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About McHenry
City in Illinois, United StatesMcHenry is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is located about 46 miles northwest of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 27,135. McHenry was at one time the county seat of McHenry County, which once included adjoining Lake County to the east. McHenry took its name from the county, which was named for Major William McHenry, a prominent US Army officer in the Black Hawk War. It rests at an elevation of 797 feet and the Fox River flows through the eastern portion of the city. It is surrounded by natural lakes and streams, grassy moraine hills, gravel banks and shallow nutrient-rich peat bogs, remnants of receding glaciers from the last ice age. Moraine Hills Sta…
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How McHenry ranks
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Housing in McHenry
The typical McHenry home is worth about $315,000, up 5.3% in a year, 6% above the Illinois typical home.
Work & commute in McHenry
Full picture →Most working residents leave McHenry for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are McHenry (12%), Chicago (9%) and Crystal Lake (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.
Health in McHenry
Health Grade B+
Healthier than 73% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Illinois
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 25 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in McHenry
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities.
Climate in McHenry
Full climate →McHenry has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 83°, a January night drops to 14°, and about 35 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in McHenry
All McHenry schools →School Grade B-
The public schools McHenry’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 54% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within IL. Ratings are from neighbors.
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