Rankings · How Glencoe ranks in IL
Glencoe is #1 in Illinois for graduation rate
Glencoe is ranked on 36 lists against the 820 Illinois towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 10 and the top quarter on 16.
Lists ranked on
36
of IL’s 820 ranked towns
Top-10 finishes
10
Best: #1 highest graduation rate
Top-quarter finishes
16
of 23 lists where higher is better
Strongest area
Schools
Top 1% on average
★ What stands out · Where it shines
Glencoe is on Illinois’s podium 6 times
Each list ranks every IL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Glencoe marked.
What kind of place
Cooler summers than 98% of Illinois
Not better or worse, just Glencoe’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Cooler summers than 98% of IL towns
Cooler summersHotter summers
82.4° July high
More kids than 88% of IL towns
Fewer kidsMore kids
27.5% of residents are under 18
Older than 82% of IL towns
YoungerOlder
44.8 median age
Drier than 82% of IL towns
DrierWetter
38 in of rain + melted snow a year
More snow than 74% of IL towns
Less snowMore snow
34 in of snow a year
More vacation homes than 73% of IL towns
Year-roundVacation homes
0.8% of homes are seasonal
Milder winters than 69% of IL towns
Colder wintersMilder winters
18.1° January low
Shorter growing season than 69% of IL towns
Shorter seasonLonger season
176 days between frosts
Faster-rising prices than 68% of IL towns
Steadier pricesPrices rising fast
+53.1% in home prices, 5 years
More seniors than 66% of IL towns
Fewer seniorsMore seniors
20.4% of residents are 65+
Almost there
1 spot from the top 10 for working from home
Lists where Glencoe sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Most remote workers
Highest income
Most-used libraries
Most library borrowing
Top 101spot away
#10 Lake Bluff33.8%
#11 Glencoe33.7%
Top 34spots away
#3 Long Grove$250K
#7 Glencoe$249K
Top 34spots away
#3 North Riverside11.9 per resident
#7 Glencoe10.0 per resident
Top 34spots away
#3 Skokie21.3 per resident
#7 Glencoe18.5 per resident
At a glance
Glencoe lands in the top half on 18 of 23 lists
Each dot is Glencoe’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IL, the right end is last. Areas where Glencoe does best come first.
Top 10%Top halfBottom half
People
Most educated#2/820 HealthHealth →
Fewest smokers#2/819Most active#2/819Fewest uninsured#2/819Healthiest#3/817Lowest obesity#9/819Lowest depression#124/819Closest to a top hospital#294/820 SafetySafety →
Safest#69/321 HousingHousing →
Most new homes#106/431 Getting aroundWork & commute →
Shortest commute#803/820 Next door
Glencoe out-ranks 4 of its 7 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.