Park Ridge
- Suburb of Chicago, IL
Suburb
Park Ridge
- grade A+Overall Grade
- Suburb of Chicago, IL
- Rating 4.04 out of 5 125 reviews
Report Card
- Public Schoolsgrade A+
- Crime & Safetygrade B minus
- Housinggrade B
- Nightlifegrade B
- Good for Familiesgrade A+
- Diversitygrade B
- Jobsgrade A minus
- Weathergrade C+
- Cost of Livinggrade C
- Health & Fitnessgrade A+
- Outdoor Activitiesgrade A
- Commutegrade B+
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Real Estate
Median Home Value
$458,600
National
$244,900Median Rent
$1,509
National
$1,163Area Feel
Dense Suburban
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Park Ridge Rankings
Niche ranks thousands of places to live based on key statistics from the U.S. Census and expert insights.
Crime & Safety
Crime & Safety
grade B minus
Based on violent and property crime rates.
Violent Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- Assault27.1national 282.7
- Murder0national 6.1
- Rape8.1national 40.7
- Robbery16.3national 135.5
Property Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- Burglary176.2national 500.1
- Theft658.5national 2,042.8
- Motor Vehicle Theft27.1national 284
Residents
Working in Park Ridge
Jobs
grade A minus
Based on employment rates, job and business growth, and cost of living.
Median Household Income
$124,535
National
$69,021Top Public Schools Serving Park Ridge
- grade A+
Jones College Prep High School
- Rating 3.94 out of 5 745 reviews
- grade A+
Maine South High School
- Rating 3.78 out of 5 521 reviews
- grade A+
Maine East High School
- Rating 3.92 out of 5 400 reviews
- grade A
Maine West High School
- Rating 3.88 out of 5 473 reviews
- grade A
George B. Carpenter Elementary School
Top Private Schools Near Park Ridge
- grade A+
Lake Forest Academy
- Rating 4.68 out of 5 72 reviews
- grade A+
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School
- Rating 4.31 out of 5 51 reviews
- grade A+
Northridge Preparatory School
- Rating 4.42 out of 5 69 reviews
- grade A+
Christian Heritage Academy
- Rating 4.65 out of 5 104 reviews
- grade A+
Loyola Academy
- Rating 4.04 out of 5 310 reviews
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Park Ridge Reviews
Rating 4.04 out of 5 125 reviews
Park Ridge is a very family friendly and safe neighborhood! Neighbors are nice and friendly with little disturbances. Schools are kept well and students are given amazing educational opportunities. I've found the neighborhood to have plenty of shops and restaurants within close proximities to housing. It's about 20 minutes from O'Hare international airport and about 30 minutes from Downtown Chicago! Has many travel accommodations including a Metro Station uptown and hotels for quick travel plans. There are accommodations for the disabled as well which is very nice. Park Ridge is a very inclusive neighborhood and I would recommend living here.
We moved here from Nashville, TN, and this town has been such an amazing change! Sidewalks are plentiful, schools are good, the neighborhood is safe, and people are generally educated and gainfully employed. The housing cost is rather high, but it's worth it for the above, and higher housing costs tend to limit the population to those who are educated and employed, or who have retired after a lifetime of employment, so it's the real estate prices that keep the area restricted to this middle class population. There is a cute little uptown area, though the restaurants here are generally mediocre and overpriced - we have only found a few that we really like (Oberweiss and Thalaiva). If I could change anything at all, I would bring in more restaurants and a Publix for grocery shopping.
Highly classist community where people will look you up and down and glare at you if you are dressed too casually at the grocery store or the coffee shop. Really just a snobby and snooty place, even though it is visually appealing/cute in parts. Very much in the flight path of O'Hare too. You could live somewhere better for the money. I lived in Northfield and found people there to be nicer and less judgmental--weird because it's richer there too.