Best PlacesColp, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Colp, 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.
Colp ranks 18,879th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Colp
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.
Colp's strengths and weaknesses
Where Colp ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 80% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 77% of towns
Where Colp 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 12% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,030 a month, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Colp
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Colp home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,139, 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 Colp's effective rate of 1.45%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Colp
Colp runs older than the country, 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 Colp.
Who works in Colp, and how
Work in Colp centers on public administration and finance & insurance. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Colp
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Colp.
What the weather is like in Colp, month by month
Colp sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Colp
The nearest airport, Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Colp
Schools across Colp average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tri-c Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Zeigler-royalton Elem SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Carterville Intermediate SchC · 35% proficient
- Herrin Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Zeigler-royalton Jr High SchoolF · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Carterville High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Herrin High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Zeigler-royalton High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Colp school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Colp 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 Colp against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Colp
Is Colp a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Colp ranks 18,879th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low crime, and cell coverage, 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 Colp expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $117,169. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $76,139 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Colp safe?
Yes, Colp is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $127 per resident a year.
Compare Colp with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Colp. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Colp 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.
Colp detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Colp: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Colp: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Colp: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Colp: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Colp 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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