Best PlacesBourbonnais, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bourbonnais, 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.
Bourbonnais ranks 11,688th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bourbonnais
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.
Bourbonnais' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bourbonnais ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Bourbonnais ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bourbonnais
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bourbonnais home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,613, 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 Bourbonnais' effective rate of 2.12%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bourbonnais
Bourbonnais runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bourbonnais.
Who works in Bourbonnais, and how
Work in Bourbonnais centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Bourbonnais
Bourbonnais has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of towns and more parkland per resident than 83% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bourbonnais and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bourbonnais, month by month
Bourbonnais sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Bourbonnais
Chicago Midway International sits about 43 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bourbonnais
Schools across Bourbonnais average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Herscher Intermediate SchB− · 43% proficient
- St George Elem SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Alan B Shepard Elem SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manteno Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Limestone Middle SchC− · 29% proficient
- Bourbonnais Upper Grade CenterD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Herscher High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Manteno High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Bradley-bourbonnais C High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bourbonnais school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bourbonnais 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 Bourbonnais against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Bourbonnais suits
Families
Schools land around the 13th percentile and crime safety beats 87%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 82% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 10% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Bourbonnais
Is Bourbonnais a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bourbonnais ranks 11,688th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, fast internet, and big-city access, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bourbonnais expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $233,692. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $89,613 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Bourbonnais safe?
Yes, Bourbonnais is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $153 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bourbonnais?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 33 with lows near 20. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 30% of towns.
Is Bourbonnais good for families?
Schools beat 13% of towns, crime safety beats 87%, and childcare runs $857 a month.
Compare Bourbonnais with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bourbonnais. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bourbonnais 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.
Bourbonnais detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bourbonnais: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bourbonnais: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bourbonnais: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bourbonnais: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bourbonnais 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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