Best PlacesFlagg Center, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Flagg Center, 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.
Flagg Center ranks 17,194th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Flagg Center
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.
Flagg Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Flagg Center ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$103,572 median, better than 87% of towns
Where Flagg Center ranks low
- 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
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Flagg Center
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Flagg Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,572, 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 Flagg Center's effective rate of 2.07%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Flagg Center
Flagg Center runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Flagg Center.
Who works in Flagg Center, and how
Work in Flagg Center centers on transportation & warehousing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Flagg Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Flagg Center.
What the weather is like in Flagg Center, month by month
Flagg Center sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 23° | 16° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Flagg Center
The nearest airport, Chicago/Rockford International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Flagg Center
Schools across Flagg Center average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kings Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Lincoln Elem SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Rochelle Twp High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Ashton-franklin Center HsD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Flagg Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Flagg Center 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 Flagg Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Flagg Center
Is Flagg Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Flagg Center ranks 17,194th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, what local pay buys, and civic engagement, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Flagg Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $195,389. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $103,572 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Flagg Center safe?
Yes, Flagg Center is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $155 per resident a year.
Compare Flagg Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Flagg Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Flagg Center 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.
Flagg Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Flagg Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Flagg Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Flagg Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Flagg Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Flagg Center 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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