Best PlacesAntioch, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Antioch, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Antioch ranks 12,056th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Antioch
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.
Antioch's strengths and weaknesses
Where Antioch ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$117,091 median, better than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Antioch ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,267 a month, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Antioch
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Antioch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $117,091, 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 Antioch's effective rate of 2.72%, 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 Antioch
Antioch'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 Antioch.
Who works in Antioch, and how
Work in Antioch centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Antioch
Antioch has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Antioch and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Antioch, month by month
Antioch sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 38° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Antioch
General Mitchell International sits about 34 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.9 million passengers in 2025, with 66 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Antioch
Schools across Antioch average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Millburn Elem SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Emmons Grade SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Grass Lake Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Millburn Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Antioch Upper Grade SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Peter J Palombi SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Lakes Community High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Warren Township High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Antioch Comm High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Antioch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Antioch 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 Antioch against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Antioch suits
Families
Schools land around the 24th percentile and crime safety beats 56%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 92% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 19% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 69% of towns and health care access beats 62%.
Common questions about living in Antioch
Is Antioch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Antioch ranks 12,056th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, cell coverage, and high incomes, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Antioch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $299,817. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $117,091 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Antioch safe?
Yes, Antioch is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $226 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Antioch?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 33 with lows near 19. That works out to about 101 pleasant days a year, more than 69% of towns.
Is Antioch good for families?
Schools beat 24% of towns, crime safety beats 56%, and childcare runs $1,267 a month.
Compare Antioch with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Antioch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Antioch 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.
Antioch detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Antioch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Antioch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Antioch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Antioch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Antioch 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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