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Illinois Park Districts Ranked by Expenditures

Normalized from state-comptroller audits and annual financial reports. Every agency is a live report card — click through for peer percentiles, fund balance, and distress indicators.

Cohort size 131
Median expenditures $7.6M
25th–75th percentile $2.6M  –  $21.0M
Total spend $2.32B
  1. #1
    Wheaton Park District
    FY 2026 pop. 53,469
    Expenditures $57.6M
    Revenue $50.4M
  2. #2
    Naperville Park District
    FY 2026 pop. 61,000
    Expenditures $55.2M
    Revenue $52.0M
  3. #3
    Schaumburg Park District
    FY 2026 pop. 74,000
    Expenditures $54.7M
    Revenue $46.4M
  4. #4
    Rockford Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 193,000
    Expenditures $51.6M
    Revenue $56.7M
  5. #5
    Park District of Highland Park
    FY 2025 pop. 30,311
    Expenditures $46.8M
    Revenue —
  6. #6
    Fox Valley Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 236,000
    Expenditures $45.2M
    Revenue $47.6M
  7. #7
    Park District of Oak Park
    FY 2025 pop. 52,055
    Expenditures $37.5M
    Revenue $26.4M
  8. #8
    Glenview Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 63,000
    Expenditures $37.2M
    Revenue $46.6M
  9. #9
    Wilmette Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 28,170
    Expenditures $34.9M
    Revenue $31.7M
  10. #10
    Pleasure Driveway Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 121,500
    Expenditures $34.5M
    Revenue $39.1M
  11. #11
    Peoria Park District
    FY 2015 pop. 113,150
    Expenditures $34.1M
    Revenue $32.7M
  12. #12
    Tinley Park-Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 200,000
    Expenditures $30.1M
    Revenue —
  13. #13
    Northbrook Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 34,058
    Expenditures $29.8M
    Revenue $31.9M
  14. #14
    Highland Park Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 30,176
    Expenditures $28.7M
    Revenue $34.2M
  15. #15
    Elk Grove Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 33,127
    Expenditures $28.3M
    Revenue $29.4M
  16. #16
    Joliet Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 150,362
    Expenditures $27.7M
    Revenue $28.6M
  17. #17
    Skokie Park District
    FY 2023 pop. 67,174
    Expenditures $27.7M
    Revenue $27.7M
  18. #18
    Mount Prospect Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 56,265
    Expenditures $27.2M
    Revenue $22.4M
  19. #19
    Hoffman Estates Park District
    FY 2023 pop. 52,530 est.
    Expenditures $27.0M
    Revenue $27.6M
  20. #20
    Decatur Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 70,522
    Expenditures $25.7M
    Revenue $28.1M
  21. #21
    Arlington Heights Park District
    FY 2023 pop. 74,409
    Expenditures $24.9M
    Revenue $31.0M
  22. #22
    St. Charles Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 51,777
    Expenditures $24.6M
    Revenue $30.1M
  23. #23
    Buffalo Grove Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 43,212
    Expenditures $22.4M
    Revenue $19.6M
  24. #24
    Carol Stream Park District
    FY 2026 pop. 45,869
    Expenditures $22.3M
    Revenue $19.1M
  25. #25
    Vernon Hills Park District
    FY 2026 pop. 55,000
    Expenditures $22.0M
    Revenue $22.9M
  26. #26
    Dundee Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 64,167
    Expenditures $21.3M
    Revenue $22.5M
  27. #27
    Deerfield Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 19,185
    Expenditures $20.9M
    Revenue $20.7M
  28. #28
    Elmhurst Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 45,336
    Expenditures $20.5M
    Revenue $21.7M
  29. #29
    Champaign Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 89,191
    Expenditures $20.3M
    Revenue $25.1M
  30. #30
    Waukegan Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 86,000
    Expenditures $20.2M
    Revenue $21.7M
  31. #31
    Glen Ellyn Park District
    FY 2026 pop. 37,500
    Expenditures $19.1M
    Revenue $18.6M
  32. #32
    Gurnee Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 34,651
    Expenditures $17.5M
    Revenue $15.7M
  33. #33
    Bolingbrook Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 74,088
    Expenditures $16.9M
    Revenue $22.1M
  34. #34
    Lockport Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 25,816
    Expenditures $16.6M
    Revenue $20.6M
  35. #35
    Crystal Lake Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 50,700
    Expenditures $16.4M
    Revenue $16.4M
  36. #36
    Oak Brook Park District
    FY 2026 pop. 9,138
    Expenditures $15.9M
    Revenue $16.0M
  37. #37
    Mundelein Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 31,612
    Expenditures $15.7M
    Revenue $15.6M
  38. #38
    Bartlett Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 41,105
    Expenditures $15.5M
    Revenue $17.5M
  39. #39
    Downers Grove Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 50,247
    Expenditures $15.5M
    Revenue $18.5M
  40. #40
    Oswegoland Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 85,000
    Expenditures $15.3M
    Revenue $17.0M
  41. #41
    Lombard Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 44,476
    Expenditures $14.7M
    Revenue $13.4M
  42. #42
    Glencoe Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 8,849
    Expenditures $14.2M
    Revenue $16.4M
  43. #43
    Geneva Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 31,000
    Expenditures $13.5M
    Revenue $16.5M
  44. #44
    Homewood Flossmoor Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 30,000
    Expenditures $13.3M
    Revenue $13.5M
  45. #45
    Morton Grove Park District
    FY 2026 pop. 25,297
    Expenditures $13.3M
    Revenue $13.3M
  46. #46
    Addison Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 36,942
    Expenditures $12.9M
    Revenue $9.6M
  47. #47
    Roselle Park District
    FY 2026 pop. 22,897
    Expenditures $12.6M
    Revenue $5.5M
  48. #48
    Urbana Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 38,336
    Expenditures $11.5M
    Revenue $14.6M
  49. #49
    Huntley Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 48,742
    Expenditures $11.1M
    Revenue $10.5M
  50. #50
    Bensenville Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 18,718
    Expenditures $10.7M
    Revenue $11.0M
  51. #51
    Lisle Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 32,000
    Expenditures $10.5M
    Revenue $9.8M
  52. #52
    Des Plaines Park District
    FY 2021 pop. 58,364
    Expenditures $10.3M
    Revenue $14.4M
  53. #53
    Batavia Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 26,098
    Expenditures $8.5M
    Revenue $12.9M
  54. #54
    Zion Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 24,493
    Expenditures $8.3M
    Revenue $9.9M
  55. #55
    Geneseo Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 6,586
    Expenditures $7.8M
    Revenue $4.2M
  56. #56
    Fon Du Lac Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 18,900
    Expenditures $7.8M
    Revenue $9.3M
  57. #57
    New Lenox Community Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 68,000
    Expenditures $7.7M
    Revenue $8.1M
  58. #58
    Mt Sterling Park District
    FY 2025
    Expenditures $7.5M
    Revenue $6.6M
  59. #59
    Pekin Park District
    FY 2023 pop. 31,731
    Expenditures $7.5M
    Revenue $7.1M
  60. #60
    Bloomingdale Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 22,000
    Expenditures $7.0M
    Revenue $8.5M
  61. #61
    Itasca Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 8,764
    Expenditures $6.9M
    Revenue $6.5M
  62. #62
    Prospect Heights Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 11,538
    Expenditures $6.5M
    Revenue $7.4M
  63. #63
    Mokena Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 20,727
    Expenditures $6.1M
    Revenue $6.0M
  64. #64
    Lake Bluff Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 5,700
    Expenditures $6.1M
    Revenue $6.8M
  65. #65
    Sycamore Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 18,200
    Expenditures $6.1M
    Revenue $6.1M
  66. #66
    Kankakee Valley Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 25,000
    Expenditures $6.1M
    Revenue $4.3M
  67. #67
    Oregon Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 3,879
    Expenditures $6.0M
    Revenue $3.9M
  68. #68
    Grayslake Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 20,937
    Expenditures $5.9M
    Revenue $5.5M
  69. #69
    Alsip Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 19,725
    Expenditures $5.9M
    Revenue $6.1M
  70. #70
    Belvidere Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 25,934
    Expenditures $5.5M
    Revenue $6.1M
  71. #71
    Chicago Heights Park District
    FY 2023 pop. 27,480
    Expenditures $5.5M
    Revenue $3.7M
  72. #72
    Dekalb Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 44,000
    Expenditures $5.4M
    Revenue $8.2M
  73. #73
    Freeport Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 23,908
    Expenditures $5.0M
    Revenue $4.9M
  74. #74
    Flagg-Rochelle Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 9,600
    Expenditures $4.8M
    Revenue $3.8M
  75. #75
    Calumet Memorial Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 12,573
    Expenditures $4.6M
    Revenue $4.1M
  76. #76
    Carbondale Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 22,200
    Expenditures $4.6M
    Revenue $3.5M
  77. #77
    Wauconda Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 14,038
    Expenditures $4.5M
    Revenue $4.5M
  78. #78
    Butterfield Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 3,837
    Expenditures $4.3M
    Revenue $3.3M
  79. #79
    Clarendon Hills Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 8,702
    Expenditures $4.3M
    Revenue $3.6M
  80. #80
    Frankfort Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 19,918
    Expenditures $4.1M
    Revenue $4.0M
  81. #81
    Granite City Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 27,673
    Expenditures $4.0M
    Revenue $4.7M
  82. #82
    Washington Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 16,317
    Expenditures $3.6M
    Revenue $3.2M
  83. #83
    Morton Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 16,308
    Expenditures $3.6M
    Revenue $3.4M
  84. #84
    Chillicothe Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 6,218
    Expenditures $3.3M
    Revenue $1.9M
  85. #85
    Foss Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 29,721
    Expenditures $3.2M
    Revenue $3.6M
  86. #86
    Effingham Park District
    FY 2023 pop. 12,252
    Expenditures $3.2M
    Revenue $2.4M
  87. #87
    Macomb Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 17,501
    Expenditures $2.8M
    Revenue $2.6M
  88. #88
    Godley Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 700
    Expenditures $2.7M
    Revenue $3.0M
  89. #89
    Hampshire Township Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 8,200
    Expenditures $2.6M
    Revenue $3.0M
  90. #90
    Berwyn Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 56,579
    Expenditures $2.6M
    Revenue $2.7M
  91. #91
    Broadview Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 7,932
    Expenditures $2.4M
    Revenue $1.9M
  92. #92
    Dixon Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 15,733
    Expenditures $2.3M
    Revenue $2.0M
  93. #93
    Bedford Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 604
    Expenditures $2.1M
    Revenue $2.9M
  94. #94
    Bridgeview Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 15,895
    Expenditures $2.0M
    Revenue $2.0M
  95. #95
    Taylorville Comm Pleasure Driveway Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 11,253
    Expenditures $2.0M
    Revenue $1.5M
  96. #96
    Princeton Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 7,660
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $2.1M
  97. #97
    Genoa Twp Park District
    FY 2025 pop. 5,200
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $1.5M
  98. #98
    Medinah Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 3,402
    Expenditures $1.9M
    Revenue $2.3M
  99. #99
    Lincoln Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 13,456
    Expenditures $1.8M
    Revenue $2.0M
  100. #100
    Sugar Grove Park District
    FY 2024 pop. 9,500
    Expenditures $1.7M
    Revenue $1.9M