Best PlacesKidd, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kidd, 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.
Kidd ranks 29,455th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low crime.
The best neighborhoods in Kidd
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.
Kidd's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kidd ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 74% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 72% of towns
Where Kidd ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 50 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kidd
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kidd home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,085, 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 Kidd's effective rate of 1.36%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kidd
Kidd 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 Kidd.
Who works in Kidd, and how
Work in Kidd centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Kidd
Kidd has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Kidd and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kidd, month by month
Kidd sees roughly 50 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Kidd
The nearest airport, Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis, is about 35 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 Kidd
Schools across Kidd average a C, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gardner Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Prairie Du Rocher Elem SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Valmeyer Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Valmeyer Jr HighD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Waterloo High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Red Bud High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Valmeyer High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kidd school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kidd 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 Kidd against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kidd
Is Kidd a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kidd ranks 29,455th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, what local pay buys, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the weather and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kidd expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,147. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $85,085 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Kidd safe?
Yes, Kidd is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $159 per resident a year.
Compare Kidd with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kidd. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kidd 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.
Kidd detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kidd: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kidd: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kidd: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kidd: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kidd 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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