Best PlacesBatchtown, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Batchtown, 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.
Batchtown ranks 10,482nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Batchtown
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.
Batchtown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Batchtown ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$136,080 median, better than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
Where Batchtown ranks low
- Short commute48.5 minutes each way, 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 vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Batchtown
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Batchtown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $136,080, 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 Batchtown's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 Batchtown
Batchtown runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Batchtown.
Who works in Batchtown, and how
Work in Batchtown centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 35%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Batchtown
Batchtown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Batchtown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Batchtown, month by month
Batchtown sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Batchtown
St Louis Lambert International sits about 25 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.5 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Batchtown
Schools across Batchtown average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Calhoun Elementary/ Jr High SchC− · 26% proficient
- Brussels Grade SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Calhoun High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Brussels High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Batchtown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Batchtown 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 Batchtown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Batchtown
Is Batchtown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Batchtown ranks 10,482nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a strong job market, and high incomes, and lowest on long commutes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Batchtown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $242,250. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $136,080 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Batchtown safe?
Yes, Batchtown is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $195 per resident a year.
Compare Batchtown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Batchtown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Batchtown 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.
Batchtown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Batchtown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Batchtown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Batchtown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Batchtown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Batchtown 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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