O’Fallon 5th Best City for Illinois Families in 2016

NEWS FROM O’FALLON CITY HALL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

O’Fallon, Illinois – Mayor Gary L. Graham is pleased to announce that O’Fallon was recently named the 5th Best City for Illinois Families in 2016 by WalletHub, a consumer advocacy site. To identify the most family-friendly Illinois cities, WalletHub’s analysts compared 162 cities in Illinois across 21 key metrics.

“It is an honor to be ranked as one of the top communities in Illinois for families,” said Mayor Graham. “O’Fallon is a great place in which to live, work and play in, and this ranking is just another measure of that.”

Out of the 162 cities studied, O’Fallon was ranked:

  • 2nd in Housing Affordability
  • 5th in General Affordability
  • 35th in Percentage of Families with Children Under 18
  • 36th in Number of Playgrounds per 100,000 Residents

O’Fallon (5th) and Edwardsville (12th) were the only communities south of Springfield to be ranked in the top 50.

For more information on the WalletHub ranking of 2016’s Best & Worst Cities for Illinois Families, please visit https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-families-in-illinois/18426/.

O’Fallon was also recently ranked the 103rd overall best small city in America and 30th in education and health out of 1,268 cities with a population between 25,000 and 100,000 by WalletHub. To view the ranking, please visit https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-small-cities-to-live-in/16581/#.

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Additional Information Contact:
Pamala L. Funk
Asst. City Administrator
624-4500, extension 8731