Rankings · How Des Plaines ranks in IL
Des Plaines ranks #40 in Illinois for low obesity
Des Plaines is ranked on 38 lists against the 820 Illinois towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 9.
Lists ranked on
38
of IL’s 820 ranked towns
Top-10 finishes
0
Best: #40 lowest obesity
Top-quarter finishes
9
of 24 lists where higher is better
Strongest area
Health
Top 9% on average
★ What stands out · Where it shines
The lists Des Plaines does best on
Each list ranks every IL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Des Plaines marked.
At a glance
Des Plaines lands in the top half on 17 of 24 lists
Each dot is Des Plaines’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IL, the right end is last. Areas where Des Plaines does best come first.
Top 10%Top halfBottom half
HealthHealth →
Lowest obesity#40/819Fewest smokers#100/819Closest to a top hospital#122/820Lowest depression#124/819Healthiest#173/817Most active#250/819Fewest uninsured#591/819 People
Most educated#246/820 Cost of livingHousing →
Rent easiest to afford#50/278Lowest property tax#566/818Most affordable#659/819Cheapest rent#655/799 SafetySafety →
Safest#172/321 Getting aroundWork & commute →
Shortest commute#539/820 HousingHousing →
Most new homes#341/431 What kind of place
More snow than 84% of Illinois
Not better or worse, just Des Plaines’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
More snow than 84% of IL towns
Less snowMore snow
38 in of snow a year
Longer growing season than 81% of IL towns
Shorter seasonLonger season
193 days between frosts
Drier than 77% of IL towns
DrierWetter
38 in of rain + melted snow a year
Steadier prices than 76% of IL towns
Steadier pricesPrices rising fast
+42.2% in home prices, 5 years
Cooler summers than 74% of IL towns
Cooler summersHotter summers
83.8° July high
Fewer kids than 71% of IL towns
Fewer kidsMore kids
20.4% of residents are under 18
More seniors than 69% of IL towns
Fewer seniorsMore seniors
20.8% of residents are 65+
Older than 65% of IL towns
YoungerOlder
42.3 median age
More homes per newcomer than 64% of IL towns
Homes keep paceShort on homes
2.2 new residents for each new home, 2010–20
More year-round than 55% of IL towns
Year-roundVacation homes
0.1% of homes are seasonal
Milder winters than 51% of IL towns
Colder wintersMilder winters
16.7° January low
Next door
Des Plaines out-ranks 4 of its 10 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.