11.1	1.83×More than typical	7,492	$47,355	2,028
Offices of physicians	972	10.5	1.62×More than typical	14,697	$118,180	1,182
Limited-service restaurants	896	9.7	1.20×About typical	17,341	$22,259	167
Services to buildings and dwellings	819	8.8	1.31×More than typical	14,068	$42,096	3,454

Rank places for an industry Open DuPage County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 927,400 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Clarendon Hills, Illinois: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

15KFY2019
44.8KFY2020
22.3KFY2021

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Clarendon Hills, Illinois's figures are part of those of DuPage County, IL ($3B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Clarendon Hills is mostly in DuPage County.

See federal money in DuPage County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Clarendon Hills, Illinois is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

DuPage County91100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN66

Other cities and towns in DuPage County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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