The Brief
- Western Springs ranked No. 1 on GoBankingRates’ 2025 list of safest and richest U.S. cities.
- Illinois had 12 cities in the Top 50, up from four in 2024.
- The ranking comes as President Trump plans to send the National Guard to Chicago over violent crime.
CHICAGO – A Chicago suburb has been named the safest and richest city in America for 2025.
What we know:
A new ranking by GoBankingRates puts Western Springs in the top spot. The study considered household income, home values, cost of living, and property and violent crime rates.
The suburb, just west of Chicago, stood out with a household mean income of $294,896, an average single-family home value of $837,238, and an annual cost of living of about $85,000. Its violent crime rate is less than one incident per 1,000 residents.…