Best PlacesHettick, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hettick, 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.
Hettick ranks 32,225th 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 Hettick
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.
Hettick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hettick ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 81% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 78% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
Where Hettick ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hettick
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hettick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,796, 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 Hettick's effective rate of 1.40%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hettick
Hettick runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hettick.
Who works in Hettick, and how
Work in Hettick centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hettick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hettick.
What the weather is like in Hettick, month by month
Hettick 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 Hettick
The nearest airport, Abraham Lincoln Capital, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 45 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hettick
Schools across Hettick average a D, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carlinville Primary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Carlinville Intermediate SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Greenfield Elem SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northwestern Jr High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Carlinville High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Greenfield High SchoolF · 11% proficient
- Northwestern High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hettick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hettick 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 Hettick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hettick
Is Hettick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hettick ranks 32,225th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and what local pay buys, 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 Hettick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,533. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $79,796 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Hettick safe?
Hettick is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
Compare Hettick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hettick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hettick 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.
Hettick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hettick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hettick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hettick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hettick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hettick 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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