Best PlacesDahinda, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dahinda, 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.
Dahinda ranks 24,735th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dahinda
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.
Dahinda's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dahinda ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 80% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 79% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
Where Dahinda 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 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,319 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dahinda
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dahinda home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,277, 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 Dahinda's effective rate of 1.82%, 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 Dahinda
Dahinda 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 Dahinda.
Who works in Dahinda, and how
Work in Dahinda centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Dahinda
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dahinda.
What the weather is like in Dahinda, month by month
Dahinda sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Dahinda
The nearest airport, General Downing - Peoria International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 135 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dahinda
Schools across Dahinda average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Williamsfield Elem SchoolC · 31% proficient
- R O W V A Elem SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Mable Woolsey Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Williamsfield Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Knoxville Jr High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Knoxville Sr High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- R O W V A Jr And Sr High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Williamsfield High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dahinda school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dahinda 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 Dahinda against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dahinda
Is Dahinda a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dahinda ranks 24,735th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, a strong job market, and an educated workforce, 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 Dahinda expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,646. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $87,277 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Dahinda safe?
Yes, Dahinda is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $116 per resident a year.
Compare Dahinda with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dahinda. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dahinda 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.
Dahinda detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dahinda: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dahinda: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dahinda: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dahinda: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dahinda 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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