2 Illinois Neighborhoods Named Best Places to Live for 2025

The typical narrative about Illinois these days is about how people are leaving the state in droves. This isn't that. As a matter of fact, two Illinois neighborhoods were just named among the top 25 places to live for 2025.

This is quite and honor for these Illinois neighborhoods from Niche. They use a lot of metrics to measure the quality of life you'll find in different parts of the country including the quality of schools nearby, crime rates, number of interesting things to do, etc. With all those numbers crunched and updated for 2025, you'll find 2 Illinois places in the top 25.

Naperville, Illinois

Niche gave Naperville, Illinois a near-perfect score in many categories.

Clarendon Hills, Illinois

Clarendon Hills, Illinois was also praised by Niche and scored very high.

Say what you want about Illinois, but please don't ignore the fact that there are very desirable places to live in the state that compare favorably to any other part of America no matter what the overall narrative wants you to believe.