Best PlacesFrogtown, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Frogtown, 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.
Frogtown ranks 37,864th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Frogtown
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.
Frogtown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Frogtown ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 75% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 74% of towns
Where Frogtown ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 49 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Frogtown
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Frogtown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,359, 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 Frogtown's effective rate of 1.50%, 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 Frogtown
Frogtown runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Frogtown.
Who works in Frogtown, and how
Work in Frogtown centers on hospitality & food and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Frogtown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Frogtown.
What the weather is like in Frogtown, month by month
Frogtown sees roughly 49 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Frogtown
The nearest airport, Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 51 miles away.
The best schools in and around Frogtown
Schools across Frogtown average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bartelso Elem SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Germantown Elem SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Okawville Grade SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Comm High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Okawville Jr/sr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Nashville Comm High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Frogtown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Frogtown 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 Frogtown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Frogtown
Is Frogtown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Frogtown ranks 37,864th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, fast internet, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the weather and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Frogtown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $176,326. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $76,359 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Frogtown safe?
Frogtown is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
Compare Frogtown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Frogtown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Frogtown 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.
Frogtown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Frogtown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Frogtown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Frogtown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Frogtown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Frogtown 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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