Towns

Small towns in Illinois

329 small towns, communities and small cities of 1,000 to 75,000 people, plus 227 smaller suburbs, marked as suburbs. In the parts of Illinois outside metro areas, everyday prices run 12.6% below the U.S. average, and housing 50% below.

Closest to a big city

  1. Millstadt15 miles to St. Louis
  2. Alton19 miles to St. Louis
  3. Smithton21 miles to St. Louis
  4. Waterloo21 miles to St. Louis
  5. Freeburg22 miles to St. Louis

Straight-line miles to a metro area of about 1 million people or more.

Lowest home values

  1. Cairo$32,000
  2. Sumner$46,000
  3. Zeigler$57,300
  4. Sandoval$59,100
  5. De Pue$59,300

Typical value of an owner-occupied home.

Growing fastest

  1. Wonder Lakeup 40% since 2020
  2. Hampshireup 21% since 2020
  3. Cambriaup 17% since 2020
  4. Manhattanup 15% since 2020
  5. Watermanup 15% since 2020

College towns

  1. CarbondaleSouthern Illinois University-Carbondale
  2. CharlestonEastern Illinois University
  3. DeKalbNorthern Illinois University
  4. MacombWestern Illinois University
  5. NormalIllinois State University

Hospital in town

  1. AledoGenesis Medical Center, Aledo
  2. AltonAlton Memorial Hospital
  3. AnnaDeaconess Illinois Union County
  4. BentonFranklin Hospital
  5. BreeseSt. Josephs Hospital
  6. CantonGraham Hospital Association
  7. CarbondaleMemorial Hospital of Carbondale
  8. CarlinvilleCarlinville Area Hospital

Every town in Illinois

Select a column heading to sort. Miles are straight-line. Home values and incomes: Census survey 2020-2024; population: 2025 estimates.

TownPeopleSince 2020Typical homeHousehold incomeMiles to a big cityMiles to an ER
Abingdon 2,832 -3.9% $99,600 $61,653 150 13
Albers 1,114 -1.6% $210,200 $109,583 34 8
Albion 1,843 -5.1% $93,800 $56,500 120 16
Aledo 3,506 -3.1% $147,600 $72,292 164 In town
Alsip suburb 18,483 -2.8% $225,000 $66,585 12 3
Altamont 2,186 -1.4% $129,800 $75,510 86 12
Alton 25,013 -2.4% $103,700 $54,568 19 In town
Amboy 2,206 -2.8% $134,800 $68,258 86 11
Andalusia 1,175 -1% $168,000 $77,222 159 8
Anna 4,096 -4.3% $134,300 $33,137 98 In town
Antioch suburb 15,000 +2.7% $306,700 $108,899 41 12
Arcola 2,928 -0.2% $124,100 $89,827 115 14
Arthur 2,261 +1.9% $151,300 $54,907 121 19
Ashland 1,162 -4.4% $98,500 $68,060 87 17
Assumption 1,112 -3.1% $89,700 $57,500 89 10
Athens 1,883 -4.2% $164,000 $81,192 96 11
Atlanta 1,626 -2.5% $134,400 $80,972 125 11
Atwood 1,100 -0.9% $128,200 $62,383 123 19
Auburn 4,442 -2.2% $149,600 $81,411 70 17
Aviston 2,454 +4.3% $244,800 $117,875 34 5
Bannockburn suburb 1,308 -6% $1,037,200 $214,000 26 5
Barrington suburb 10,586 -1.1% $582,500 $147,989 31 3
Barrington Hills 4,086 -0.3% $913,600 $205,074 34 5
Barry 1,247 -3.6% $92,700 $76,042 85 14
Bartonville suburb 5,804 -2.1% $139,100 $72,821 132 5
Beach Park suburb 14,114 -0.8% $245,800 $85,664 43 3
Beardstown 5,691 -3.9% $82,100 $60,587 95 10
Beecher 4,740 +0.7% $269,500 $103,415 34 11
Bellevue suburb 1,888 +0.8% $121,300 $60,987 130 4
Bellwood suburb 18,116 -3.2% $230,000 $79,513 10 2
Bement 1,462 -1.3% $99,300 $76,250 126 10
Benld 1,403 -4.5% $82,400 $47,850 40 5
Bensenville suburb 18,525 -1.2% $272,000 $79,515 16 5
Benton 6,558 -2.1% $87,200 $54,123 84 In town
Berkeley suburb 5,141 -3.3% $246,900 $85,823 12 2
Bethalto suburb 9,202 -1.1% $168,900 $64,775 21 6
Bethany 1,200 -4% $106,200 $44,583 107 16
Big Rock 1,090 -1.9% $337,900 $162,854 44 10
Blue Mound 1,078 -4.5% $123,100 $70,329 95 13
Boulder Hill suburb 8,989 $238,700 $80,377 35 4
Bourbonnais suburb 17,658 -2.4% $253,100 $81,708 46 4
Bradley suburb 15,214 -1.1% $173,400 $67,420 47 3
Braidwood 6,259 +1.1% $202,500 $82,202 48 13
Breese 4,602 -1.2% $229,600 $85,222 39 In town
Bridgeport 1,652 -8% $72,100 $53,036 113 4
Bridgeview suburb 16,521 -2.6% $236,400 $66,655 9 4
Brighton 2,162 -2.4% $145,000 $80,214 29 10
Broadview suburb 7,871 -1.3% $252,200 $64,697 9 In town
Brookfield suburb 18,879 -2.9% $332,400 $110,295 8 2
Bull Valley 1,131 +0% $477,900 $191,250 48 4
Bunker Hill 1,593 -2.3% $137,500 $75,917 32 9
Burnham suburb 3,919 -2.8% $161,300 $57,790 15 5
Burr Ridge suburb 11,179 +0.1% $700,400 $156,829 14 4
Bushnell 2,600 -3.6% $71,900 $67,518 133 11
Byron 3,777 -0.2% $198,700 $78,852 84 14
Cahokia Heights suburb 16,874 -5.3% $56,000 $33,792 7 In town
Cairo 1,515 -11.8% $32,000 $41,912 127 24
Calumet Park suburb 6,772 -3.1% $184,700 $53,556 12 3
Cambria 1,796 +16.6% $143,800 $57,756 85 5
Cambridge 2,020 -2.8% $123,100 $64,979 135 12
Camp Point 1,119 -0.6% $127,800 $62,188 106 19
Campton Hills suburb 10,894 +0.3% $547,500 $209,134 38 6
Candlewick Lake suburb 5,448 $172,300 $86,146 67 9
Canton 13,297 -0.4% $107,100 $53,254 134 In town
Capron 1,407 +1.4% $160,100 $90,192 60 7
Carbon Cliff suburb 1,810 -1.7% $134,600 $55,536 142 In town
Carbondale 21,811 -2.1% $127,900 $32,128 84 In town
Carlinville 5,465 -5% $105,700 $57,708 49 In town
Carlyle 3,188 -1.7% $155,000 $77,273 47 8
Carmi 4,623 -4.1% $114,800 $47,827 119 20
Carrier Mills 1,595 -4.1% $60,100 $50,729 109 6
Carrollton 2,349 -5.1% $114,000 $60,455 46 In town
Carterville 5,839 -0.5% $197,100 $62,337 87 4
Carthage 2,393 -4.1% $112,900 $77,004 132 In town
Cary suburb 17,932 +0.7% $309,800 $113,026 39 5
Casey 2,374 -2.3% $91,800 $48,074 103 20
Caseyville suburb 4,402 +0.3% $96,800 $60,669 11 6
Catlin 1,912 -3.6% $124,700 $72,277 85 6
Central City 1,067 -3.3% $44,896 61 2
Centralia 11,863 -2.1% $89,600 $47,807 61 In town
Cerro Gordo 1,312 -0.9% $109,200 $77,857 118 11
Channahon suburb 14,530 +7.9% $327,900 $119,494 41 9
Charleston 17,466 -0.6% $137,400 $49,300 110 5
Chatham suburb 14,579 +1.1% $243,200 $106,773 78 10
Chatsworth 1,156 -2.8% $103,200 $69,559 83 17
Chebanse 1,014 -3.4% $161,500 $65,278 59 9
Chenoa 1,705 -0.6% $124,700 $65,769 93 22
Cherry Valley suburb 2,887 +0.2% $232,800 $74,655 72 3
Chester 6,847 +0.4% $111,700 $80,625 54 In town
Chicago Ridge suburb 14,036 -2.6% $226,900 $68,964 10 3
Chillicothe suburb 6,033 -1.2% $132,900 $66,132 114 12
Chrisman 1,263 -2.6% $79,400 $58,462 81 14
Christopher 2,607 -2.6% $66,600 $48,247 79 8
Clarendon Hills suburb 8,681 -0.1% $605,800 $130,388 14 2
Clifton 1,298 -3.6% $205,400 $92,344 64 13
Clinton 6,781 -2.7% $102,800 $62,323 125 In town
Coal City 5,831 +2.4% $201,600 $72,857 49 10
Coal Valley suburb 3,859 -0.2% $215,700 $106,850 145 4
Cobden 1,024 -4.4% $98,300 $46,458 93 5
Colchester 1,070 -3.4% $91,700 $63,981 127 7
Colona suburb 4,938 -1.7% $147,500 $79,700 139 4
Columbia suburb 10,865 -1.6% $293,000 $107,606 12 10
Cortland suburb 4,676 +6.4% $233,200 $73,971 52 3
Country Club Hills suburb 16,215 -3% $192,000 $75,197 19 3
Countryside suburb 6,260 -2.3% $324,700 $80,968 11 2
Crainville 1,507 +4.5% $185,300 $65,461 89 3
Crestwood suburb 10,529 -2.3% $195,200 $75,752 14 3
Crete suburb 8,345 -1.1% $228,500 $97,147 28 6
Creve Coeur suburb 4,816 -2.1% $85,500 $47,993 130 4
Cuba 1,131 -4% $63,900 $42,375 128 9
Danvers 1,062 -2.2% $166,200 $88,854 119 10
Danville 28,138 -3.4% $79,000 $45,957 82 In town
Davis Junction 2,566 +2.2% $205,500 $107,833 75 11
De Pue 1,571 -3.1% $59,300 $58,417 91 8
De Soto 1,388 -1% $94,700 $62,813 79 6
Decatur 67,884 -4.7% $99,600 $51,592 110 In town
Deer Park suburb 3,647 -0.9% $661,300 $174,458 31 3
Deerfield suburb 19,642 +2.7% $623,400 $181,660 24 6
DeKalb 40,467 +0.6% $204,700 $46,481 55 In town
Delavan 1,548 -1.6% $123,600 $62,841 126 8
Diamond 2,714 +3.1% $220,200 $73,201 48 11
Divernon 1,107 -2.7% $133,700 $71,750 72 16
Dixmoor suburb 2,951 -1.9% 14 2
Dixon 14,582 -5% $120,800 $59,406 92 In town
Downs 1,173 -1.8% $240,600 $110,625 117 7
Du Quoin 5,569 -3.7% $83,100 $54,409 70 In town
Dunlap 1,588 -1.3% $289,600 $141,552 124 8
Dupo suburb 3,766 -5.4% $113,800 $61,644 8 7
Durand 1,380 -0.1% $135,500 $65,688 82 15
Dwight 4,005 -0.5% $155,600 $71,184 64 19
Earlville 1,590 -1.4% $142,200 $63,553 66 9
East Alton suburb 5,621 -2.6% $106,700 $48,815 19 3
East Dubuque suburb 1,457 -2.5% $144,000 $67,891 141 3
East Dundee suburb 3,130 -2% $300,000 $89,583 34 6
East Hazel Crest suburb 1,250 -3% $158,300 $54,950 18 2
East St. Louis suburb 17,682 -4.1% $52,600 $35,700 6 3
Edinburg 1,055 -2.8% $117,100 $89,886 84 9
Effingham 12,406 +0.6% $177,500 $72,377 97 In town
El Paso 2,723 -0.9% $159,400 $75,625 103 13
Elburn 7,084 +14.1% $389,300 $127,731 40 6
Eldorado 3,579 -4.2% $66,200 $37,154 113 In town
Elmwood 2,030 -1.9% $153,500 $90,285 139 16
Elwood suburb 2,237 +0.6% $237,500 $86,458 37 8
Erie 1,484 -2.2% $151,900 $82,760 124 12
Eureka 5,129 -1.7% $154,300 $56,048 113 In town
Evergreen Park suburb 19,283 -2.9% $267,500 $95,719 8 In town
Fairbury 3,597 -1.1% $162,200 $70,962 87 20
Fairfield 4,794 -2% $88,800 $41,989 103 In town
Fairmont suburb 2,617 $182,300 $70,795 27 4
Fairmont City suburb 2,154 -4.6% $71,200 8 5
Fairview Heights suburb 16,175 -3.1% $177,700 $80,930 13 3
Farmer City 1,797 -1.6% $138,500 $67,067 121 14
Farmington 2,298 -4% $101,300 $65,223 143 10
Fisher 2,087 +1.7% $190,100 $97,702 111 11
Flanagan 1,022 -1.4% $108,900 $62,083 90 24
Flora 4,634 -3.5% $77,300 $47,148 96 In town
Flossmoor suburb 9,358 -3% $344,800 $133,663 21 In town
Ford Heights suburb 1,751 -3.1% $66,300 $36,053 23 3
Forest Park suburb 13,829 -3.1% $304,700 $77,221 7 In town
Forrest 1,015 -2.7% $113,000 $73,426 84 19
Forreston 1,402 -2.2% $129,900 $70,676 99 12
Forsyth suburb 3,613 -3.2% $281,000 $112,000 112 4
Fox Lake suburb 10,849 -1% $228,100 $70,819 45 9
Fox River Grove suburb 4,881 +4% $298,900 $121,506 37 5
Frankfort Square suburb 9,560 $305,800 $126,897 23 5
Franklin Park suburb 18,045 -1.6% $287,000 $76,519 12 3
Freeburg 4,507 -2% $241,200 $92,065 22 10
Freeport 23,202 -3.2% $92,100 $51,723 100 In town
Fulton 3,540 -2.8% $121,700 $45,581 127 In town
Gages Lake suburb 10,819 $310,500 $103,318 39 6
Galena 3,210 -3.2% $233,200 $58,689 133 In town
Galesburg 28,581 -4.6% $96,400 $48,297 152 In town
Galva 2,383 -3% $83,700 $52,470 130 6
Gardner 1,366 +0.5% $199,600 $88,092 55 14
Geneseo 6,505 -0.5% $205,400 $70,147 130 In town
Genoa 5,547 +4.6% $225,200 $82,128 55 12
Georgetown 3,006 -4.3% $71,800 $58,182 80 11
Germantown 1,379 +3.8% $192,500 $92,083 38 5
Germantown Hills suburb 3,436 +0.3% $264,900 $147,341 118 7
Gibson City 3,371 -2.8% $153,800 $42,955 101 In town
Gilberts suburb 9,082 +8.5% $347,300 $146,333 40 4
Gillespie 3,083 -2.6% $91,000 $82,772 41 8
Gilman 1,681 -3.7% $120,500 $70,750 76 14
Girard 1,768 -2.4% $98,100 $50,300 61 13
Glen Carbon suburb 13,898 +0.3% $282,000 $97,168 16 In town
Glencoe suburb 8,724 -1.1% $1,432,500 $248,933 21 6
Glenwood suburb 8,416 -3% $198,100 $77,391 21 5
Godfrey suburb 17,620 -1% $192,200 $94,543 22 5
Goreville 1,055 -0.7% $131,300 $68,798 102 13
Grandview suburb 1,389 -1.9% $71,500 $48,819 88 2
Grandwood Park suburb 5,262 $330,500 $126,736 41 8
Grant Park 1,271 -1.1% $215,800 $78,385 41 15
Granville 1,325 -2.4% $142,500 $70,556 89 7
Grayslake 21,140 -0.4% $309,500 $113,972 39 6
Grayville 1,483 -4% $74,200 $46,319 124 17
Green Oaks suburb 4,082 -0.7% $673,100 $147,614 34 3
Greenup 1,330 -2.3% $91,900 $51,417 113 18
Greenville 7,469 +3.3% $122,000 $62,089 49 In town
Gridley 1,428 -1.7% $141,300 $67,250 98 18
Griggsville 1,047 -4% $86,200 $36,667 78 8
Hainesville suburb 3,501 -1.1% $210,500 $129,911 40 8
Hamilton 2,624 -4.4% $114,100 $56,895 135 13
Hampshire 9,266 +21.2% $329,800 $94,773 46 10
Hampton suburb 1,751 -1.2% $184,900 $90,406 142 4
Hanna City 1,238 -1.7% $123,900 $73,265 136 11
Harrisburg 7,922 -4% $84,100 $43,415 111 In town
Harristown suburb 1,247 -4.5% $117,700 $72,426 105 6
Hartford suburb 1,153 -2.9% $66,100 $41,092 15 7
Harvard 9,504 +0.5% $175,400 $67,617 55 In town
Harvey suburb 19,849 -2% $88,100 $42,429 16 In town
Harwood Heights suburb 8,761 -3% $321,900 $81,086 11 2
Havana 2,799 -5.1% $95,300 $41,184 115 In town
Hawthorn Woods suburb 9,679 +6.3% $619,100 $219,631 34 4
Hazel Crest suburb 13,024 -3% $185,300 $68,393 18 3
Hebron 1,392 +0.4% $208,100 $85,375 48 8
Henry 2,280 -2.6% $117,000 $65,577 100 18
Herrin 12,268 -0.5% $113,300 $59,975 88 In town
Herscher 1,486 -2.3% $197,600 $91,667 59 13
Heyworth 2,869 +2.7% $210,600 $96,500 125 12
Hickory Hills suburb 14,101 -2.4% $288,000 $77,262 11 5
Highland 10,042 -0.3% $202,900 $82,551 32 In town
Highwood suburb 5,323 +4.6% $405,400 $107,875 26 4
Hillcrest 1,210 -1.4% $164,200 $80,568 71 3
Hillsboro 6,184 +5.3% $111,700 $50,158 56 In town
Hillside suburb 8,140 -1.7% $246,800 $72,320 11 2
Hinckley 1,996 -0.1% $291,700 $86,823 49 10
Hinsdale suburb 17,573 +1.1% $1,053,700 $250,000 or more 13 In town
Hodgkins suburb 1,480 -1.1% $45,800 10 3
Holiday Shores 2,782 $245,100 $86,907 26 10
Homer 1,050 -2.2% $146,200 $85,875 98 15
Hometown suburb 4,191 -3.2% $173,400 $61,101 8 In town
Homewood suburb 18,773 -3.1% $221,100 $100,139 19 3
Hoopeston 4,676 -4.5% $78,100 $60,861 93 In town
Hudson 1,750 -0.3% $224,700 $110,000 109 8
Ina 1,612 -2.2% $104,200 $54,000 80 10
Indian Head Park suburb 3,961 -2.6% $356,600 $100,149 12 3
Ingalls Park suburb 3,015 $157,800 $57,917 28 3
Inverness suburb 7,418 -2.3% $715,600 $207,434 29 5
Island Lake suburb 8,047 +0.1% $262,500 $103,156 40 5
Itasca suburb 9,488 -0.8% $390,800 $114,294 20 In town
Jacksonville 17,752 -2.7% $128,200 $65,432 76 In town
Jerome suburb 1,627 -2.8% $127,800 $65,189 84 3
Jerseyville 8,409 +1% $143,900 $73,529 34 In town
Johnsburg suburb 6,445 +1.1% $328,300 $121,023 47 5
Johnston City 3,313 -1.9% $88,100 91 6
Jonesboro 1,635 -4% $106,400 $58,500 98 In town
Justice suburb 12,285 -2.2% $238,400 $57,170 9 4
Kankakee 23,400 -2.5% $104,900 $47,514 52 In town
Kenilworth suburb 2,437 -2.8% $1,560,300 $250,000 or more 17 2
Kewanee 12,115 -2.8% $73,200 $50,886 123 In town
Kildeer suburb 4,683 +14.6% $770,700 $250,000 or more 30 4
Kincaid 1,310 -2.7% $88,100 $64,821 79 7
Kingston 1,103 -0.4% $241,700 $88,295 58 12
Kirkland 1,632 -1.1% $191,600 $94,338 62 12
Knoxville 2,810 -3% $145,300 $82,863 149 7
La Grange suburb 15,935 -2.2% $594,300 $159,929 10 In town
La Grange Park suburb 13,453 -1.8% $439,800 $120,408 10 2
La Harpe 1,124 -4% $86,400 $49,205 140 14
Lacon 1,822 -2.6% $121,900 $63,162 105 21
Ladd 1,384 +9.8% $129,600 $67,321 85 6
Lake Barrington suburb 5,130 +0.8% $475,700 $141,958 36 3
Lake Bluff suburb 5,563 -0.8% $776,700 $204,000 32 In town
Lake Forest suburb 19,731 +2% $938,300 $235,081 29 In town
Lake Holiday 5,641 $256,400 $107,875 53 3
Lake Villa suburb 8,692 -0.4% $351,700 $118,750 45 12
Lake Zurich suburb 19,868 +0.4% $435,300 $135,968 32 In town
Lakemoor suburb 6,449 +4.5% $265,500 $100,414 44 4
Lakewood suburb 4,293 +0.5% $552,600 $173,625 45 3
Lanark 1,452 -3.6% $96,600 $59,375 112 17
LaSalle 9,388 -1.8% $113,500 $57,732 81 In town
Lawrenceville 4,356 +4% $71,300 $41,005 110 In town
Le Roy 3,465 -1.5% $167,600 $81,875 118 14
Lebanon suburb 4,884 +2.6% $170,700 $88,750 24 7
Leland Grove suburb 1,401 -2.9% $274,300 $130,833 84 3
Lemont suburb 18,513 +4% $468,800 $123,370 19 5
Lena 2,670 -3.2% $146,000 $72,663 105 11
Lewistown 1,962 -4% $102,200 $54,000 122 8
Lexington 2,079 -0.6% $172,500 $99,167 100 15
Lily Lake suburb 1,073 +3.9% $418,800 $140,313 41 8
Limestone suburb 1,518 -2.2% $212,200 $103,906 51 4
Lincoln 12,981 -2% $124,300 $57,340 115 In town
Lincolnshire suburb 7,963 +0.3% $677,700 $185,580 28 5
Lincolnwood suburb 13,039 -2.8% $496,400 $109,731 12 3
Lindenhurst suburb 14,810 +3% $294,100 $131,474 44 10
Litchfield 6,598 -2.3% $104,200 $53,958 49 In town
Long Creek suburb 1,212 -3.4% $167,500 $78,519 110 5
Long Grove suburb 8,343 -0.4% $804,600 $250,000 or more 30 6
Long Lake suburb 3,307 $220,100 $104,621 43 9
Louisville 1,108 -3.5% $87,100 $43,750 94 6
Lovington 1,010 -4.9% $87,400 $55,556 114 18
Lynwood suburb 9,297 +2.3% $218,000 $85,237 23 2
Lyons suburb 10,433 -3.2% $257,300 $70,993 7 2
Mackinaw 1,851 -1.3% $158,300 $67,292 125 9
Macomb 14,530 -5.4% $103,300 $44,411 129 In town
Macon 1,120 -4.2% $108,600 $68,750 100 9
Madison suburb 3,063 -2.6% $58,900 $49,326 8 In town
Mahomet 10,516 +10.8% $299,100 $118,586 120 10
Malta 1,140 -0.3% $180,300 $80,625 61 6
Manhattan 10,943 +14.9% $332,600 $128,522 33 9
Manito 1,473 -4.9% $112,600 $71,920 126 13
Manteno 9,201 +0.2% $248,400 $97,634 42 9
Maple Park 1,523 +6.3% $288,400 $107,045 48 7
Marengo 7,737 +2.4% $229,900 $73,523 55 12
Marion 17,148 +1.9% $158,300 $56,912 94 3
Marissa 1,724 -5.6% $99,500 $54,814 37 10
Markham suburb 11,274 -3% $135,300 $57,302 16 In town
Maroa 1,517 -4% $126,800 $72,500 119 8
Marquette Heights suburb 2,485 -2% $123,800 $75,625 131 4
Marseilles 4,809 -1.3% $142,500 $58,217 63 13
Marshall 3,880 -1.8% $118,500 $76,250 86 14
Martinsville 1,083 -2.7% $69,100 $61,833 97 22
Maryville suburb 8,413 +1.9% $261,800 $100,670 16 In town
Mascoutah 9,239 +5.2% $224,900 $97,375 25 9
Mason City 1,956 -5.4% $91,100 $66,524 112 17
Matteson suburb 18,543 -2.5% $250,600 $95,457 23 In town
Mattoon 16,667 -1.1% $97,700 $51,597 117 5
McHenry 29,217 +6.7% $266,500 $86,315 46 In town
McLeansboro 2,585 -1.9% $79,500 $45,422 100 In town
Mendota 6,894 -2.1% $134,100 $51,632 76 In town
Merrionette Park suburb 1,915 -2.4% $173,400 $56,515 11 3
Metamora 3,857 -0.9% $201,800 $129,479 113 7
Metropolis 5,727 -3.6% $86,000 $50,399 125 3
Midlothian suburb 13,841 -2.9% $207,000 $70,000 15 4
Milan suburb 5,028 -1.3% $119,300 $62,597 151 3
Milford 1,116 -3.6% $74,600 $46,827 84 10
Millstadt 3,950 -3.3% $230,500 $90,901 15 7
Minier 1,138 -1.4% $148,400 $88,542 129 6
Minonk 1,889 -1.9% $120,500 $69,352 95 18
Minooka suburb 12,899 +1.2% $315,600 $115,445 41 9
Mokena suburb 19,897 +0.2% $401,400 $123,889 23 6
Momence 3,158 -2.8% $154,800 $58,365 47 11
Monee suburb 5,119 +0.1% $240,500 $91,969 29 8
Monmouth 8,599 -3.6% $86,800 $61,138 159 In town
Monticello 6,080 +2.2% $210,500 $99,449 130 2
Morris 14,669 +3.1% $247,400 $76,711 50 In town
Morrison 3,945 -3% $118,000 $69,089 117 In town
Morton suburb 17,565 +2.3% $239,400 $94,402 125 9
Mount Carmel 6,723 -3.7% $89,300 $47,009 116 In town
Mount Carroll 1,432 -3.7% $86,600 $58,500 119 20
Mount Morris 2,787 -2.1% $121,800 $45,726 91 14
Mount Olive 1,936 -3.8% $94,100 $55,625 41 5
Mount Pulaski 1,499 -2.1% $110,500 $66,176 108 12
Mount Sterling 2,155 +7.9% $131,200 $59,087 97 14
Mount Vernon 14,187 -2.6% $99,800 $55,357 75 In town
Mount Zion suburb 5,880 -2.1% $201,100 $103,365 108 4
Moweaqua 1,735 -1.2% $114,500 $69,625 95 15
Murphysboro 6,977 -1.4% $85,900 $44,154 78 In town
Nashville 3,011 -2.6% $156,500 $63,170 50 In town
Neoga 1,369 -2.1% $123,100 $73,355 107 15
New Athens 1,854 -5% $116,300 $56,553 30 10
New Baden 3,378 -1.3% $172,200 $81,393 30 12
New Berlin 1,361 -1.3% $163,400 $70,179 77 15
Newton 2,715 -2.1% $95,400 $61,761 115 18
Nokomis 2,133 -2.2% $83,900 $60,326 69 12
Normal 53,275 +0.5% $213,600 $64,785 114 In town
Norridge suburb 14,808 -2.6% $374,900 $87,807 11 2
Norris City 1,083 -4.2% $86,700 $42,333 113 13
North Aurora suburb 19,406 +6% $342,100 $114,305 34 In town
North Barrington suburb 3,125 -0.3% $765,900 $226,055 34 In town
North Pekin suburb 1,447 -2.2% $125,600 $80,224 132 4
North Riverside suburb 7,161 -3.2% $297,800 $77,170 7 In town
North Utica 1,334 +0.9% $237,500 $104,028 77 6
Northfield suburb 5,632 -1.9% $878,300 $161,500 19 6
Northlake suburb 12,462 -2.9% $259,800 $83,892 13 3
Oak Brook suburb 8,108 +0.5% $903,200 $175,870 14 In town
Oakbrook Terrace suburb 2,792 -1% $372,400 $76,905 15 2
Oakwood 1,274 -3.5% $103,000 $46,293 89 7
Oakwood Hills suburb 2,046 -1.2% $282,300 $109,907 40 5
Oblong 1,352 -1.2% $83,100 $57,917 108 9
Oglesby 3,618 -2.1% $139,700 $76,189 81 4
Okawville 1,343 -1.7% $160,700 $84,417 40 11
Olney 8,347 -4% $99,800 $59,980 117 In town
Olympia Fields suburb 4,593 -2.5% $329,000 $123,875 22 In town
Onarga 1,305 -3% $99,300 $78,352 79 15
Oquawka 1,065 -5.7% $92,000 $53,929 163 15
Oregon 3,573 -1.6% $142,600 $71,841 86 14
Orion 1,708 -2.5% $178,500 $94,375 143 10
Orland Hills suburb 6,663 -2.9% $280,300 $122,039 19 6
Ottawa 18,684 -0.6% $154,000 $71,413 68 16
Palestine 1,210 -1.6% $81,300 $62,850 95 7
Palos Heights suburb 12,084 -2.7% $367,100 $108,740 13 In town
Palos Hills suburb 18,028 -2.3% $279,200 $83,533 12 3
Palos Park suburb 4,805 -1.4% $464,700 $121,696 14 In town
Pana 5,010 -3.2% $77,900 $46,168 81 In town
Paris 8,026 -2.8% $75,700 $53,927 83 In town
Park City suburb 7,893 +0.2% $60,171 37 4
Pawnee 2,686 +0.2% $149,500 $81,103 75 15
Paxton 4,323 -2.7% $120,400 $62,386 98 14
Pecatonica 2,052 -1.3% $143,900 $73,162 88 13
Peoria Heights suburb 5,767 -2.1% $117,700 $60,099 123 In town
Peotone 4,225 +1.7% $271,000 $108,523 35 14
Peru 9,780 -1.4% $154,300 $74,808 82 In town
Petersburg 2,125 -4% $177,700 $56,458 98 17
Philo 1,352 -2.7% $205,400 $105,625 108 9
Phoenix suburb 1,646 -3.3% $96,200 $30,288 16 2
Pinckneyville 4,903 -3.2% $133,500 $69,583 63 In town
Pingree Grove suburb 12,545 +20.4% $320,800 $114,294 42 5
Pistakee Highlands suburb 3,374 $216,800 $102,986 47 7
Pittsfield 4,041 -3.1% $111,400 $54,643 73 In town
Plano suburb 12,677 +6.5% $230,700 $86,271 45 5
Polo 2,235 -2.1% $109,600 $63,080 98 11
Pontiac 10,806 -3.5% $116,300 $61,279 82 32
Pontoon Beach suburb 5,887 +0.4% $145,100 $62,861 12 5
Poplar Grove 5,206 +2.9% $270,700 $120,278 66 10
Port Barrington suburb 1,584 -0.1% $379,600 $149,886 38 5
Port Byron suburb 1,638 -1.4% $278,200 $111,667 137 10
Posen suburb 5,405 -3% $172,900 $73,051 14 2
Prairie Grove suburb 1,939 -0.8% $467,600 $141,389 43 3
Princeton 7,674 -2.2% $134,700 $61,946 97 In town
Princeville 1,713 -0.9% $168,100 $76,250 124 15
Prophetstown 1,887 -2.8% $116,600 $65,125 117 10
Prospect Heights suburb 15,552 -2.7% $346,500 $85,008 22 4
Quincy 38,918 -1.6% $153,200 $56,480 108 In town
Rantoul 11,991 -2.7% $118,200 $48,691 109 13
Red Bud 3,761 -0.7% $171,000 $71,850 32 In town
Richmond 2,114 +1.5% $238,600 $73,029 45 10
Richton Park suburb 12,483 -2% $220,900 $64,554 25 3
Ridgewood suburb 2,795 $161,300 $92,500 28 3
River Forest suburb 11,393 -6.8% $687,300 $146,786 8 In town
River Grove suburb 10,409 -1.5% $241,800 $69,858 10 In town
Riverdale suburb 10,280 -3.2% $113,800 $39,833 14 3
Riverside suburb 8,939 -3.5% $491,400 $153,686 7 In town
Riverton suburb 3,471 -2.2% $152,200 $80,920 92 6
Riverwoods suburb 3,766 -0.5% $800,700 $249,205 26 6
Roanoke 1,918 -1.9% $139,900 $82,063 106 7
Robbins suburb 4,588 -0.8% $121,300 $40,668 13 4
Robinson 7,283 +2.1% $109,100 $73,993 100 In town
Rochelle 9,498 +0.3% $164,300 $66,307 71 In town
Rochester suburb 4,093 +6% $238,900 $117,118 86 8
Rock Falls 8,521 -2.8% $83,900 $49,600 104 2
Rockdale suburb 1,969 -1.6% $188,300 $59,135 32 2
Rockton suburb 7,870 +0.1% $235,400 $119,058 70 7
Roodhouse 1,484 -5% $68,600 $52,604 59 13
Roscoe suburb 11,034 +0.3% $227,800 $93,036 69 8
Rosemont suburb 3,815 -3.1% $344,900 $63,517 14 2
Rosewood Heights suburb 4,229 $137,300 $72,102 20 5
Rossville 1,170 -4.5% $92,200 $62,417 91 5
Round Lake suburb 18,526 -0.9% $278,600 $111,977 41 9
Round Lake Beach 26,902 -1.1% $199,200 $86,059 43 10
Round Lake Heights suburb 2,580 -1.3% $216,800 $78,986 44 10
Round Lake Park suburb 7,844 +2.4% $164,900 $55,813 40 8
Roxana suburb 1,395 -2.9% $95,400 $64,516 17 8
Royalton 1,031 -2.5% $71,500 $59,219 81 7
Rushville 2,857 -3.5% $94,700 $57,583 104 In town
Salem 7,035 -3.3% $106,100 $59,728 69 In town
Sandoval 1,123 -3.3% $59,100 $52,841 61 6
Sandwich suburb 7,380 +2.3% $255,700 $80,768 50 In town
Sauk Village suburb 9,624 -2.7% $110,800 $69,973 25 3
Savanna 2,699 -3.6% $72,400 $48,036 127 16
Savoy suburb 9,113 +2.8% $320,300 $91,966 113 4
Schiller Park suburb 11,317 -3% $275,000 $69,696 13 4
Seneca 2,310 -1.6% $227,500 $86,830 61 11
Sesser 1,888 -0.3% $82,300 $52,604 75 9
Shelbyville 4,537 -2.2% $116,400 $52,470 94 In town
Sheridan 2,094 -13.1% $186,400 $85,250 56 8
Sherman suburb 4,644 -0.6% $297,800 $148,906 93 6
Shiloh suburb 14,604 +3.6% $274,000 $99,573 19 In town
Shorewood suburb 18,536 +2% $337,800 $122,105 35 4
Sidney 1,167 -2.9% $197,600 $88,618 104 10
Silvis suburb 7,979 +0% $161,600 $62,375 143 In town
Sleepy Hollow suburb 3,122 -2.3% $382,800 $149,813 37 3
Smithton 3,868 -3.4% $256,300 $135,455 21 9
Somonauk 1,770 -1.2% $234,400 $84,583 54 3
South Barrington suburb 5,071 +0.1% $908,300 $221,575 30 3
South Beloit suburb 7,996 +0.3% $173,000 $78,616 67 4
South Chicago Heights suburb 3,884 -2.9% $149,300 $58,691 25 5
South Jacksonville 3,195 -3% $135,800 $49,587 74 4
South Roxana suburb 1,849 -2.1% $88,700 $60,214 16 8
Southern View suburb 1,540 -2.8% $105,300 $57,270 84 4
Sparta 4,022 -1.4% $111,200 $52,188 44 In town
Spring Grove suburb 5,526 +1% $398,400 $134,210 45 9
Spring Valley 5,408 -2.9% $153,300 $70,598 85 3
St. Anne 1,122 -3.2% $154,900 $83,077 56 11
St. Elmo 1,213 -2.8% $82,600 $45,294 80 14
St. Jacob 1,371 -0.6% $201,000 $112,188 27 6
St. Joseph 3,689 -2.8% $270,900 $120,789 103 10
Staunton 4,932 -2.2% $143,500 $57,904 36 In town
Steeleville 1,883 -1.8% $158,500 $60,313 54 8
Steger suburb 9,352 -2.4% $156,700 $66,575 25 5
Sterling 14,394 -3% $108,700 $57,350 104 In town
Stickney suburb 6,897 -2.8% $244,900 $66,942 5 In town
Stillman Valley 1,058 -1.4% $175,800 $87,833 79 12
Stockton 1,669 -3.6% $93,700 $46,934 114 19
Stone Park suburb 4,477 -2% $242,100 $67,224 11 2
Streator 12,190 -2.2% $94,700 $57,609 77 21
Sugar Grove suburb 9,381 +0.7% $401,900 $121,207 39 6
Sullivan 4,310 -2% $102,500 $63,229 110 17
Summit suburb 10,753 -3.3% $232,600 $61,863 7 3
Sumner 1,656 -37.1% $46,000 $55,625 118 9
Swansea suburb 14,356 +0.1% $223,600 $91,587 15 In town
Sycamore suburb 19,083 +2.3% $265,700 $84,120 52 6
Taylorville 10,522 +0.3% $104,100 $57,552 81 In town
Teutopolis 1,721 +5.8% $247,700 $115,938 101 4
Third Lake suburb 1,103 -1.1% $361,500 $150,139 40 7
Thomasboro 1,003 -2.7% $111,800 $64,038 113 9
Thomson 1,606 -0.4% $117,000 $61,250 125 9
Thornton suburb 2,299 -3.4% $155,100 $59,647 18 3
Tilton 2,537 -4% $70,400 $55,697 82 3
Toledo 1,140 -2% $86,100 $56,354 116 15
Tolono 3,499 -2.3% $208,600 $69,653 113 9
Toluca 1,310 -2.3% $113,500 $69,545 95 21
Toulon 1,172 -1% $95,500 $59,167 124 10
Tower Lakes suburb 1,201 -1.7% $510,300 $154,167 36 3
Tremont 2,243 -1.1% $187,400 $79,810 130 8
Trenton 2,643 -1.4% $178,200 $80,795 30 9
Troy suburb 11,893 +4% $268,000 $112,434 20 3
Tuscola 4,668 +0.6% $154,300 $78,179 113 21
University Park suburb 7,019 -1.6% $153,200 $73,844 27 5
Valmeyer 1,204 -1.7% $223,200 $94,821 23 7
Vandalia 7,108 -4.4% $98,500 $45,469 65 In town
Venice suburb 1,450 -2.7% $54,000 $32,066 5 2
Vienna 1,352 -0.1% $81,300 $40,750 112 19
Villa Grove 2,447 -1.2% $125,700 $70,647 107 18
Virden 3,149 -2.4% $101,300 $80,577 65 17
Virginia 1,442 -4.4% $93,100 $59,375 91 15
Volo suburb 6,805 +9.9% $319,700 $160,792 42 6
Wadsworth suburb 3,488 -0.6% $378,900 $142,738 42 5
Walnut 1,267 -3.1% $102,100 $61,750 100 15
Warren 1,275 -4.1% $102,200 $75,813 110 14
Warrensburg 1,068 -3.9% $145,400 $81,719 110 7
Warrenville suburb 15,211 +11% $286,100 $100,321 26 4
Warsaw 1,436 -4.6% $96,100 $58,750 134 17
Washburn 1,008 -2.4% $89,100 $76,667 105 14
Washington suburb 15,902 -1% $221,900 $95,179 120 8
Washington Park suburb 2,461 -4.3% $37,500 $38,750 8 4
Waterloo 11,132 +1.3% $249,500 $98,711 21 12
Waterman 1,640 +14.6% $217,300 $100,139 56 11
Watseka 4,510 -3.5% $103,700 $43,608 73 In town
Wauconda suburb 13,993 -0.5% $278,600 $111,239 38 6
Waverly 1,142 -3.8% $98,400 $55,671 68 19
Wayne suburb 2,278 +0.1% $642,700 $161,719 30 6
West Dundee suburb 8,570 +8.1% $360,800 $105,368 38 3
West Frankfort 7,105 -2.1% $81,200 $47,898 88 8
West Peoria suburb 4,187 -1.8% $93,900 $66,098 128 2
Westchester suburb 16,300 -3.1% $327,300 $98,954 11 2
Western Springs suburb 13,588 0% $739,400 $230,255 11 In town
Westville 3,029 -4.4% $100,000 $54,912 81 6
White Hall 2,159 -5% $63,800 $55,054 56 10
Williamsville suburb 1,437 -0.1% $199,300 $106,731 99 12
Willow Springs suburb 5,788 -1.1% $378,300 $103,583 12 5
Willowbrook suburb 9,126 -0.9% $358,600 $99,239 14 3
Wilmington 5,614 -0.5% $223,800 $66,154 43 14
Winchester 1,502 -4.3% $93,900 $48,250 70 13
Windsor 1,035 -3% $105,400 $63,359 104 12
Winfield suburb 10,146 +3.3% $386,300 $135,795 24 In town
Winnebago 2,903 -0.7% $194,000 $92,614 85 7
Winnetka suburb 12,518 -1.5% $1,337,800 $250,000 or more 19 4
Winthrop Harbor suburb 6,525 -0.8% $250,800 $95,690 41 2
Wonder Lake 5,593 +39.7% $252,200 $94,655 50 5
Wood Dale suburb 14,081 -1% $318,900 $91,382 18 3
Wood River suburb 10,224 -2% $108,100 $62,703 18 5
Woodstock 25,740 +0.4% $245,700 $82,758 50 7
Worden 1,066 -2.5% $146,600 $89,000 30 6
Worth suburb 10,696 -2.1% $215,000 $56,288 12 2
Wyoming 1,287 -0.7% $109,500 $60,238 121 14
Zeigler 1,456 -1.7% $57,300 $41,553 82 7

Big city: a metro area of about 1 million people or more. ER: the nearest hospital with an emergency room. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, BEA, Medicare.