Best PlacesDelwood, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Delwood, 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.
Delwood ranks 44,354th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Delwood
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.
Delwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Delwood ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 80% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Delwood ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Delwood
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Delwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,756, 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 Delwood's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Delwood
Delwood runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Delwood.
Who works in Delwood, and how
Work in Delwood centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Delwood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Delwood.
What the weather is like in Delwood, month by month
Delwood sees roughly 52 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, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Delwood
The nearest airport, Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Delwood
Schools across Delwood average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pope County Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harrisburg Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Harrisburg High SchoolD− · 11% proficient
- Pope Co High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Delwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Delwood 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 Delwood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Delwood
Is Delwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Delwood ranks 44,354th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, tree cover, and a stable housing market, and lowest on the weather and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Delwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,198. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $63,756 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Delwood safe?
Delwood is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $304 per resident a year.
Compare Delwood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Delwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Delwood 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.
Delwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Delwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Delwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Delwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Delwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Delwood 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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