Best PlacesKingdom, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kingdom, 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.
Kingdom ranks 21,000th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kingdom
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.
Kingdom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kingdom ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$113,607 median, better than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 89% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Kingdom ranks low
- Internet speedBetter 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 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kingdom
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kingdom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $113,607, 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 Kingdom's effective rate of 1.78%, 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 Kingdom
Kingdom runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kingdom.
Who works in Kingdom, and how
Work in Kingdom centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Kingdom
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kingdom.
What the weather is like in Kingdom, month by month
Kingdom sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 23° | 16° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Kingdom
The nearest airport, Chicago/Rockford International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 74 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kingdom
Schools across Kingdom average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oregon Elem SchD+ · 23% proficient
- Ashton-franklin Center Elem SchD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Reagan Middle SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Dixon High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Oregon Jr/sr High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Ashton-franklin Center HsD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kingdom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kingdom 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 Kingdom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kingdom
Is Kingdom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kingdom ranks 21,000th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and an educated workforce, and lowest on internet speeds and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kingdom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $285,765. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $113,607 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Kingdom safe?
Kingdom is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $236 per resident a year.
Compare Kingdom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kingdom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kingdom 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.
Kingdom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kingdom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kingdom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kingdom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kingdom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kingdom 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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