A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Dundee Township$2,010/mo

Typical home $278K (Census) · tax rate 2.38% · or rent about $1,537/mo · Housing →

Bolingbrook$2,710/mo

Typical home $372K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.46% · or rent about $1,749/mo · Housing →

The difference: $700 a month, about $8,400 a year, between Bolingbrook and Dundee Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Dundee Township places higher on 14 of 19 IL lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Illinois ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–Dundee TownshipNot graded BBolingbrookSafer than 58% of U.S. towns

Schools

BDundee TownshipBetter than 59% of districts in the state –BolingbrookNot graded

Health

A−Dundee TownshipHealthier than 80% of U.S. towns BBolingbrookHealthier than 64% of U.S. towns

14Dundee Township

5Bolingbrook

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 297 towns #118#247 Most trailsOutdoors · 665 towns #45#317 Lowest obesityHealth · 861 towns #233#576 Most activeHealth · 861 towns #321#582 Most conserved landOutdoors · 838 towns #29#281 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 862 towns #188#388 HealthiestHealth · 861 towns #248#430 Most walkableOutdoors · 862 towns #442#263

Left end = #1 in Illinois. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Dundee Township’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Dundee TownshipBolingbrook

Snow a year32″29″

January low14°F —

July high84°F —

Growing season (days)174d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)18th 20th

Outdoors & history

Dundee TownshipBolingbrook

Trails55 mi 10 mi

Conserved land21%5.7%

Settled1835 —

National Register places—1

Archive photos3 32

Famous people born here8 —

Community

Dundee TownshipBolingbrook

Library hours a week65 hrs 72 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

31 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Dundee TownshipKane County BolingbrookIL

Dundee Township ↔ Bolingbrook31 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Illinois average

Dundee TownshipBolingbrook

People

Population 64,400Lowest 74,096Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.9%Highest +0.8%Lowest

Median age 36.2±1.3Lowest 7% below IL 37.2±1.1Highest 5% below IL

Bolingbrook and Dundee Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 24.4%±1.7Highest IL: 21.8% 24.1%±1.4Lowest IL: 21.8%

Dundee Township and Bolingbrook are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 12.5%±1.1Lowest IL: 17% 12.7%±0.9Highest IL: 17%

Bolingbrook and Dundee Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 33.5%Lowest IL: 37.8% 39.6%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.7%±0.9Lowest IL: 6.3% 6%±0.8Highest IL: 6.3%

Bolingbrook and Dundee Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $98,089±$7kLowest 18% above IL $108,400±$6kHighest 30% above IL

Bolingbrook and Dundee Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $278,000±$12kLowest 6% above IL $314,700±$8kHighest 20% above IL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,537±$90Lowest 21% above IL $1,749±$86Highest 37% above IL

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,619Lowest 25% above IL $7,748Highest 46% above IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.1%±6.1Lowest IL: 47.9% 55.7%±6.6Highest IL: 47.9%

Bolingbrook and Dundee Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 7.9%Lowest IL: 11.8% 9.2%Highest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 72.2%Lowest IL: 67.1% 79.1%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Lowest 14 yrs newer than IL 1989Highest 18 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minLowest 4% above IL 30 minHighest 8% above IL

Work from home 14.1%±1.9Lowest IL: 15.9% 17.4%±1.7Highest IL: 15.9%

Bolingbrook and Dundee Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 14.1%Highest 11.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.8 miHighest 14.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.10Highest 1.09Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Elgin (12%)Chicago (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BolingbrookFew work in Dundee Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 21%Highest 5.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 55.1 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.5 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 51Lowest 58Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 49.4Lowest 73.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #236 of 384 in IL—

School district Kane ROE · Elgin Math and Science Acad Chtr—

High school in town Dundee-Crown High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 15.5 —

Illinois average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Dundee Township vs Bolingbrook

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $700 more a month in Bolingbrook

Dundee Township places higher on 14 of 19 IL lists

What daily life feels like in each

31 miles apart

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