Best PlacesEdwardsville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Edwardsville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Edwardsville ranks 666th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on what local pay buys.
The best neighborhoods in Edwardsville
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.
Edwardsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Edwardsville ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 86% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 81% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of cities
Where Edwardsville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Edwardsville
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Edwardsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $118,108, 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 Edwardsville's effective rate of 1.79%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Edwardsville
Edwardsville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Edwardsville.
Who works in Edwardsville, and how
Work in Edwardsville centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Edwardsville
Edwardsville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of cities and more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Edwardsville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Edwardsville, month by month
Edwardsville sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Edwardsville
The nearest airport, Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 23 miles away.
The best schools in and around Edwardsville
Schools across Edwardsville average a C, better than 28% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Marine Elem SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Columbus Elem SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Albert Cassens ElementaryC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Triad Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Liberty Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Lincoln Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Edwardsville High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Triad High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Granite City High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Edwardsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Edwardsville 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 Edwardsville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Edwardsville suits
Families
Schools land around the 28th percentile and crime safety beats 81%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 90% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Edwardsville
Is Edwardsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Edwardsville ranks 666th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on what local pay buys, an educated workforce, and low crime, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Edwardsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $299,744. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $118,108 median income, cost of living beats 90% of cities.
Is Edwardsville safe?
Yes, Edwardsville is safer than 81% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Edwardsville?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 24. That works out to about 55 pleasant days a year, more than 2% of cities.
Is Edwardsville good for families?
Schools beat 28% of cities, crime safety beats 81%, and childcare runs $1,176 a month.
Compare Edwardsville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Edwardsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Edwardsville 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.
Edwardsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Edwardsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Edwardsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Edwardsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Edwardsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Edwardsville 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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