Scores by category

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

Safety14#13,400/15,637
Economy97#506/15,631
Housing48#7,795/14,977
Health89#1,655/15,609
Healthcare85#2,383/15,650
Environment7#14,286/15,453
Education72#4,380/15,649
Infrastructure94#1,017/15,650
Community75#3,985/15,651
Leisure & amenities74#4,027/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Bachelor's degree or higher · high88.2%
100/100Illinois 37.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Physical inactivity · low11.0%
100/100Illinois 23.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · low8.8%
100/100Illinois 18.9%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low3.7%
100/100Illinois 8.4%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · low5.6%
99/100Illinois 15.7%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Public transit commuters · high17.0%
99/100Illinois 5.8%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.508
5/100Illinois 0.481United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Days with unhealthy air · high6.8%
6/100Illinois 4.2%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCook County value
Average commute time · high36.3 min
7/100Illinois 27.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Homicide rate · high10.8 /100k
7/100Illinois 6.2 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCook County value
Violent crime rate · high534 /100k
9/100Illinois 251 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Cook County value
Property crime rate · high2,257 /100k
9/100Illinois 1,508 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCook County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
1.7 /1k (2021) → 3.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+130%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
20.5% (2015-2019) → 44.4% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
15.3% (2015-2019) → 28.2% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.8× (2015-2019) → 5.8× (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Public transit commutersWorsening
26.1% (2015-2019) → 16.9% (2020-2024)
−9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
93.5% (2015-2019) → 95.8% (2020-2024)
+2.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Glencoe, Illinois improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 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.

Declined2

Price / income+1.9×3.8× → 5.8×
Transit use−9.2 points26.1% → 16.9%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Glencoe, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	40.8 min2015-2019	36.3 min2020-2024	−4.5 min	Within the margin of error	88%
Bachelor's degree or higher	87.8%2015-2019	88.2%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Broadband subscriptions	93.5%2015-2019	95.8%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Effective property tax rate	1.45%2015-2019	1.42%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	22%
High school diploma or higher	99.8%2015-2019	99.9%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Home price to income ratio	3.8×2015-2019	5.8×2020-2024	+1.9×	Declined	5%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5302015-2019	0.5082020-2024	−0.022	Within the margin of error	69%
Median household income	$248,8512015-2019	$248,9332020-2024	+0%	Within the margin of error	8%
Poverty rate	2.4%2015-2019	2.1%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Public transit commuters	26.1%2015-2019	16.9%2020-2024	−9.2 points	Declined	2%
Rent as share of income	15.3%2015-2019	28.2%2020-2024	+13 points	Within the margin of error	6%

“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 Glencoe, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Glencoe, 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, Glencoe, Illinois itself moved −7.1 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

8,701 residents (±21)

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: 10–19 men (−4.3 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

8,701 residents (±21)

Glencoe, Illinois
Illinois share

White90%7,844
Black2.2%†195
Hispanic or Latino2.6%†223

Education

5,659 residents (±240)

Glencoe, Illinois
Illinois share

No high school diploma0.1%†8
High school or GED2.7%†154
Some college5.0%†

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

2,977 households (±135)

Glencoe, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k2.6%†76
$25k–50k4.0%†120
$50k–75k4.9%†146
$75k–100k4.9%†145
$100k–150k16%†481
$150k–200k11%†322
$200k or more57%1,687

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−5.9 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

2,977 households (±135)

Glencoe, Illinois
Illinois share

Own92%2,738
Rent8.0%†239

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

216 households (±114)

Glencoe, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0005.1%†11
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

2,738 homes (±135)

Glencoe, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $150k2.4%†66
$150k–250k1.6%†44
$250k–400k2.4%†66

Age of homes

3,320 homes (±226)

Glencoe, Illinois
Illinois share

2010 or later7.0%†232
2000–20099.5%†317
1980–199915%†482

Size of homes

3,320 homes (±226)

Glencoe, Illinois
Illinois share

Studio3.1%†104
1 bedroom1.7%†58
2 bedrooms5.7%†189

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

3,405 workers (±266)

Glencoe, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone43%1,450
Carpool2.7%†92
Public transit17%577
Walk2.2%†74
Bike0.0%0
Work from home34%1,148
Other1.9%†64

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+25.3 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

2,257 workers (±270)

Glencoe, Illinois
Illinois share

Under 15 min29%†661
15–29 min12%†273
30–44 min11%†250

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 Cook County, the county holding most of Glencoe's residents.

Cook County has 134,513 employer establishments, 262 for every 10,000 residents (1.05× the US rate of 248; 1.02× Illinois's), with 2,492,328 paid employees at an average annual pay of $83,113. The Census Bureau also counts 578,139 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 134,513; 578,139 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 262; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 2,492,328
Average annual pay: $83,113; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	12,255	23.8	1.14×About typical	120,830	$73,746	26,012
Restaurants and other eating places	10,283	20	1.09×About typical	175,761	$29,528	3,209
Truck transportation	6,896	13.4	2.65×More than typical	35,576	$58,890	37,659
Specialty trade contractors	6,308	12.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	51,795	$91,576	24,041
Lessors of real estate	6,106	11.9	0.96×About typical	36,481	$90,793	47,456
Limited-service restaurants	4,656	9.1	1.13×About typical	71,531	$23,650	1,099
Management, scientific and technical consulting	4,501	8.8	1.30×More than typical	78,036	$144,574	20,774
Full-service restaurants	4,330	8.4	1.10×About typical	87,914	$35,009	1,468
Legal services	4,152	8.1	1.50×More than typical	39,614	$166,701	6,046
Construction of buildings	4,132	8	1.06×About typical	19,598	$98,127	22,202
Offices of other health practitioners	4,034	7.8	1.29×More than typical	22,664	$51,319	10,130
Offices of physicians	3,409	6.6	1.02×About typical	42,167	$110,011	4,357

Rank places for an industry Open Cook County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,142,853 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 $12.5M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Glencoe, Illinois: $1,441 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $12.5M; +71% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,441; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.9%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$12.3M98%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$134K1.1%
Defense Health Agency$77.6K0.6%
Office of Procurement Operations$67.6K0.5%
Defense Logistics Agency$30.3K0.2%
Federal Highway Administration$7,6360.1%
Departmental Offices$5,2570.0%
Federal Acquisition Service$2,3150.0%

Top recipients

MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP$12.3M98%
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS$230.4K1.8%
UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC$67.5K0.5%
ENDOSCOPY MD, LLC$19.3K0.2%
WISS, JANNEY, ELSTNER ASSOCIATES, INC.$7,2400.1%

Spending by fiscal year

1.6MFY2017
3.3MFY2018
775.5KFY2019
1.5MFY2020
3.3MFY2021
4.1MFY2022
5.3MFY2023
5.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$12.2M98%
Medical and diagnostic laboratories · 6215$124.8K1.0%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$67.5K0.5%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$40.1K0.3%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$32.4K0.3%
Business, professional, labor, political, and similar organizations · 8139

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Glencoe, Illinois

INTRANASAL TREATMENT FOR MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER SO190192)$1.9M
BEYOND BARRIERS THERAPEUTICS, INC.· Cook County, IL· Research & development· Jul 25, 2023 – Jan 13, 2026· HT942523C0036
REGION 6 (WB) SEED COLLECTION AND BOTANICAL SERVICES - MINIMUM GUARANTEE$0
CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY· Cook County, IL· Facilities & utilities· Sep 23, 2018 – Mar 5, 2026· 140L0618F0366

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 Glencoe, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Glencoe, Illinois's figures are part of those of Cook County, IL ($4B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.3% of that total.

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

See federal money in Cook 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.

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