Best PlacesAviston, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Aviston, 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.
Aviston ranks 2,016th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Aviston
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.
Aviston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Aviston ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
Where Aviston ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 49 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Aviston
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Aviston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $118,553, 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 Aviston's effective rate of 1.66%, 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 Aviston
Aviston runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Aviston.
Who works in Aviston, and how
Work in Aviston centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Aviston
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Aviston.
What the weather is like in Aviston, month by month
Aviston sees roughly 49 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Aviston
The nearest airport, Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Aviston
Schools across Aviston average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Aviston Elem SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Highland Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- St Rose Elem SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Highland Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Breese Elem SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Wesclin Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Highland High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Central Comm High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Wesclin Sr High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Aviston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Aviston 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 Aviston against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Aviston
Is Aviston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Aviston ranks 2,016th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, low crime, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Aviston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,865. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $118,553 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Aviston safe?
Yes, Aviston is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $100 per resident a year.
Compare Aviston with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Aviston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Aviston 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.
Aviston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Aviston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Aviston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Aviston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Aviston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Aviston 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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