Best PlacesCahokia, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cahokia, 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.
Cahokia ranks 50,082nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cahokia
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.
Cahokia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cahokia ranks high
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Cahokia ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeF, better than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$40,927 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cahokia
A household needs to earn about $18,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cahokia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,927, 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 Cahokia's effective rate of 1.67%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cahokia
Cahokia runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cahokia.
Who works in Cahokia, and how
Work in Cahokia centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Cahokia
Cahokia has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of towns and more parkland per resident than 87% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cahokia and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cahokia, month by month
Cahokia sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Cahokia
St Louis Lambert International sits about 17 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 Cahokia
Schools across Cahokia average an F, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Huffman Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Bluffview Elem SchoolD · 16% proficient
- Dunbar Elem SchoolF · 4% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dupo Jr High SchoolF · 6% proficient
- East St Louis-lincoln Middle SchF · 4% proficient
Top high schools
- Dupo High SchoolF · 10% proficient
- Cahokia High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cahokia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cahokia 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 Cahokia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cahokia
Is Cahokia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cahokia ranks 50,082nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and cell coverage, and lowest on crime and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cahokia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $59,881. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $40,927 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Cahokia safe?
Cahokia is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $857 per resident a year.
Compare Cahokia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cahokia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cahokia 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.
Cahokia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cahokia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cahokia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cahokia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cahokia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cahokia 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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