Best PlacesAdeline, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Adeline, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Adeline ranks 43,824th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in Adeline
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Adeline's strengths and weaknesses
Where Adeline ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 73% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 72% of towns
Where Adeline ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Adeline
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Adeline home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,736, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Adeline's effective rate of 1.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Adeline
Adeline runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Adeline.
Who works in Adeline, and how
Work in Adeline centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Adeline
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Adeline.
What the weather is like in Adeline, month by month
Adeline sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 16° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Adeline
The nearest airport, Chicago/Rockford International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Adeline
Schools across Adeline average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Forreston Grade SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Oregon Jr/sr High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Adeline school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Adeline measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Adeline against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Adeline
Is Adeline a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Adeline ranks 43,824th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, big-city access, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Adeline expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $172,400. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $59,736 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Adeline safe?
Adeline is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $559 per resident a year.
Compare Adeline with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Adeline. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Adeline represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Adeline detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Adeline: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Adeline: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Adeline: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Adeline: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Adeline detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.