Best PlacesLanesville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lanesville, 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.
Lanesville ranks 22,401st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Biking pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on few empty homes.
The best neighborhoods in Lanesville
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.
Lanesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lanesville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Household income$93,863 median, better than 80% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 80% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 77% of towns
Where Lanesville ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lanesville
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lanesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,863, 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 Lanesville's effective rate of 1.66%, 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 Lanesville
Lanesville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lanesville.
Who works in Lanesville, and how
Work in Lanesville centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lanesville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lanesville.
What the weather is like in Lanesville, month by month
Lanesville sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Lanesville
The nearest airport, Abraham Lincoln Capital, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 94 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lanesville
Schools across Lanesville average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sangamon Valley Intermediate SchD+ · 25% proficient
- Tri-city Elem SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Mount Pulaski Elem SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tri-city Jr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Sangamon Valley Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Mount Pulaski High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Tri-city High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
- Sangamon Valley High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lanesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lanesville 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 Lanesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lanesville
Is Lanesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lanesville ranks 22,401st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low crime, and high incomes, and lowest on biking and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lanesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,812. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $93,863 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Lanesville safe?
Yes, Lanesville is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $150 per resident a year.
Compare Lanesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lanesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lanesville 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.
Lanesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lanesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lanesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lanesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lanesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lanesville 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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