Best PlacesCrainville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crainville, 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.
Crainville ranks 14,543rd 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 Crainville
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.
Crainville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crainville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of towns
Where Crainville 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 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crainville
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crainville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,251, 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 Crainville's effective rate of 1.47%, 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 Crainville
Crainville'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 Crainville.
Who works in Crainville, and how
Work in Crainville centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Crainville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Crainville.
What the weather is like in Crainville, month by month
Crainville sees roughly 71 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 Crainville
The nearest airport, Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 99 miles away.
The best schools in and around Crainville
Schools across Crainville average a C+, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tri-c Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Longfellow Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Carterville Intermediate SchC · 35% proficient
- Marion Jr High SchoolD · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Carterville High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Marion High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crainville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crainville 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 Crainville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crainville
Is Crainville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crainville ranks 14,543rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, biking, 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 Crainville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,193. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $79,251 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Crainville safe?
Yes, Crainville is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $168 per resident a year.
Compare Crainville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crainville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crainville 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.
Crainville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crainville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crainville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crainville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crainville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crainville 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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