Best PlacesCrest Hill, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crest Hill, 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.
Crest Hill ranks 24,805th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Crest Hill
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.
Crest Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crest Hill ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
Where Crest Hill ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,352 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crest Hill
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crest Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,132, 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 Crest Hill's effective rate of 1.94%, 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 Crest Hill
Crest Hill'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 Crest Hill.
Who works in Crest Hill, and how
Work in Crest Hill centers on manufacturing 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 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Crest Hill
Crest Hill has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Crest Hill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Crest Hill, month by month
Crest Hill sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 84° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Crest Hill
Chicago Midway International sits about 24 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Crest Hill
Schools across Crest Hill average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Troy Craughwell SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Richland Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Chaney-monge SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- A Vito Martinez Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolD · 24% proficient
- Orenic Intermediate SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Lockport Township High Sch EastC+ · 37% proficient
- Romeoville High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crest Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crest Hill 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 Crest Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Crest Hill suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 7% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Crest Hill
Is Crest Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crest Hill ranks 24,805th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on taxes and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crest Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,179. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $83,132 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Crest Hill safe?
Crest Hill is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $342 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Crest Hill?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 32 with lows near 20. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 30% of towns.
Is Crest Hill good for families?
Schools beat 16% of towns, crime safety beats 20%, and childcare runs $1,352 a month.
Compare Crest Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crest Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crest Hill 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.
Crest Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crest Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crest Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crest Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crest Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crest Hill 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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