Living in Country Club Hills, IL
Country Club Hills is a small city of 16,324 people in Cook County, Illinois. It's about 19 miles from Chicago, IL. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 30 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $192k and rent runs about $2k a month.
16,324people
$192kTypical home
$1,709/moRent
85° / 32°Summer / winter
30"Snow
222Sunny days
124Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 16,324
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,285 people per sq mi
- 19 mi to Chicago, IL
- 19 mi to Chicago, IL
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $192k (≈$1,211/mo)
- Median rent $1,709/mo
- Median household income $75k
- Property tax about 2.7% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 222 sunny days a year (75 totally clear)
- 143 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 124 days a year with rain or snow
- 30" of snow a year
- 12 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 22 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Low violent crime (280 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,955 per 100k)
People
- Median age 40
- 31% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 30% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 15 mi to MDW airport
- 15 mi to MDW (major hub)
- 3 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 89% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1976
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 686 ft
- 589 mi to the ocean
- 15 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 40 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 116 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,162 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 636 bars within 25 mi
- 920 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 24 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 124 museums within 25 mi
- 32 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 32% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cook County: D+42 in 2024
- Illinois: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk