Deer Grove, IL

The affordability dashboard for Deer Grove, IL aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 264 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of A (87/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $148,309, median home value of $172,700, median rent of — per month, and 30.0% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $916 per month (studio $673, 1BR $719, 3BR $1,208, 4BR $1,213). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $12,289 per year, consuming 8% of the local median household income.

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages — so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Strengths visible in the raw data for Deer Grove, IL include income, housing, rent, childcare. Unemployment currently reads 6.9% and poverty 2.6% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.