Best PlacesCabery, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cabery, 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.
Cabery ranks 30,028th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Cabery
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.
Cabery's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cabery ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 81% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of towns
Where Cabery 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 8% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cabery
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cabery home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,031, 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 Cabery's effective rate of 1.61%, 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 Cabery
Cabery's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Cabery.
Who works in Cabery, and how
Work in Cabery centers on education and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Cabery
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cabery.
What the weather is like in Cabery, month by month
Cabery sees roughly 71 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 Cabery
The nearest airport, Central Il Regional/Bloomington- Normal, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cabery
Schools across Cabery average a D+, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Herscher Intermediate SchB− · 43% proficient
- Chebanse Elem SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- South Wilmington Grade SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Limestone Middle SchC− · 29% proficient
- Tri-point Jr High/elementaryD · 23% proficient
- John L Nash Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Herscher High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Dwight High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
- Central High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cabery school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cabery 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 Cabery against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cabery
Is Cabery a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cabery ranks 30,028th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and a stable housing market, 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 Cabery expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,428. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $86,031 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Cabery safe?
Cabery is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
Compare Cabery with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cabery. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cabery 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.
Cabery detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cabery: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cabery: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cabery: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cabery: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cabery 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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