Scores by category

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

Safety86#2,109/15,637
Economy57#6,750/15,631
Housing22#11,642/14,977
Health85#2,405/15,609
Healthcare59#6,349/15,650
Environment18#12,697/15,453
Education38#9,711/15,649
Infrastructure15#13,318/15,650
Community61#6,129/15,651
Leisure & amenities38#9,746/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where East Dundee, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Kane 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

Injury deaths · low54 /100k
93/100Illinois 80 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKane County value
Unemployment rate · low1.1%
91/100Illinois 4.6%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Drug overdose deaths · low7.6 /100k
91/100Illinois 14.2 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataKane County value
Premature death · low5,864 /100k
85/100Illinois 7,613 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKane County value
Distance to an emergency room · low3.6 mi
85/100Illinois 4.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesKane County value
Firearm deaths · low6.2 /100k
85/100Illinois 10.5 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataKane County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.04%
7/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.525
8/100Illinois 0.481United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Reading scores · low2.72
11/100Illinois 2.97United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKane County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.0 µg/m³
13/100Illinois 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyKane County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Illinois 1.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Broadband subscriptions · low84.4%
15/100Illinois 90.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
55.8% (2015-2019) → 76.8% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
1.9 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateWorsening
18.2% (2015-2019) → 29.1% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
32.3% (2015-2019) → 39.8% (2020-2024)
+7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
3.2% (2015-2019) → 9.8% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Median household incomeImproving
$68,490 (2015-2019) → $89,583 (2020-2024)
+31%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, East Dundee, Illinois improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved1

Household income+31%$68,490 → $89,583

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of East Dundee, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.8 min2015-2019	28.4 min2020-2024	+1.6 min	Within the margin of error	31%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%2015-2019	39.8%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Broadband subscriptions	83.2%2015-2019	84.4%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Effective property tax rate	2.56%2015-2019	2.04%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	92%
High school diploma or higher	90.1%2015-2019	94.7%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4352015-2019	0.5252020-2024	+0.089	Within the margin of error	6%
Median household income	$68,4902015-2019	$89,5832020-2024	+31%	Improved	57%
Poverty rate	10.2%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent as share of income	38.6%2015-2019	38.1%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Rent-burdened households	55.8%2015-2019	76.8%2020-2024	+21 points	Within the margin of error	8%

“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 East Dundee, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of East Dundee, 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, East Dundee, Illinois itself moved −6.8 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

3,146 residents (±24)

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: 30–39 men (+5.1 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

3,146 residents (±24)

East Dundee, Illinois
Illinois share

White69%2,157
Black7.1%†224
Hispanic or Latino17%528
Asian2.1%†67
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races5.4%†170

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+5.4 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,581 residents (±136)

East Dundee, Illinois
Illinois share

No high school diploma5.3%†138
High school or GED27%692
Some college17%†430
Associate degree11%†294
Bachelor's degree30%781
Graduate degree9.5%†246

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+9.5 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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

1,521 households (±118)

East Dundee, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k11%†162
$25k–50k17%†261
$50k–75k19%†285
$75k–100k11%†172
$100k–150k14%†213
$150k–200k8.4%†127
$200k or more20%†301

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+14.2 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 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

1,521 households (±118)

East Dundee, Illinois
Illinois share

Own69%1,054
Rent31%467

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−10.6 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

448 households (±132)

East Dundee, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $7508.3%†37
$750–1,00016%†71
$1,000–1,50035%†158

Home values

1,054 homes (±109)

East Dundee, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $150k7.4%†78
$150k–250k31%†328
$250k–400k39%410

Age of homes

1,543 homes (±121)

East Dundee, Illinois
Illinois share

2010 or later20%†314
2000–200918%†280
1980–199925%386

Size of homes

1,543 homes (±121)

East Dundee, Illinois
Illinois share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom8.0%†123
2 bedrooms41%631

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

1,850 workers (±221)

East Dundee, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone79%1,467
Carpool7.9%†147
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.9%†17
Bike0.4%†8
Work from home8.7%†161
Other2.7%†50

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,689 workers (±209)

East Dundee, Illinois
Illinois share

Under 15 min29%†492
15–29 min29%†497
30–44 min24%†409

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 Kane County, the county holding most of East Dundee's residents.

Kane County has 13,537 employer establishments, 261 for every 10,000 residents (1.05× the US rate of 248; 1.02× Illinois's), with 194,921 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,541. The Census Bureau also counts 44,748 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 13,537; 44,748 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 261; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 194,921
Average annual pay: $58,541; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	1,129	21.8	1.41×More than typical	9,766	$88,745	2,909
Ambulatory health care services	1,000	19.3	0.93×About typical	11,072	$64,697	1,524
Restaurants and other eating places	886	17.1	0.93×About typical	16,361	$22,415	220
Services to buildings and dwellings	646	12.5	1.85×More than typical	3,178	$55,751	2,358
Truck transportation	643	12.4	2.45×More than typical	2,127	$65,347	2,147
Construction of buildings	458	8.8	1.17×About typical	1,784	$80,946	1,306
Lessors of real estate	451	8.7	0.71×Fewer than typical	2,082	$57,479	3,927
Landscaping services	442	8.5	2.43×More than typical	1,551	$70,230	794
Full-service restaurants	402	7.8	1.01×About typical	7,772	$25,466	96
Building equipment contractors	394	7.6	1.26×More than typical	4,423	$89,377	495
Limited-service restaurants	363	7	0.87×About typical	6,948	$19,615	85
Offices of other health practitioners	348	6.7	1.11×About typical	1,646	$44,254	807

Rank places for an industry Open Kane County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 518,295 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 $109.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in East Dundee, Illinois: $34.77 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $109.4K; −23% vs FY2025
Per resident: $34.77; US $1,994
Sole-source: 51%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.8%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$42.7K39%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$26.3K24%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$13.8K13%
Department of the Army$13K12%
Department of the Navy$12.2K11%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1,3611.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

79.5KFY2017
144.5KFY2018
107.3KFY2019
219.8KFY2020
106.1KFY2021
80.8KFY2022
109.8KFY2023
143.8K

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$49.2K45%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$13.8K13%
Alumina and aluminum production and processing · 3313$13.6K12%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$8,8698.1%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$8,5347.8%
Audio and video equipment manufacturing · 3343$4,887

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 East Dundee, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

East Dundee, Illinois's figures are part of those of Kane County, IL and Cook County, IL ($4.8B 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: East Dundee is mostly in Kane County.

See federal money in Kane 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.

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