Best PlacesCoulterville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coulterville, 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.
Coulterville ranks 43,591st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on walkability.
The best neighborhoods in Coulterville
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.
Coulterville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coulterville ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- BikingBetter than 82% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 74% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Coulterville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 48 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% 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 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coulterville
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coulterville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,100, 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 Coulterville's effective rate of 1.13%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Coulterville
Coulterville 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 Coulterville.
Who works in Coulterville, and how
Work in Coulterville centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Coulterville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Coulterville.
What the weather is like in Coulterville, month by month
Coulterville sees roughly 48 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Coulterville
The nearest airport, Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coulterville
Schools across Coulterville average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Okawville Grade SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Oakdale Grade SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Pinckneyville Elem SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pinckneyville Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Okawville Jr/sr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Coulterville High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Nashville Comm High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coulterville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coulterville 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 Coulterville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coulterville
Is Coulterville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coulterville ranks 43,591st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, biking, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coulterville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $126,189. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $57,100 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Coulterville safe?
Coulterville is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare Coulterville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coulterville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coulterville 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.
Coulterville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coulterville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coulterville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coulterville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coulterville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coulterville 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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