Best PlacesLamb, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lamb, 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.
Lamb ranks 46,427th 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 Lamb
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.
Lamb's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lamb ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 81% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
Where Lamb ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 50 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
- Household income$43,989 median, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lamb
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lamb home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,989, 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 Lamb's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Lamb
Lamb 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 Lamb.
Who works in Lamb, and how
Work in Lamb centers on health care & social and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lamb
Lamb has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Lamb and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lamb, month by month
Lamb sees roughly 50 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 Lamb
The nearest airport, Barkley Regional, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lamb
Schools across Lamb average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gallatin Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Hardin County Elem SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gallatin Junior High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Hardin County Jr High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Gallatin High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
- Hardin County High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lamb school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lamb 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 Lamb against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lamb
Is Lamb a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lamb ranks 46,427th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and tree cover, 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 Lamb expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $131,063. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $43,989 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Lamb safe?
Yes, Lamb is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $219 per resident a year.
Compare Lamb with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lamb. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lamb 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.
Lamb detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lamb: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lamb: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lamb: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lamb: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lamb 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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