12 Safest Chicago Suburbs

[@StuckInTheKernfield]

If you want to know which Chicago suburbs are the richest, check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npewl5qJZ7t2bcU

[@pianomanhere]

Naperville, Homer Glen, and several others are great if you're upper-middle class, or far out (50 miles+) from Chicago. Taxes in Illinois are the second highest in the United States. Property taxes in Illinois, as well as sales taxes in Cook County (where Chicago is located) are almost obscene. They vary widely and can be lower or higher in other counties in the great Chicagoland area (DuPage, Lake, Kane, Will, Kendall, DuPage, McHenry, Grundy, LaSalle, Dekalb, Winnebago).

[@thewheel2023]

Good stuff glad u are back hope all is well. Have a great week.

[@StuckInTheKernfield]

Thanks! I've been working two jobs, so I haven't had as much time to work on videos as I would like, but I'm going to try to get back to releasing one every week.

[@zubairrazzaq6271]

Great list one of the best Information about chicagoland amazing work 👍👍👍👌👍

[@StuckInTheKernfield]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Vincent-ke5zn]

I saw one of your videos and there were small towns that were not expensive to live in, and most of them had little or no crime

[@wvtaco4379]

Great video! Hopefully, not Stuck in the Kernfield much longer!

[@carolynek1875]

Be nice to see how Palos hills,, Palos heights ,and Palos Park are rated.. I feel they are very safe in Illinois

[@JH-lu9lx]

FYI if you do decide to check out Gilberts make sure you follow the speed limit to the T there. The police there love love love to write tickets and will do so for going even just 1mph over the limit. Oh and they love themselves some speed traps.

[@stanleykijek6983]

If you like cemeteries, Justice is your town!!! Resurrection Cemetery has over 125,000 burials since its opening in 1904---10 times the current town population. It still has a lot more room for future burials. I have lots of relatives and friends who are buried there. There is also another large cemetery adjoining Resurrection, (Bethania Cemetery) as well as 4 other smaller cemeteries in the town. About 3 years ago the Tribune had a full one page article about the city and its cemeteries. Somewhere in my 'files' I still have that interesting article.

[@Vincent-ke5zn]

Homer Glen used to be called Homer Township, I don't remember what year they changed the name

[@SaltyTreecko]

Homer township shill exists. Homer Glen exists inside Homer township

[@glennso47]

Part of Rockford is in the 16th congressional district and the other half is in the 17th district.

[@debnewtonland3536]

Love your video. Could you please tell us what year you used to pull these statistics from? Thank you!

[@StuckInTheKernfield]

The FBI report is released in September for the previous year, so the current data is for 2020.

[@osmanjeffrey]

Is the takeaway here that rich people can afford to sequester themselves from the rest of us? I do wonder, though, where their servants live?

[@KeyserSoze23]

Some live with them to be fair.

[@thinkplease7114]

I grew up in Lansing in the 70s. Was very safe then. Not sure about today?

[@stanleykijek6983]

Unfortunately, Lansing has been in a decline over the years. I was friends with an elderly couple whose home got broken in the early 2000s and they suffered physical attacks. They have since died. The criminal was never caught.

[@deborahwilson4684]

It's bad there. Used to be nice there. I had family that lived there back then.

[@hamburglar83]

I had to google location and facts watching this. Theirs just too many towns and villages here.

[@glennso47]

In some of these communities do the police sit in the office and play solitaire?

[@glennso47]

What about Hampshire which is near Huntley?

[@JH-lu9lx]

I don't think Hampshire has over 5k in population, otherwise it would likely be on this list.

[@dvferyance]

Hampshire is like 60 miles from Chicago. I don't think it's considered a suburb.

[@MetraUPNWproductions7202]

I think Hampshire is closer to starks than Huntley

[@insanisstultitia3119]

Like the Zoo, everything in Chicago is safe, but don't go inside the cage and look twice before you cross the street.

[@teoengchin]

Safest means you only need to carry 1 gun instead of 3 guns?

[@StuckInTheKernfield]

Sure

[@cathyg6811]

Well that's just a stupid thing to say🤷‍♀️

[@boomer3150]

Best comment.

[@_mariahs_lamb_4ever848]

What about park forest Illinois?

[@maryfjordan5283]

GLENVIEW AND GLENCOE ARE BOTH SAFE.

[@MetraUPNWproductions7202]

When thinking of safe just think of new Lenox

[@nflegal49]

At what point do you stop calling a town or village a Chicago suburb? I think they shouldn't be called suburbs if you have to drive more than 15 minutes outside city limits. Some of these towns are in other counties.

[@StuckInTheKernfield]

I'm using the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce's boundaries, which include several counties. It's not just Cook County. People commute from farther away than a 15-minute drive, which is what makes a suburb.

[@melodymaker396]

Agreed. I hate it when the news reports on a town/city 40 miles out of Chicago, a suburb. Of course Chicago runs the state don't you know.