| City | Population | Overall Score | % Population Under 5 Rank | Population 22-34 Rank | Married Population Rank | Median household income rank | Median home value Rank | Crimes Rank | Great Schools City Rating Rank | Big Deal Score |
| Round Lake | 18,216 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 35 | 36 | 85 | 33.57 |
| Cary | 18,165 | 2 | 44 | 85 | 18 | 18 | 52 | 8 | 13 | 34.00 |
| Lake in the Hills | 28,932 | 3 | 36 | 60 | 27 | 37 | 46 | 1 | 35 | 34.57 |
| Winfield | 9,280 | 4 | 36 | 80 | 19 | 27 | 77 | 2 | 13 | 36.29 |
| Mundelein | 31,343 | 5 | 22 | 51 | 35 | 40 | 55 | 19 | 52 | 39.14 |
| New Lenox | 24,536 | 6 | 13 | 76 | 13 | 28 | 74 | 38 | 35 | 39.57 |
| Glencoe | 8,766 | 7 | 36 | 119 | 1 | 2 | 118 | 9 | 1 | 40.86 |
| La Grange | 15,618 | 8 | 17 | 103 | 31 | 20 | 103 | 12 | 1 | 41.00 |
| Monee | 5,114 | 9 | 1 | 43 | 6 | 67 | 27 | 62 | 85 | 41.57 |
| Lake Villa | 8,873 | 10 | 53 | 73 | 20 | 38 | 64 | 14 | 35 | 42.43 |
| Winnetka | 12,273 | 11 | 26 | 117 | 2 | 1 | 119 | 32 | 1 | 42.57 |
| Shorewood | 15,906 | 11 | 28 | 79 | 29 | 32 | 50 | 28 | 52 | 42.57 |
| Plainfield | 39,952 | 11 | 22 | 87 | 13 | 15 | 79 | 30 | 52 | 42.57 |
| Palatine | 68,738 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 65 | 54 | 72 | 25 | 35 | 43.14 |
| Buffalo Grove | 41,663 | 15 | 76 | 80 | 16 | 26 | 84 | 10 | 13 | 43.57 |
| Clarendon Hills | 8,498 | 16 | 36 | 106 | 36 | 22 | 106 | 5 | 1 | 44.57 |
| Western Springs | 13,008 | 17 | 76 | 111 | 3 | 5 | 109 | 11 | 1 | 45.14 |
| Rolling Meadows | 23,655 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 70 | 75 | 60 | 40 | 35 | 45.14 |
| Barrington | 10,662 | 19 | 12 | 110 | 25 | 16 | 104 | 49 | 1 | 45.29 |
| Lisle | 22,557 | 20 | 70 | 9 | 62 | 51 | 86 | 27 | 13 | 45.43 |
| Hinsdale | 16,637 | 21 | 65 | 116 | 5 | 3 | 116 | 22 | 1 | 46.86 |
| Woodridge | 33,119 | 21 | 44 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 68 | 57 | 52 | 46.86 |
| Glendale Heights | 34,351 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 68 | 73 | 35 | 54 | 77 | 47.00 |
| Arlington Heights | 75,492 | 23 | 57 | 68 | 34 | 46 | 90 | 33 | 1 | 47.00 |
| Frankfort | 17,958 | 25 | 59 | 109 | 4 | 11 | 96 | 39 | 13 | 47.29 |
| Tinley Park | 56,810 | 26 | 42 | 34 | 52 | 43 | 53 | 56 | 52 | 47.43 |
| West Chicago | 27,286 | 27 | 10 | 23 | 53 | 68 | 51 | 53 | 77 | 47.86 |
| Wheaton | 53,245 | 27 | 70 | 52 | 56 | 35 | 93 | 16 | 13 | 47.86 |
| Carol Stream | 39,970 | 29 | 73 | 26 | 50 | 52 | 58 | 42 | 35 | 48.00 |
| Algonquin | 30,078 | 30 | 53 | 89 | 17 | 17 | 65 | 64 | 35 | 48.57 |
| Oak Forest | 28,053 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 59 | 56 | 45 | 59 | 64 | 48.71 |
| Wheeling | 37,764 | 32 | 36 | 8 | 67 | 79 | 41 | 47 | 64 | 48.86 |
| Vernon Hills | 25,325 | 33 | 44 | 70 | 32 | 30 | 85 | 71 | 13 | 49.29 |
| Round Lake Beach | 28,114 | 34 | 4 | 30 | 62 | 77 | 18 | 83 | 77 | 50.14 |
| Wilmette | 27,268 | 35 | 73 | 115 | 10 | 8 | 112 | 21 | 13 | 50.29 |
| La Grange Park | 13,602 | 36 | 44 | 58 | 61 | 61 | 91 | 4 | 35 | 50.57 |
| Lake Bluff | 5,932 | 37 | 99 | 111 | 8 | 7 | 111 | 6 | 13 | 50.71 |
| Homer Glen | 24,309 | 37 | 100 | 93 | 9 | 23 | 88 | 7 | 35 | 50.71 |
| Glen Ellyn | 27,493 | 37 | 50 | 94 | 37 | 31 | 101 | 29 | 13 | 50.71 |
| Mount Prospect | 54,436 | 40 | 59 | 47 | 38 | 62 | 81 | 37 | 35 | 51.29 |
| Justice | 12,951 | 41 | 24 | 2 | 89 | 93 | 38 | 17 | 97 | 51.43 |
| Worth | 10,805 | 42 | 59 | 10 | 85 | 82 | 32 | 20 | 77 | 52.14 |
| Itasca | 8,442 | 43 | 82 | 55 | 41 | 49 | 80 | 46 | 13 | 52.29 |
| Villa Park | 22,023 | 43 | 30 | 26 | 54 | 58 | 57 | 77 | 64 | 52.29 |
| Northfield | 5,161 | 45 | 105 | 106 | 15 | 14 | 113 | 18 | 1 | 53.14 |
| Elmhurst | 44,745 | 46 | 65 | 95 | 46 | 25 | 99 | 43 | 1 | 53.43 |
| Downers Grove | 48,964 | 47 | 65 | 72 | 44 | 39 | 92 | 52 | 13 | 53.86 |
| Lake Forest | 19,044 | 48 | 105 | 114 | 12 | 4 | 117 | 15 | 13 | 54.29 |
| Lincolnshire | 7,254 | 49 | 104 | 118 | 26 | 12 | 108 | 12 | 1 | 54.43 |
| Highland Park | 29,864 | 50 | 82 | 108 | 10 | 13 | 107 | 31 | 35 | 55.14 |