Best PlacesHebron, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hebron, 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.
Hebron ranks 21,321st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hebron
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.
Hebron's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hebron ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Hebron ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,371 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hebron
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hebron home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,322, 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 Hebron's effective rate of 1.82%, 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 Hebron
Hebron runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hebron.
Who works in Hebron, and how
Work in Hebron centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hebron
Hebron has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Hebron and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hebron, month by month
Hebron sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Hebron
The nearest airport, Chicago/Rockford International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 43 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hebron
Schools across Hebron average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Alden Hebron Elem SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Jefferson Elem SchoolF · 8% proficient
- Crosby Elem SchF · 4% proficient
Top middle schools
- Alden-hebron Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Alden-hebron High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Harvard High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hebron school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hebron 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 Hebron against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hebron
Is Hebron a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hebron ranks 21,321st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and low disaster risk, 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 Hebron expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $262,245. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $85,322 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Hebron safe?
Yes, Hebron is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $223 per resident a year.
Compare Hebron with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hebron. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hebron 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.
Hebron detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hebron: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hebron: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hebron: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hebron: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hebron 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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