Best PlacesHoliday Shores, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holiday Shores, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Holiday Shores ranks 15,605th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Holiday Shores
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.
Holiday Shores' strengths and weaknesses
Where Holiday Shores ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 86% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of towns
Where Holiday Shores 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 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Holiday Shores
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holiday Shores home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,350, 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 Holiday Shores' effective rate of 1.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Holiday Shores
Holiday Shores runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Holiday Shores.
Who works in Holiday Shores, and how
Work in Holiday Shores centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Holiday Shores
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Holiday Shores.
What the weather is like in Holiday Shores, month by month
Holiday Shores sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Holiday Shores
St Louis Lambert International sits about 25 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 Holiday Shores
Schools across Holiday Shores average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woodland Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Worden Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lincoln Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holiday Shores school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holiday Shores 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 Holiday Shores against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Holiday Shores
Is Holiday Shores a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holiday Shores ranks 15,605th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, civic engagement, 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 Holiday Shores expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $271,525. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $97,350 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Holiday Shores safe?
Yes, Holiday Shores is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $163 per resident a year.
Compare Holiday Shores with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holiday Shores. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holiday Shores 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.
Holiday Shores detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holiday Shores: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holiday Shores: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holiday Shores: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holiday Shores: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holiday Shores 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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