Best PlacesBelle Rive, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Belle Rive, 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.
Belle Rive ranks 40,524th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Belle Rive
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.
Belle Rive's strengths and weaknesses
Where Belle Rive ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Short commute23.1 minutes each way, better than 74% of towns
Where Belle Rive ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Belle Rive
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Belle Rive home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,265, 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 Belle Rive's effective rate of 1.35%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Belle Rive
Belle Rive runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Belle Rive.
Who works in Belle Rive, and how
Work in Belle Rive centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Belle Rive
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Belle Rive.
What the weather is like in Belle Rive, month by month
Belle Rive sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 72° | 58° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Belle Rive
The nearest airport, Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Belle Rive
Schools across Belle Rive average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ewing-northern Elem SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Dahlgren Elem SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Bluford Grade SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Hamilton County Jr/sr High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Mount Vernon High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Webber High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Belle Rive school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Belle Rive 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 Belle Rive against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Belle Rive
Is Belle Rive a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Belle Rive ranks 40,524th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, fast internet, and few empty homes, 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 Belle Rive expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $108,702. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $60,265 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Belle Rive safe?
Yes, Belle Rive is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
Compare Belle Rive with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Belle Rive. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Belle Rive 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.
Belle Rive detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Belle Rive: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Belle Rive: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Belle Rive: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Belle Rive: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Belle Rive 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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