Best PlacesHumm Wye, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Humm Wye, 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.
Humm Wye ranks 45,474th 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 Humm Wye
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.
Humm Wye's strengths and weaknesses
Where Humm Wye ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Short commute21.4 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
Where Humm Wye ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 51 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Humm Wye
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Humm Wye home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,480, 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 Humm Wye's effective rate of 1.10%, 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 Humm Wye
Humm Wye runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Humm Wye.
Who works in Humm Wye, and how
Work in Humm Wye centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Humm Wye
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Humm Wye.
What the weather is like in Humm Wye, month by month
Humm Wye sees roughly 51 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Humm Wye
The nearest airport, Barkley Regional, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 133 miles away.
The best schools in and around Humm Wye
Schools across Humm Wye average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pope County Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Hardin County Elem SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hardin County Jr High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Hardin County High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- Pope Co High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Humm Wye school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Humm Wye 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 Humm Wye against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Humm Wye
Is Humm Wye a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Humm Wye ranks 45,474th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, short commutes, and fast internet, and lowest on the weather and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Humm Wye expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $127,781. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $64,480 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Humm Wye safe?
Humm Wye is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $439 per resident a year.
Compare Humm Wye with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Humm Wye. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Humm Wye 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.
Humm Wye detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Humm Wye: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Humm Wye: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Humm Wye: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Humm Wye: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Humm Wye 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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