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%

Streamwood$2,370/mo

Typical home $334K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.23% · or rent about $1,809/mo · Housing →

Hoffman Estates$2,920/mo

Typical home $408K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.30% · or rent about $1,734/mo · Housing →

The difference: $550 a month, about $6,600 a year, between Hoffman Estates and Streamwood.

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

Streamwood and Hoffman Estates share a border

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

StreamwoodHoffman Estates

Streamwood ↔ Hoffman Estates3.5 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

488 Streamwood residents work in Hoffman Estates (2.5% of its workers)

Work & commute in Streamwood →

Report cards

Hoffman Estates places higher on 17 of 21 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

B+StreamwoodSafer than 70% of U.S. towns B+Hoffman EstatesSafer than 66% of U.S. towns

Health

A−StreamwoodHealthier than 78% of U.S. towns AHoffman EstatesHealthier than 93% of U.S. towns

4Streamwood

17Hoffman Estates

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

Most educatedPeople · 862 towns #435#151 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 297 towns #271#180 Most activeHealth · 861 towns #447#191 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 861 towns #758#507 Most walkableOutdoors · 862 towns #44#279 Most remote workersWork · 849 towns #353#147 Most trailsOutdoors · 665 towns #175#35 HealthiestHealth · 861 towns #264#89

Left end = #1 in Illinois. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Streamwood’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

StreamwoodHoffman Estates

Snow a year32″32″

January low14°F 14°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)174d 174d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)20th 17th

Outdoors & history

StreamwoodHoffman Estates

Trails6 mi 35 mi

Conserved land5.4%5.7%

Settled1957 —

National Register places—1

Archive photos1 6

Famous people born here2 —

Community

StreamwoodHoffman Estates

Library hours a week62 hrs 63 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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

StreamwoodHoffman Estates

People

Population 39,001Lowest 51,175Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.7%Lowest +1.2%Highest

Median age 40±2Highest about the IL average 39.2±1.3Lowest about the IL average

Streamwood and Hoffman Estates are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 22.9%±2.3Lowest IL: 21.8% 24%±1.8Highest IL: 21.8%

Hoffman Estates and Streamwood are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 15%±1.5Lowest IL: 17% 15.9%±1.2Highest IL: 17%

Hoffman Estates and Streamwood are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.8%Lowest IL: 37.8% 48.5%Highest IL: 37.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±0.9Highest IL: 6.3% 4.4%±0.7Lowest IL: 6.3%

Streamwood and Hoffman Estates are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $101,218±$7kLowest 21% above IL $106,806±$8kHighest 28% above IL

Hoffman Estates and Streamwood are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $271,200±$7kLowest 3% above IL $351,900±$8kHighest 34% above IL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,809±$98Highest 42% above IL $1,734±$96Lowest 36% above IL

Streamwood and Hoffman Estates are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,040Lowest 14% above IL $8,096Highest 53% above IL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 59.8%±11.9Highest IL: 47.9% 49.2%±7.5Lowest IL: 47.9%

Streamwood and Hoffman Estates are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 10.2%Highest IL: 11.8% 7.1%Lowest IL: 11.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89%Highest IL: 67.1% 74.2%Lowest IL: 67.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Highest 10 yrs newer than IL 1976Lowest 5 yrs newer than IL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 8% above IL 29 minLowest about the IL average

Work from home 11.8%±1.9Lowest IL: 15.9% 18.1%±2.3Highest IL: 15.9%

Work in townworking residents 3.2%Lowest 4.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miLowest 12.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.30Lowest 0.72Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Chicago (14%)Chicago (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in Hoffman EstatesFew work in Streamwood

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.4%Lowest 5.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 6.0 miLowest 34.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miLowest 1.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 39Lowest 73Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 117Highest 71.0Lowest

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.

Streamwood vs Hoffman Estates

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $550 more a month in Hoffman Estates

Streamwood and Hoffman Estates share a border

Hoffman Estates places higher on 17 of 21 IL lists

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