Best PlacesHartsburg, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hartsburg, 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.
Hartsburg ranks 25,340th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hartsburg
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.
Hartsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hartsburg ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 83% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 82% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 79% of towns
Where Hartsburg ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% 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 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hartsburg
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hartsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,789, 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 Hartsburg's effective rate of 1.59%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hartsburg
Hartsburg runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hartsburg.
Who works in Hartsburg, and how
Work in Hartsburg centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Hartsburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hartsburg.
What the weather is like in Hartsburg, month by month
Hartsburg sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Hartsburg
The nearest airport, Abraham Lincoln Capital, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hartsburg
Schools across Hartsburg average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chester-east Lincoln Elem SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Olympia West Elem SchC · 33% proficient
- West Lincoln-broadwell Elem SchC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Olympia Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Delavan Jr High SchoolF · 13% proficient
- Illini Central Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Olympia High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Lincoln Comm High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Delavan High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hartsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hartsburg 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 Hartsburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hartsburg
Is Hartsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hartsburg ranks 25,340th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, few empty homes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hartsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $139,178. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $81,789 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Hartsburg safe?
Yes, Hartsburg is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $196 per resident a year.
Compare Hartsburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hartsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hartsburg 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.
Hartsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hartsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hartsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hartsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hartsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hartsburg 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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