Best PlacesHagaman, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hagaman, 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.
Hagaman ranks 14,132nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hagaman
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.
Hagaman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hagaman ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
- Household income$98,269 median, better than 84% of towns
Where Hagaman ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 17% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hagaman
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hagaman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,269, 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 Hagaman's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 Hagaman
Hagaman runs older 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 Hagaman.
Who works in Hagaman, and how
Work in Hagaman centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Hagaman
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hagaman.
What the weather is like in Hagaman, month by month
Hagaman sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Hagaman
St Louis Lambert International sits about 38 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.5 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hagaman
Schools across Hagaman average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carlinville Primary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Carlinville Intermediate SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Shipman Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southwestern Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Carlinville High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Southwestern High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hagaman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hagaman 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 Hagaman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hagaman
Is Hagaman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hagaman ranks 14,132nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, what local pay buys, and a strong job market, 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 Hagaman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $172,950. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $98,269 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Hagaman safe?
Hagaman is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
Compare Hagaman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hagaman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hagaman 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.
Hagaman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hagaman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hagaman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hagaman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hagaman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hagaman 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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