Best PlacesFiatt, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fiatt, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fiatt ranks 31,432nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Fiatt
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.
Fiatt's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fiatt ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 78% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 75% of towns
Where Fiatt ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fiatt
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fiatt home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,023, 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 Fiatt's effective rate of 1.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fiatt
Fiatt's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fiatt.
Who works in Fiatt, and how
Work in Fiatt centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fiatt
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fiatt.
What the weather is like in Fiatt, month by month
Fiatt sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Fiatt
The nearest airport, General Downing - Peoria International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 125 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fiatt
Schools across Fiatt average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spoon River Valley Elem SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Cuba Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Westview Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spoon River Valley Jr High SchC− · 30% proficient
- Cuba Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Ingersoll Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Canton High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Spoon River Valley Sr High SchD · 21% proficient
- Cuba Sr High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fiatt school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fiatt 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 Fiatt against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fiatt
Is Fiatt a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fiatt ranks 31,432nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and civic engagement, 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 Fiatt expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,596. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $77,023 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Fiatt safe?
Fiatt is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $286 per resident a year.
Compare Fiatt with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fiatt. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fiatt 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.
Fiatt detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fiatt: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fiatt: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fiatt: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fiatt: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fiatt 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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