Rankings · How Palos ranks in IL
Palos ranks #13 in Illinois for trails
Palos is ranked on 34 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
34
of IL’s 820 ranked towns
Top-10 finishes
0
Best: #13 most trails
Top-quarter finishes
9
of 21 lists where higher is better
Strongest area
Outdoors
Top 6% on average
★ What stands out · Where it shines
The lists Palos does best on
Each list ranks every IL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Palos marked.
At a glance
Palos lands in the top half on 15 of 21 lists
Each dot is Palos’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IL, the right end is last. Areas where Palos does best come first.
Top 10%Top halfBottom half
HealthHealth →
Lowest obesity#58/819Closest to a top hospital#142/820Fewest smokers#168/819Healthiest#170/817Most active#187/819Lowest depression#206/819Fewest uninsured#331/819 People
Most educated#311/820 Cost of livingHousing →
Cheapest rent#486/799Lowest property tax#579/818Most affordable#624/819Rent easiest to afford#230/278 Getting aroundWork & commute →
Shortest commute#743/820 What kind of place
Longer growing season than 94% of Illinois
Not better or worse, just Palos’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Longer growing season than 94% of IL towns
Shorter seasonLonger season
203 days between frosts
More snow than 88% of IL towns
Less snowMore snow
39 in of snow a year
More seniors than 77% of IL towns
Fewer seniorsMore seniors
21.9% of residents are 65+
Older than 75% of IL towns
YoungerOlder
43.7 median age
More vacation homes than 65% of IL towns
Year-roundVacation homes
0.5% of homes are seasonal
Wetter than 65% of IL towns
DrierWetter
39 in of rain + melted snow a year
Steadier prices than 64% of IL towns
Steadier pricesPrices rising fast
+44.9% in home prices, 5 years
Fewer kids than 57% of IL towns
Fewer kidsMore kids
21.7% of residents are under 18
Cooler summers than 57% of IL towns
Cooler summersHotter summers
84.2° July high
Milder winters than 54% of IL towns
Colder wintersMilder winters
16.9° January low
Almost there
3 spots from the top 10 for trails
Lists where Palos sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Next door
Palos out-ranks 5 of its 8 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.