Four McHenry County Cities Ranked in Top 100 Nationally

By Samantha Fetzner – REPORTER

In a report released by WalletHub, four local towns in McHenry County were named within the top 100 best small cities in the country. WalletHub, based out of the nation’s capital, is part of a larger company focused on helping create financial stability and freedom for its users. They offer free credit scores and reports daily.

According to the report, Crystal Lake is the 10th best small city in America. Algonquin ranked 25, while McHenry was 45 and Lake in the Hills 65.  Crystal Lake received 56.23 score out of 100.

The scoring is broken down into four separate categories: affordability, economic factors, education & health, and quality of life. Each of the 4 categories had a possible 25 points. The number 1 ranked city, Princeton, NJ, scored 61.9. Of those allocated points, Crystal Lake ranked 12 overall for education and health.

With 1,260 plus cities to compete with, it is exceptionally impressive that four cities within the county were ranked so highly. A wide variety of other cities throughout Illinois also landed on the list.