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Cities in Illinois by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate

East St. Louis, IL had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 224 cities in 2021, at 45.7%. Winnetka, IL had the lowest, at 14.1%. The median was 25.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest45.7East St. Louis, IL
Lowest14.1Winnetka, IL
Median25.7224 cities

Top 40 cities, 2021

East St. Louis, IL: 45.7 %East St. Louis, IL45.7Harvey, IL: 41.3 %Harvey, IL41.3Kankakee, IL: 40.4 %Kankakee, IL40.4Cicero, IL: 37.5 %Cicero, IL37.5Summit, IL: 37.3 %Summit, IL37.3Riverdale, IL: 36.3 %Riverdale, IL36.3Danville, IL: 36.2 %Danville, IL36.2Markham, IL: 36.1 %Markham, IL36.1Melrose Park, IL: 35.6 %Melrose Park, IL35.6Alton, IL: 35.5 %Alton, IL35.5Rantoul, IL: 35.5 %Rantoul, IL35.5Waukegan, IL: 35.5 %Waukegan, IL35.5Centralia, IL: 35 %Centralia, IL35Rockford, IL: 34.7 %Rockford, IL34.7Calumet City, IL: 33.9 %Calumet City, IL33.9Maywood, IL: 33.9 %Maywood, IL33.9Chicago Heights, IL: 33.8 %Chicago Heights, IL33.8Galesburg, IL: 33.8 %Galesburg, IL33.8Granite City, IL: 33.8 %Granite City, IL33.8Kewanee, IL: 33.8 %Kewanee, IL33.8Dolton, IL: 33.7 %Dolton, IL33.7Freeport, IL: 33.5 %Freeport, IL33.5Northlake, IL: 33.5 %Northlake, IL33.5Belvidere, IL: 33.4 %Belvidere, IL33.4Blue Island, IL: 33.3 %Blue Island, IL33.3Decatur, IL: 33.1 %Decatur, IL33.1Streator, IL: 33.1 %Streator, IL33.1Mount Vernon, IL: 32.9 %Mount Vernon, IL32.9Sterling, IL: 32.7 %Sterling, IL32.7Canton, IL: 32.6 %Canton, IL32.6Rock Island, IL: 32.6 %Rock Island, IL32.6Pontiac, IL: 32.5 %Pontiac, IL32.5Taylorville, IL: 32.5 %Taylorville, IL32.5Carpentersville, IL: 32.2 %Carpentersville, IL32.2Marion, IL: 32.2 %Marion, IL32.2Wood River, IL: 32.2 %Wood River, IL32.2Bellwood, IL: 32 %Bellwood, IL32Herrin, IL: 31.6 %Herrin, IL31.6Ottawa, IL: 31.6 %Ottawa, IL31.6Zion, IL: 31.5 %Zion, IL31.5East St. Louis, IL: 45.7 %East St. Louis, IL45.7Harvey, IL: 41.3 %Harvey, IL41.3Kankakee, IL: 40.4 %Kankakee, IL40.4Cicero, IL: 37.5 %Cicero, IL37.5Summit, IL: 37.3 %Summit, IL37.3Riverdale, IL: 36.3 %Riverdale, IL36.3Danville, IL: 36.2 %Danville, IL36.2Markham, IL: 36.1 %Markham, IL36.1Melrose Park, IL: 35.6 %Melrose Park, IL35.6Alton, IL: 35.5 %Alton, IL35.5Rantoul, IL: 35.5 %Rantoul, IL35.5Waukegan, IL: 35.5 %Waukegan, IL35.5Centralia, IL: 35 %Centralia, IL35Rockford, IL: 34.7 %Rockford, IL34.7Calumet City, IL: 33.9 %Calumet City, IL33.9Maywood, IL: 33.9 %Maywood, IL33.9Chicago Heights, IL: 33.8 %Chicago Heights, IL33.8Galesburg, IL: 33.8 %Galesburg, IL33.8Granite City, IL: 33.8 %Granite City, IL33.8Kewanee, IL: 33.8 %Kewanee, IL33.8Dolton, IL: 33.7 %Dolton, IL33.7Freeport, IL: 33.5 %Freeport, IL33.5Northlake, IL: 33.5 %Northlake, IL33.5Belvidere, IL: 33.4 %Belvidere, IL33.4Blue Island, IL: 33.3 %Blue Island, IL33.3Decatur, IL: 33.1 %Decatur, IL33.1Streator, IL: 33.1 %Streator, IL33.1Mount Vernon, IL: 32.9 %Mount Vernon, IL32.9Sterling, IL: 32.7 %Sterling, IL32.7Canton, IL: 32.6 %Canton, IL32.6Rock Island, IL: 32.6 %Rock Island, IL32.6Pontiac, IL: 32.5 %Pontiac, IL32.5Taylorville, IL: 32.5 %Taylorville, IL32.5Carpentersville, IL: 32.2 %Carpentersville, IL32.2Marion, IL: 32.2 %Marion, IL32.2Wood River, IL: 32.2 %Wood River, IL32.2Bellwood, IL: 32 %Bellwood, IL32Herrin, IL: 31.6 %Herrin, IL31.6Ottawa, IL: 31.6 %Ottawa, IL31.6Zion, IL: 31.5 %Zion, IL31.5
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021 (%)
1East St. Louis, IL45.7
2Harvey, IL41.3
3Kankakee, IL40.4
4Cicero, IL37.5
5Summit, IL37.3
6Riverdale, IL36.3
7Danville, IL36.2
8Markham, IL36.1
9Melrose Park, IL35.6
10Alton, IL35.5
10Rantoul, IL35.5
10Waukegan, IL35.5
13Centralia, IL35
14Rockford, IL34.7
15Calumet City, IL33.9
15Maywood, IL33.9
17Chicago Heights, IL33.8
17Galesburg, IL33.8
17Granite City, IL33.8
17Kewanee, IL33.8
21Dolton, IL33.7
22Freeport, IL33.5
22Northlake, IL33.5
24Belvidere, IL33.4
25Blue Island, IL33.3
26Decatur, IL33.1
26Streator, IL33.1
28Mount Vernon, IL32.9
29Sterling, IL32.7
30Canton, IL32.6
30Rock Island, IL32.6
32Pontiac, IL32.5
32Taylorville, IL32.5
34Carpentersville, IL32.2
34Marion, IL32.2
34Wood River, IL32.2
37Bellwood, IL32
38Herrin, IL31.6
38Ottawa, IL31.6
40Zion, IL31.5
41Jacksonville, IL31.4
42Peoria, IL31.1
43East Moline, IL30.7
43Mattoon, IL30.7
45Aurora, IL30.6
46Elgin, IL30.4
46Quincy, IL30.4
48Effingham, IL30.3
49Hazel Crest, IL30
50Bensenville, IL29.9
51Joliet, IL29.8
52Berwyn, IL29.7
52South Holland, IL29.7
54Pekin, IL29.6
55Moline, IL29.5
55West Chicago, IL29.5
57Bradley, IL29.4
57Justice, IL29.4
59Addison, IL29.3
59Round Lake Beach, IL29.3
61Beach Park, IL29.2
61Richton Park, IL29.2
61Woodstock, IL29.2
64Lyons, IL29.1
65Chicago, IL29
65Park Forest, IL29
67Dixon, IL28.8
68Belleville, IL28.6
68Burbank, IL28.6
70Chicago Ridge, IL28.5
71Macomb, IL28.4
72North Chicago, IL28.3
73Lincoln, IL28.2
73Urbana, IL28.2
75Champaign, IL28.1
75Lansing, IL28.1
77Bridgeview, IL28
77Wood Dale, IL28
79Machesney Park, IL27.9
80Carbondale, IL27.8
80Collinsville, IL27.8
82Franklin Park, IL27.7
82Loves Park, IL27.7
84Country Club Hills, IL27.5
84DeKalb, IL27.5
84Schiller Park, IL27.5
87Glendale Heights, IL27.4
87Hickory Hills, IL27.4
87Highland, IL27.4
87River Grove, IL27.4
91Crest Hill, IL27.2
91Morris, IL27.2
93Fairview Heights, IL27.1
94Godfrey, IL27
94McHenry, IL27
96Charleston, IL26.9
97Midlothian, IL26.8
97Springfield, IL26.8
99Hanover Park, IL26.6
99Normal, IL26.6
101Niles, IL26.5
102Romeoville, IL26.4
103Huntley, IL26.3
103Matteson, IL26.3
103Worth, IL26.3
106Bourbonnais, IL26.1
106East Peoria, IL26.1
108Alsip, IL26
108Norridge, IL26
110Fox Lake, IL25.8
110Palos Hills, IL25.8
112Wheeling, IL25.7
113Plano, IL25.6
114Elmwood Park, IL25.5
115Bloomington, IL25.4
115Montgomery, IL25.4
115Oak Lawn, IL25.4
118Swansea, IL25.3
119Crestwood, IL25
120Bolingbrook, IL24.9
120Streamwood, IL24.9
122Bloomingdale, IL24.8
122Skokie, IL24.8
124Round Lake, IL24.7
125Des Plaines, IL24.6
126Villa Park, IL24.4
127North Aurora, IL24.3
127South Elgin, IL24.3
129Waterloo, IL24.2
130Carol Stream, IL24.1
130Morton Grove, IL24.1
130Prospect Heights, IL24.1
133Crystal Lake, IL24
134Lincolnwood, IL23.9
135Mundelein, IL23.7
135Rolling Meadows, IL23.7
137Cary, IL23.5
138Sycamore, IL23.4
138Westchester, IL23.4
140Edwardsville, IL23.3
140Warrenville, IL23.3
142Lake in the Hills, IL23.2
143Algonquin, IL23.1
143Evergreen Park, IL23.1
145Westmont, IL22.9
146Homewood, IL22.8
146Shiloh, IL22.8
146Wauconda, IL22.8
149Oak Forest, IL22.7
150Palos Heights, IL22.6
151Mount Prospect, IL22.5
152Homer Glen, IL22.4
152Troy, IL22.4
154Channahon, IL22.3
154Lockport, IL22.3
154Roscoe, IL22.3
154St. Charles, IL22.3
158Lombard, IL22.2
158Morton, IL22.2
158Roselle, IL22.2
158Yorkville, IL22.2
162Antioch, IL22
162Batavia, IL22
162Mahomet, IL22
165Darien, IL21.8
165Tinley Park, IL21.8
167Columbia, IL21.7
167Elk Grove Village, IL21.7
167O'Fallon, IL21.7
167Orland Park, IL21.7
167Shorewood, IL21.7
167Washington, IL21.7
173Hoffman Estates, IL21.6
174Gurnee, IL21.5
174Lemont, IL21.5
174Palatine, IL21.5
177Forest Park, IL21.4
178Bartlett, IL21.3
178Glen Carbon, IL21.3
178Minooka, IL21.3
181Manhattan, IL21.2
181Schaumburg, IL21.2
181Woodridge, IL21.2
184Brookfield, IL20.9
185Oswego, IL20.7
186Pingree Grove, IL20.5
187Geneva, IL20.4
187Mokena, IL20.4
189Downers Grove, IL20.3
189Evanston, IL20.3
191New Lenox, IL20.1
192Winfield, IL20
193Burr Ridge, IL19.8
193Glenview, IL19.8
195Frankfort, IL19.7
196Grayslake, IL19.6
196Lindenhurst, IL19.6
196Plainfield, IL19.6
196Vernon Hills, IL19.6
200Arlington Heights, IL19.5
200Campton Hills, IL19.5
202La Grange Park, IL19.3
202Lake Zurich, IL19.3
204Glen Ellyn, IL19.2
204Lisle, IL19.2
206Elmhurst, IL19.1
207Park Ridge, IL19
208Wheaton, IL18.6
209Naperville, IL18.5
210La Grange, IL18.4
211Barrington, IL18.3
212Libertyville, IL18.2
213Northbrook, IL18.1
213Oak Park, IL18.1
215Buffalo Grove, IL18
215Chatham, IL18
217Highland Park, IL17.8
218Lake Forest, IL16.8
219Deerfield, IL16.5
219Hinsdale, IL16.5
221Wilmette, IL16.1
222River Forest, IL16
223Western Springs, IL15.8
224Winnetka, IL14.1

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Percentage of adults who did no physical activity or exercise outside their regular job in the past month, such as running, golf, gardening or walking for exercise. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in Illinois by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Illinois by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/illinois-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in Illinois by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/illinois-cities?period=2021.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Illinois by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/illinois-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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East St. Louis, IL, with 45.7% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Winnetka, IL, with 14.1% in 2021.

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