4) Wheaton
Sitting pretty in the top 25 places to live in Illinois according to AreaVibe, Wheaton is just west of Chicago and home to over 50,000 people. One of the main reasons Wheaton is included on this list is its residents’ impressive average annual income of over $85,000, a sum that ranks Wheaton in the top 25 highest earning towns in the U.S. The people of Wheaton have had a lot of help in becoming some of the nation’s highest earners as Wheaton is home to high quality schools, a nationally ranked public library and a brilliant healthcare system that revolves around the Cadence Health Central DuPage Hospital. It isn’t all work and no play in Wheaton though as the town also features a thriving downtown area full of shops and restaurants and over 50 public parks offering an array of outdoor activities for its healthy citizens. Wheaton’s low crime rate is the cherry on the cake.
