Best PlacesEnfield, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Enfield, 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.
Enfield ranks 40,178th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Enfield
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.
Enfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Enfield ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Enfield ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 51 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 9% of towns
- Household income$50,283 median, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Enfield
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Enfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,283, 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 Enfield's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 Enfield
Enfield 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 Enfield.
Who works in Enfield, and how
Work in Enfield centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Enfield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Enfield.
What the weather is like in Enfield, month by month
Enfield sees roughly 51 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 28° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Enfield
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Enfield
Schools across Enfield average a D+, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Norris City-omaha Elem SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Booth Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Carmi White Cnty Jr High SchC− · 29% proficient
- Washington Attendance CenterC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Carmi-white County High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Norris City-omaha-enfield H SF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Enfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Enfield 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 Enfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Enfield
Is Enfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Enfield ranks 40,178th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, cell coverage, 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 Enfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,817. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $50,283 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Enfield safe?
Yes, Enfield is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $162 per resident a year.
Compare Enfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Enfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Enfield 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.
Enfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Enfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Enfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Enfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Enfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Enfield 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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