Best PlacesBondville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bondville, 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.
Bondville ranks 10,465th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bondville
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.
Bondville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bondville ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$103,036 median, better than 87% of towns
- Short commute20.9 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
Where Bondville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,324 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bondville
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bondville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,036, 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 Bondville's effective rate of 1.71%, 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 Bondville
Bondville'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 Bondville.
Who works in Bondville, and how
Work in Bondville centers on education and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Bondville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bondville.
What the weather is like in Bondville, month by month
Bondville sees roughly 117 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Bondville
The nearest airport, University of Illinois/Willard, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bondville
Schools across Bondville average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lincoln Trail Elem SchoolC · 32% proficient
- International Prep AcademyF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mahomet-seymour Jr High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Franklin Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Mahomet-seymour High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bondville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bondville 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 Bondville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bondville
Is Bondville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bondville ranks 10,465th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, what local pay buys, and high incomes, 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 Bondville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,200. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $103,036 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Bondville safe?
Yes, Bondville is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $194 per resident a year.
Compare Bondville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bondville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bondville 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.
Bondville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bondville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bondville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bondville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bondville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bondville 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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