Best PlacesBiggsville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Biggsville, 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.
Biggsville ranks 24,249th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Biggsville
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.
Biggsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Biggsville ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$102,817 median, better than 86% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 82% of towns
Where Biggsville ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Biggsville
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Biggsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,817, 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 Biggsville's effective rate of 1.31%, 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 Biggsville
Biggsville 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 Biggsville.
Who works in Biggsville, and how
Work in Biggsville centers on public administration and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Biggsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Biggsville.
What the weather is like in Biggsville, month by month
Biggsville sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 64° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Biggsville
The nearest airport, Southeast Iowa Regional, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 148 miles away.
The best schools in and around Biggsville
Schools across Biggsville average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Central Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Central Middle SchoolF · 4% proficient
Top high schools
- West Central High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Biggsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Biggsville 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 Biggsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Biggsville
Is Biggsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Biggsville ranks 24,249th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on the schools and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Biggsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,307. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $102,817 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Biggsville safe?
Biggsville is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare Biggsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Biggsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Biggsville 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.
Biggsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Biggsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Biggsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Biggsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Biggsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Biggsville 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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