Best PlacesDupo, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dupo, 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.
Dupo ranks 46,235th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dupo
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.
Dupo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dupo ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 80% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Dupo ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dupo
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dupo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,165, 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 Dupo's effective rate of 2.10%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dupo
Dupo runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dupo.
Who works in Dupo, and how
Work in Dupo centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Dupo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dupo.
What the weather is like in Dupo, month by month
Dupo sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Dupo
St Louis Lambert International sits about 18 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.5 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Dupo
Schools across Dupo average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bluffview Elem SchoolD · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dupo Jr High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Dupo High SchoolF · 10% proficient
- Cahokia High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dupo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dupo 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 Dupo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dupo
Is Dupo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dupo ranks 46,235th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, biking, and transit, and lowest on noise and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dupo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $117,317. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $61,165 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Dupo safe?
Dupo is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $539 per resident a year.
Compare Dupo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dupo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dupo 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.
Dupo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dupo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dupo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dupo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dupo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dupo 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.