Chicago suburb named safest, richest U.S. city in new 2025 ranking

A Chicago suburb has been named the safest and richest city in America for 2025.

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…

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