Best PlacesGreen Rock, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Green Rock, 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.
Green Rock ranks 34,423rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Green Rock
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.
Green Rock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Green Rock ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute19.9 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
Where Green Rock ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Green Rock
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Green Rock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,486, 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 Green Rock's effective rate of 1.99%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Green Rock
Green Rock runs younger 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 Green Rock.
Who works in Green Rock, and how
Work in Green Rock centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Green Rock
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Green Rock.
What the weather is like in Green Rock, month by month
Green Rock sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Green Rock
The nearest airport, Quad Cities International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 132 miles away.
The best schools in and around Green Rock
Schools across Green Rock average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- C R Hanna Elem SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Eagle Ridge SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Colona Grade SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Orion Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Orion High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- United Twp High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Green Rock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Green Rock 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 Green Rock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Green Rock
Is Green Rock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Green Rock ranks 34,423rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, transit, and biking, and lowest on the schools and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Green Rock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,373. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $81,486 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Green Rock safe?
Green Rock is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $321 per resident a year.
Compare Green Rock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Green Rock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Green Rock 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.
Green Rock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Green Rock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Green Rock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Green Rock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Green Rock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Green Rock 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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