Best PlacesHainesville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hainesville, 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.
Hainesville ranks 7,348th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hainesville
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.
Hainesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hainesville ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
Where Hainesville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,267 a month, better than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hainesville
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hainesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $127,760, 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 Hainesville's effective rate of 3.06%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hainesville
Hainesville's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hainesville.
Who works in Hainesville, and how
Work in Hainesville centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Hainesville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hainesville.
What the weather is like in Hainesville, month by month
Hainesville sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 56° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 63° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Hainesville
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 27 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.8 million passengers in 2025, with 305 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hainesville
Schools across Hainesville average a C−, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prairieview SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Park East SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- W J Murphy Elem SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Park West SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Frederick SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Magee Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Grayslake Central High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Round Lake Senior High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hainesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hainesville 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 Hainesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hainesville
Is Hainesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hainesville ranks 7,348th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, biking, and transit, 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 Hainesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $224,577. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $127,760 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Hainesville safe?
Yes, Hainesville is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $183 per resident a year.
Compare Hainesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hainesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hainesville 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.
Hainesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hainesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hainesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hainesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hainesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hainesville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.