There are many small towns in Illinois perfect for retirement living. Many are near the metro areas and some more removed.

Best Small Towns in Illinois For Retirement Living:

Small towns and communities in Illinois include:
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Alden Antioch Arlington Heights Elk Grove Village Rolling Meadows Barrington Crystal Lake Cary Deerfield Des Plaines Fox Lake Fox River Grove Glencoe Glenview Golf Grayslake Gurnee Harvard Hebron Highland Park Fort Sheridan Palatine Highwood Ingleside Island Lake Kenilworth Lake Bluff Lake Forest Lake Villa Lake Zurich Libertyville Long Grove Mchenry Morton Grove Mount Prospect Mundelein Vernon Hills Northbrook North Chicago Park Ridge Lincolnshire Prospect Heights Richmond Ringwood Round Lake Russell Skokie Waukegan Spring Grove Techny Wadsworth Wauconda Great Lakes Buffalo Grove Wheeling Wilmette Winnetka Winthrop Harbor Wonder Lake Woodstock Zion Addison Algonquin Bartlett Bellwood Bensenville Streamwood Bloomingdale Burlington Carpentersville Clare Cortland Creston Dekalb Carol Stream Dundee Elburn Elgin Elmhurst Esmond Forest Park Franklin Park Hanover Park Geneva Genoa Gilberts Glen Ellyn Glendale Heights Hampshire Hines Huntley Itasca Kaneville Kingston Kirkland Lafox Lombard Malta Maple Park Marengo Maywood Westchester Broadview Lake In The Hills Medinah Schaumburg Melrose Park Hillside Berkeley Stone Park Plato Center River Grove Roselle Saint Charles Schiller Park South Elgin Sycamore Hoffman Estates Union Villa Park Wasco Wayne West Chicago Wheaton Winfield Wood Dale Evanston Oak Park River Forest Beecher Berwyn Blue Island Braceville Braidwood Calumet City Channahon Chicago Heights Chicago Ridge Coal City Crete Dolton Dwight Elwood Flossmoor Frankfort Gardner Glenwood Harvey Markham Hazel Crest Homewood Joliet Kinsman Lansing Lemont Bolingbrook Lockport Manhattan Matteson Mazon Midlothian Romeoville Minooka Mokena Monee Morris New Lenox Oak Forest Oak Lawn Bridgeview Hometown Hickory Hills Justice Burbank Odell Olympia Fields Orland Park Palos Heights Palos Park Palos Hills Park Forest Peotone Posen Ransom Richton Park Robbins South Holland South Wilmington Steger Thornton Tinley Park Country Club Hills Verona Willow Springs Wilmington Worth Homer Glen Bedford Park Summit Argo Aurora Batavia Big Rock Bristol Brookfield Clarendon Hills Downers Grove Woodridge Earlville Eola Hinckley Hinsdale Oak Brook La Grange La Grange Park Willowbrook Lee Leland Lisle Lyons Millbrook Millington Montgomery Mooseheart Naperville Newark North Aurora Oswego Plainfield Plano Riverside Sandwich Serena Shabbona Sheridan Somonauk Steward Sugar Grove Warrenville Waterman Wedron Western Springs Westmont Yorkville Darien Fox Valley Chicago Amf Ohare Harwood Heights Elmwood Park Lincolnwood Niles Alsip Cicero Evergreen Park Riverdale Kankakee Aroma Park Ashkum Beaverville Bonfield Bourbonnais Bradley Buckingham Buckley Cabery Campus Chatsworth Chebanse Cissna Park Claytonville Clifton Crescent City Cullom Danforth Donovan East Lynn Elliott Emington Essex Gibson City Gilman Goodwine Grant Park Herscher Hoopeston Hopkins Park Iroquois Kempton Loda Ludlow Manteno Martinton Melvin Milford Momence Onarga Papineau Paxton Piper City Rankin Reddick Roberts Rossville Saint Anne Sheldon Stockland Thawville Union Hill Watseka Wellington Woodland Apple River Ashton Baileyville Belvidere Byron Caledonia Capron Cedarville Chadwick Chana Cherry Valley Dakota Davis Davis Junction Dixon Durand East Dubuque Eleroy Elizabeth Forreston Franklin Grove Freeport Galena Galt Garden Prairie German Valley Hanover Harmon Holcomb Kent Lanark Leaf River Lena Lindenwood Mc Connell Milledgeville Monroe Center Mount Carroll Mount Morris Nachusa Nelson Nora Orangeville Oregon Pearl City Pecatonica Polo Poplar Grove Ridott Rochelle Rock City Rock Falls Rockton Roscoe Savanna Scales Mound Seward Shannon Shirland South Beloit Sterling Stillman Valley Stockton Warren Winnebago Winslow Woosung Rockford Loves Park Machesney Park Rock Island Albany Aledo Andalusia Andover Annawan Atkinson Barstow Buffalo Prairie Cambridge Carbon Cliff Coal Valley Colona Cordova Deer Grove East Moline Erie Fenton Fulton Geneseo Hampton Hillsdale Hooppole Illinois City Joy Lyndon Lynn Center Matherville Milan Moline Morrison New Boston Orion Osco Port Byron Preemption Prophetstown Rapids City Reynolds Sherrard Silvis Tampico Taylor Ridge Thomson La Salle Amboy Ancona Arlington Blackstone Buda Bureau Cedar Point Cherry Compton Cornell Dalzell Dana Depue Dover Eldena Grand Ridge Granville Hennepin Kasbeer Ladd La Moille Lee Center Leonore Long Point Lostant Mc Nabb Magnolia Malden Manlius Mark Marseilles Mendota Mineral Neponset New Bedford Oglesby Ohio Ottawa Paw Paw Peru Princeton Rutland Seatonville Seneca Sheffield Spring Valley Standard Streator Sublette Tiskilwa Toluca Tonica Triumph Troy Grove Utica Van Orin Varna Walnut Wenona West Brooklyn Wyanet Galesburg Abingdon Adair Alexis Alpha Altona Avon Bardolph Berwick Biggsville Bishop Hill Blandinsville Bradford Bushnell Cameron Camp Grove Carman Castleton Cuba Dahinda East Galesburg Ellisville Fairview Fiatt Galva Gerlaw Gilson Gladstone Good Hope Henderson Industry Ipava Keithsburg Kewanee Kirkwood Knoxville La Fayette La Harpe Laura Littleton Little York Lomax Macomb Maquon Marietta Media Monmouth New Windsor North Henderson Oneida Ophiem Oquawka Prairie City Raritan Rio Roseville Saint Augustine Sciota Seaton Smithfield Smithshire Speer Stronghurst Table Grove Toulon Vermont Victoria Viola Wataga Williamsfield Woodhull Wyoming Astoria Benson Brimfield Bryant Canton Chillicothe Dunfermline Dunlap Edelstein Edwards Elmwood Eureka Farmington Forest City Glasford Green Valley Groveland Hanna City Henry Kingston Mines Lacon La Rose Lewistown Liverpool London Mills Lowpoint Manito Mapleton Metamora Morton Mossville Norris Pekin Princeville Putnam Roanoke Rome Saint David South Pekin Sparland Topeka Tremont Trivoli Washburn Washington Yates City Peoria Creve Coeur East Peoria Peoria Heights Bloomington Anchor Armington Arrowsmith Atlanta Bellflower Carlock Chenoa Clinton Colfax Congerville Cooksville Cropsey Danvers Deer Creek Delavan Dewitt Downs Ellsworth El Paso Fairbury Flanagan Forrest Goodfield Graymont Gridley Heyworth Hopedale Hudson Kenney Lane Lawndale Le Roy Lexington Mc Lean Mackinaw Maroa Merna Minier Minonk Normal Pontiac Saunemin Saybrook Secor Shirley Sibley Stanford Strawn Towanda Wapella Waynesville Urbana Allerton Alvin Armstrong Bement Bismarck Bondville Broadlands Catlin Cerro Gordo Champaign Cisco Collison Danville Tilton De Land Dewey Fairmount Farmer City Fisher Fithian Foosland Georgetown Gifford Henning Homer Indianola Ivesdale Longview Mahomet Mansfield Milmine Monticello Muncie Oakwood Ogden Penfield Pesotum Philo Potomac Rantoul Ridge Farm Royal Sadorus Saint Joseph Savoy Seymour Sidell Sidney Thomasboro Tolono Weldon Westville White Heath Arcola Arthur Ashmore Atwood Bethany Brocton Camargo Charleston Chrisman Dalton City Gays Hammond Hindsboro Humboldt Hume Kansas La Place Lovington Mattoon Metcalf Murdock Newman Oakland Paris Redmon Sullivan Tuscola Vermilion Villa Grove Windsor Alhambra Alton Batchtown Benld Bethalto Bingham Brighton Brussels Bunker Hill Butler Carrollton Coffeen Cottage Hills Donnellson Dorsey Dow Eagarville East Alton Edwardsville Eldred Elsah Fidelity Fieldon Fillmore Gillespie Glen Carbon Godfrey Golden Eagle Grafton Granite City Greenfield Hamburg Hamel Hardin Hartford Hillsboro Hillview Irving Jerseyville Kampsville Kane Litchfield Livingston Lovejoy Madison Marine Maryville Medora Michael Moro Mount Olive Mozier National Stock Yards New Douglas Nokomis Ohlman Panama Patterson Piasa Ramsey Rockbridge Roodhouse Rosamond Roxana Sawyerville Sorento South Roxana Staunton Taylor Springs Venice Walshville White Hall Wilsonville Witt Wood River Worden Wrights East Saint Louis Fairview Heights Addieville Albers Aviston Baldwin Bartelso Beckemeyer Belleville Mascoutah Scott Air Force Base Breese Carlyle Caseyville Chester Collinsville Columbia Coulterville Cutler Dupo East Carondelet Ellis Grove Evansville Freeburg Fults Germantown Greenville Hagarstown Hecker Highland Hoffman Huey Keyesport Lebanon Lenzburg Maeystown Marissa Menard Millstadt Modoc Mulberry Grove Nashville New Athens New Baden New Memphis Oakdale O Fallon Okawville Percy Pierron Pinckneyville Pocahontas Prairie Du Rocher Red Bud Renault Rockwood Saint Jacob Saint Libory Smithboro Smithton Sparta Steeleville Summerfield Tilden Trenton Troy Valmeyer Walsh Waterloo Quincy Augusta Barry Basco Baylis Bowen Camden Camp Point Carthage Chambersburg Clayton Coatsburg Colchester Colusa Dallas City Elvaston Ferris Fowler Golden Griggsville Hamilton Hull Huntsville Kinderhook La Prairie Liberty Lima Loraine Mendon Milton Mount Sterling Nauvoo Nebo New Canton New Salem Niota Paloma Payson Pearl Perry Pittsfield Plainville Pleasant Hill Plymouth Rockport Sutter Tennessee Timewell Ursa Versailles Warsaw West Point Effingham Allendale Altamont Annapolis Beecher City Bridgeport Brownstown Calhoun Casey Claremont Cowden Dennison Dieterich Dundas Edgewood Flat Rock Greenup Herrick Hidalgo Hutsonville Ingraham Janesville Jewett Lakewood Lawrenceville Lerna Marshall Martinsville Mason Mode Montrose Mount Erie Neoga Newton Oblong Olney Palestine Parkersburg Robinson Saint Elmo Sainte Marie Saint Francisville Shumway Sigel Stewardson Stoy Strasburg Sumner Teutopolis Toledo Trilla Vandalia Watson Westfield West Liberty West Salem West Union West York Wheeler Willow Hill Yale Argenta Assumption Beason Blue Mound Boody Buffalo Bulpitt Chestnut Cornland Dawson Decatur Divernon Edinburg Elwin Farmersville Findlay Forsyth Glenarm Harristown Harvel Illiopolis Kincaid Lake Fork Latham Macon Mechanicsburg Morrisonville Mount Auburn Mount Pulaski Mt Zion Moweaqua Niantic Oconee Oreana Owaneco Palmer Pana Pawnee Raymond Riverton Rochester Shelbyville Stonington Taylorville Tovey Tower Hill Waggoner Warrensburg Alexander Alsey Arenzville Ashland Athens Auburn Bath Beardstown Bluffs Bluff Springs Browning Cantrall Carlinville Chandlerville Chapin Chatham Chesterfield Concord Easton Elkhart Emden Franklin Frederick Girard Greenview Hartsburg Havana Hettick Jacksonville Kilbourne Lincoln Lincoln's New Salem Literberry Loami Lowder Manchester Mason City Meredosia Middletown Modesto Murrayville New Berlin New Holland Nilwood Oakford Palmyra Petersburg Pleasant Plains Rushville San Jose Scottville Sherman Shipman Tallula Thayer Virden Virginia Waverly Williamsville Winchester Woodson Springfield Centralia Hoyleton Akin Albion Alma Ashley Barnhill Belle Rive Bellmont Benton Bluford Bone Gap Bonnie Broughton Browns Buckner Burnt Prairie Carmi Christopher Cisne Clay City Coello Crossville Dahlgren Dale Dix Du Bois Du Quoin Ellery Emma Enfield Ewing Fairfield Farina Flora Frankfort Heights Freeman Spur Geff Golden Gate Grayville Ina Irvington Iuka Johnsonville Keenes Keensburg Kell Kinmundy Lancaster Logan Loogootee Louisville Mc Leansboro Macedonia Maunie Mill Shoals Mount Carmel Mount Vernon Mulkeytown Nason New Haven Noble Norris City Odin Omaha Opdyke Orient Patoka Radom Richview Rinard Sailor Springs Saint Peter Salem Sandoval Scheller Sesser Shobonier Sims Springerton Tamaroa Texico Thompsonville Valier Vernon Walnut Hill Waltonville Wayne City West Frankfort Whittington Woodlawn Xenia Carbondale Alto Pass Anna Ava Belknap Boles Brookport Buncombe Cairo Cambria Campbell Hill Carrier Mills Carterville Cave In Rock Cobden Colp Creal Springs Cypress De Soto Dongola Dowell Eddyville Eldorado Elizabethtown Elkville Energy Equality Galatia Golconda Goreville Gorham Grand Chain Grand Tower Grantsburg Harrisburg Herod Herrin Hurst Jacob Johnston City Jonesboro Joppa Junction Karbers Ridge Karnak Mc Clure Makanda Marion Metropolis Millcreek Miller City Mound City Mounds Muddy Murphysboro New Burnside Olive Branch Olmsted Oraville Ozark Perks Pittsburg Pomona Pulaski Raleigh Ridgway Rosiclare Royalton Shawneetown Simpson Stonefort Tamms Thebes Ullin Unity Vergennes Vienna Villa Ridge Willisville Wolf Lake Zeigler Illinois