Best PlacesDuvall, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Duvall, 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.
Duvall ranks 33,981st 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 Duvall
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.
Duvall's strengths and weaknesses
Where Duvall ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 85% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 78% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
Where Duvall ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute41.3 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Duvall
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Duvall home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,338, 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 Duvall's effective rate of 1.18%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Duvall
Duvall 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 Duvall.
Who works in Duvall, and how
Work in Duvall centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Duvall
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Duvall.
What the weather is like in Duvall, month by month
Duvall sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Duvall
The nearest airport, Decatur, is about 26 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 Duvall
Schools across Duvall average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Okaw Valley Elementary SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Moulton Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Okaw Valley Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Shelbyville High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Okaw Valley High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Duvall school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Duvall 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 Duvall against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Duvall
Is Duvall a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Duvall ranks 33,981st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, a stable housing market, and few empty homes, 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 Duvall expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $176,300. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $77,338 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Duvall safe?
Yes, Duvall is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $108 per resident a year.
Compare Duvall with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Duvall. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Duvall 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.
Duvall detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Duvall: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Duvall: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Duvall: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Duvall: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Duvall 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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