Best PlacesBerwick, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Berwick, 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.
Berwick ranks 34,877th 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 Berwick
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.
Berwick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Berwick ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute18.7 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
Where Berwick ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Berwick
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Berwick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,374, 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 Berwick's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Berwick
Berwick'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 Berwick.
Who works in Berwick, and how
Work in Berwick centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Berwick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Berwick.
What the weather is like in Berwick, month by month
Berwick sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Berwick
The nearest airport, Southeast Iowa Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 141 miles away.
The best schools in and around Berwick
Schools across Berwick average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- United Elem Sch - WestD− · 15% proficient
- Hedding Grade SchD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- United Jr High SchD− · 17% proficient
- Abingdon-avon Middle SchD− · 13% proficient
- Central Intermediate SchoolF · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Monmouth-roseville High SchD · 23% proficient
- United High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Abingdon-avon High SchD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Berwick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Berwick 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 Berwick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Berwick
Is Berwick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Berwick ranks 34,877th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, short commutes, 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 Berwick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $118,195. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $86,374 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Berwick safe?
Berwick is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $431 per resident a year.
Compare Berwick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Berwick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Berwick 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.
Berwick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Berwick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Berwick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Berwick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Berwick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Berwick 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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