Best PlacesBunker Hill, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bunker Hill, 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.
Bunker Hill ranks 22,472nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bunker Hill
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.
Bunker Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bunker Hill ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$94,514 median, better than 81% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Bunker Hill ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bunker Hill
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bunker Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,514, 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 Bunker Hill'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 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 Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill'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 Bunker Hill.
Who works in Bunker Hill, and how
Work in Bunker Hill centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bunker Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bunker Hill.
What the weather is like in Bunker Hill, month by month
Bunker Hill sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, 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 | 39° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Bunker Hill
St Louis Lambert International sits about 30 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.5 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bunker Hill
Schools across Bunker Hill average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Staunton Elem SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Shipman Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Wolf Ridge Education CenterD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southwestern Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Staunton Jr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Southwestern High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Staunton High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Bunker Hill High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bunker Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bunker Hill 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 Bunker Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bunker Hill
Is Bunker Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bunker Hill ranks 22,472nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and walkability, and lowest on the weather and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bunker Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $191,844. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $94,514 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Bunker Hill safe?
Bunker Hill is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $230 per resident a year.
Compare Bunker Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bunker Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bunker Hill 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.
Bunker Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bunker Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bunker Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bunker Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bunker Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bunker Hill 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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