Wheaton Ranked Among Most Family Friendly Cities in Illinois

Credit: www.movoto.com

Written by Shannon Antinori

Wheaton is among Movoto.com’s list of top 10 best places for families in Illinois for 2014.

The real estate blog took a look at the state’s 50 most populated towns, ranking them using the following criteria:

• GreatSchools score (the higher the better)
• High school graduation rate (the higher the better)
• Percent of households with children (the higher the better)
• Crimes per 100,000 people (the lower the better)
• Cost of living (the lower the better)
• Unemployment rate (the lower the better)
• Commute time (the lower the better)
• Childcare facilities and providers per capita (the higher the better)
• Parks per capita (the higher the better)

Wheaton came in at No. 6, just behind Plainfield, Elmhurst and Naperville.

“...Wheaton ranked as the fourth safest place in our analysis. It also had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state (5.40 percent), the sixth most parks per capita, and earned itself a nine out of 10 for its excellent schools,” according to Movoto.com. “The only category where this community lost points was its cost of living. But hey, most of the locals made over $86,000 per year. Seems like they’re probably doing alright.”

Check out the entire top 10 list:

1. Village of Oak Park
2. Village of Glenview
3. City of Naperville
4. City of Elmhurst
5. Village of Plainfield
6. City of Wheaton
7. Village of Buffalo Grove
8. Village of Downers Grove
9. City of Schaumburg
10. City of Park Ridge