Best PlacesAllenville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Allenville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Allenville ranks 17,482nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Allenville
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.
Allenville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Allenville ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$125,078 median, better than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
Where Allenville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Allenville
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Allenville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $125,078, 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 Allenville's effective rate of 1.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Allenville
Allenville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Allenville.
Who works in Allenville, and how
Work in Allenville centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Allenville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Allenville.
What the weather is like in Allenville, month by month
Allenville sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Allenville
The nearest airport, Decatur, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Allenville
Schools across Allenville average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sullivan Elem SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sullivan Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Sullivan High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Allenville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Allenville 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 Allenville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Allenville
Is Allenville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Allenville ranks 17,482nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and biking, 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 Allenville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,700. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $125,078 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Allenville safe?
Yes, Allenville is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $157 per resident a year.
Compare Allenville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Allenville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Allenville 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.
Allenville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Allenville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Allenville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Allenville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Allenville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Allenville 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
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