City vs city
Palos Heights vs Palos Hills, IL
Palos Heights currently scores 2 points higher overall than Palos Hills, with the largest gap in hail.
Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.
Hazard breakdown
Scores describe each city’s reference grid tile, not every property. A missing model is unavailable, not zero risk. Air quality uses an ingested EPA AirNow snapshot and may not reflect current conditions; other factors describe baseline exposure. The overall score blends different hazards and is not a probability of damage. Read the scoring methodology and sources.
Overall
Palos Heights: 41/100 · Palos Hills: 39/100
Palos Heights is 2 points higher.
Flood
Palos Heights: 42/100 · Palos Hills: 42/100
No gap.
Palos Heights: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Palos Hills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Palos Heights: 16/100 · Palos Hills: 16/100
No gap.
Palos Heights: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Palos Hills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Palos Heights: 37/100 · Palos Hills: 38/100
Palos Hills is 1 points higher.
Palos Heights: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Palos Hills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Palos Heights: 27/100 · Palos Hills: 58/100
Palos Hills is 31 points higher.
Palos Heights: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palos Hills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Palos Heights: 100/100 · Palos Hills: 64/100
Palos Heights is 36 points higher.
Palos Heights: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palos Hills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Palos Heights: Unavailable · Palos Hills: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Palos Heights: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Palos Hills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Palos Heights: 35/100 · Palos Hills: 25/100
Palos Heights is 10 points higher.
Palos Heights: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Palos Hills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Palos Heights: 32/100 · Palos Hills: 31/100
Palos Heights is 1 points higher.
Palos Heights: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Palos Hills: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.