Best PlacesGoreville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Goreville, 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.
Goreville ranks 38,846th 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 Goreville
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.
Goreville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Goreville ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 80% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 80% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- BikingBetter than 74% of towns
Where Goreville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Goreville
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Goreville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,022, 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 Goreville's effective rate of 1.33%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Goreville
Goreville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Goreville.
Who works in Goreville, and how
Work in Goreville centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Goreville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Goreville.
What the weather is like in Goreville, month by month
Goreville sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Goreville
The nearest airport, Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Goreville
Schools across Goreville average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Washington Elem SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Vienna Elem School Dist 55C+ · 36% proficient
- Longfellow Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marion Jr High SchoolD · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Goreville High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Vienna High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Marion High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Goreville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Goreville 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 Goreville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Goreville
Is Goreville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Goreville ranks 38,846th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, an educated workforce, and walkability, 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 Goreville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,221. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $70,022 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Goreville safe?
Yes, Goreville is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $204 per resident a year.
Compare Goreville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Goreville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Goreville 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.
Goreville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Goreville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Goreville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Goreville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Goreville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Goreville 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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