Villa Park, IL: how dark is the sky here?

Villa Park's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 63.4% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Villa Park

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Downers Grove, IL, roughly 7 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Downers Grove, IL is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Villa Park compares nationally

About 22,020 people live in Villa Park, IL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Villa Park places 2,021 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.