Best PlacesBeecher City, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beecher City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Beecher City ranks 37,473rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Beecher City
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.
Beecher City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beecher City ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 83% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 82% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 78% of towns
Where Beecher City ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 15% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beecher City
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beecher City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,940, 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 Beecher City's effective rate of 1.10%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Beecher City
Beecher City runs younger 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 Beecher City.
Who works in Beecher City, and how
Work in Beecher City centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Beecher City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Beecher City.
What the weather is like in Beecher City, month by month
Beecher City sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Beecher City
The nearest airport, Decatur, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beecher City
Schools across Beecher City average a C−, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beecher City Grade SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Stewardson-strasburg Elem SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Cowden-herrick Grade SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Moulton Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Effingham High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Stewardson-strasburg High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Beecher City Jr-sr High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beecher City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beecher City 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 Beecher City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beecher City
Is Beecher City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beecher City ranks 37,473rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, walkability, and health care access, 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 Beecher City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $96,688. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $66,940 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Beecher City safe?
Yes, Beecher City is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $217 per resident a year.
Compare Beecher City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beecher City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beecher City 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.
Beecher City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beecher City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beecher City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beecher City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beecher City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beecher City 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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