Best PlacesAllerton, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Allerton, 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.
Allerton ranks 18,307th 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 Allerton
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.
Allerton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Allerton ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$107,898 median, better than 89% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Allerton ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Allerton
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Allerton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,898, 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 Allerton's effective rate of 1.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Allerton
Allerton 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 Allerton.
Who works in Allerton, and how
Work in Allerton centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Allerton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Allerton.
What the weather is like in Allerton, month by month
Allerton sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Allerton
The nearest airport, University of Illinois/Willard, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Allerton
Schools across Allerton average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Heritage Jh And Elem SchC · 33% proficient
- Shiloh Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
- Salt Fork South Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Salt Fork Junior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Heritage High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Allerton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Allerton 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 Allerton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Allerton
Is Allerton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Allerton ranks 18,307th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, fast internet, and high incomes, 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 Allerton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $221,525. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $107,898 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Allerton safe?
Allerton is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $237 per resident a year.
Compare Allerton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Allerton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Allerton 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.
Allerton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Allerton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Allerton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Allerton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Allerton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Allerton 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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