Rankings · How Rolling Meadows ranks in IL
Rolling Meadows ranks #40 in Illinois for low obesity
Rolling Meadows is ranked on 36 lists against the 820 Illinois towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 8.
Lists ranked on
36
of IL’s 820 ranked towns
Top-10 finishes
0
Best: #40 lowest obesity
Top-quarter finishes
8
of 23 lists where higher is better
Strongest area
Health
Top 6% on average
★ What stands out · Where it shines
The lists Rolling Meadows does best on
Each list ranks every IL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Rolling Meadows marked.
At a glance
Rolling Meadows lands in the top half on 16 of 23 lists
Each dot is Rolling Meadows’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IL, the right end is last. Areas where Rolling Meadows does best come first.
Top 10%Top halfBottom half
HealthHealth →
Lowest obesity#40/819Closest to a top hospital#46/820Fewest smokers#100/819Healthiest#118/817Lowest depression#124/819Most active#187/819Fewest uninsured#655/819 People
Most educated#193/820 Getting aroundWork & commute →
Shortest commute#373/820 Cost of livingHousing →
Rent easiest to afford#101/278Lowest property tax#598/818Most affordable#638/819Cheapest rent#656/799 HousingHousing →
Most new homes#247/431 SafetySafety →
Safest#189/321 What kind of place
More snow than 84% of Illinois
Not better or worse, just Rolling Meadows’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
Cooler summers than 78% of IL towns
Cooler summersHotter summers
83.7° July high
Fewer seniors than 67% of IL towns
Fewer seniorsMore seniors
16.1% of residents are 65+
Colder winters than 67% of IL towns
Colder wintersMilder winters
15.9° January low
Drier than 64% of IL towns
DrierWetter
38 in of rain + melted snow a year
Younger than 62% of IL towns
YoungerOlder
39.5 median age
More year-round than 62% of IL towns
Year-roundVacation homes
0% of homes are seasonal
Fewer kids than 51% of IL towns
Fewer kidsMore kids
22.3% of residents are under 18
Faster-rising prices than 50% of IL towns
Steadier pricesPrices rising fast
+47.8% in home prices, 5 years
Next door
Rolling Meadows out-ranks 0 of its 5 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.