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

B−ElginSafer than 51% of U.S. towns A+Pingree GroveSafer than 98% of U.S. towns

Health

BElginHealthier than 58% of U.S. towns APingree GroveHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns

7Elgin

14Pingree Grove

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 861 towns #828#202 Most activeHealth · 861 towns #671#60 SafestSafety · 321 towns #197#4 HealthiestHealth · 861 towns #483#70 Highest graduation rateSchools · 669 towns #497#237 Cheapest rentCost of living · 840 towns #587#837 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 862 towns #3#252 Most educatedPeople · 862 towns #453#207

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Pingree Grove

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%

Elgin$2,420/mo

Typical home $340K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.27% · or rent about $1,361/mo · Housing →

Pingree Grove$2,680/mo

Typical home $374K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.30% · or rent about $3,501/mo · Housing →

The difference: $260 a month, about $3,100 a year, between Pingree Grove and Elgin.

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.

Where they are

Elgin and Pingree Grove share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

ElginPingree Grove

Elgin ↔ Pingree Grove6.4 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

686 Pingree Grove residents work in Elgin (11.4% of its workers)

Work & commute in Pingree Grove →

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

ElginPingree Grove

Snow a year32″32″

January low14°F 14°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)174d 174d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)50th 25th

Outdoors & history

ElginPingree Grove

Trails20 mi 2 mi

Conserved land7.1%12.5%

Settled1835 2007

National Register places12 —

Archive photos12 —

Community

ElginPingree Grove

Library hours a week71 hrs —

Colleges in town2 —

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.

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

ElginPingree Grove

People

Population 114,934Highest 10,914Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.1%Lowest +128.7%Highest

Median age 36.7±1.3Lowest 6% below IL 38±2.5Highest about the IL average

Pingree Grove and Elgin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25.3%±1.4Lowest IL: 21.8% 28.8%±6Highest IL: 21.8%

Pingree Grove and Elgin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 13.5%±1Lowest IL: 17% 15.6%±3.5Highest IL: 17%

Pingree Grove and Elgin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27%Lowest IL: 37.8% 42.9%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.1%±0.6Highest IL: 6.3% 4.9%±1.7Lowest IL: 6.3%

Elgin and Pingree Grove are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $90,282±$3kLowest 8% above IL $114,294±$20kHighest 37% above IL

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $273,000±$6kLowest 4% above IL $320,800±$25kHighest 22% above IL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,361±$65Lowest 7% above IL $3,501Highest 175% above IL

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,184Lowest 17% above IL $7,391Highest 40% above IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49%±5.1Lowest IL: 47.9% 55.6%±95.4Highest IL: 47.9%

Pingree Grove and Elgin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 9.8%Highest IL: 11.8% 1.2%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.9%Lowest IL: 67.1% 98.5%Highest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Lowest 6 yrs newer than IL 2010Highest 39 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minLowest about the IL average 32 minHighest 17% above IL

Work from home 12.8%±1.4Highest IL: 15.9% 10.7%±4.5Lowest IL: 15.9%

Elgin and Pingree Grove are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 19.8%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.3 miLowest 23.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.01Highest 0.12Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Chicago (11%)Chicago (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Pingree Grove11% work in Elgin

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.1%Lowest 12.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 19.7 miHighest 2.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 76Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 76.9Lowest 97.1Highest

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

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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.

Elgin vs Pingree Grove

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Pingree Grove places higher on 14 of 21 IL lists

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Pingree Grove

Elgin and Pingree Grove share a border

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