Best PlacesLe Roy, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Le Roy, 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.
Le Roy ranks 12,328th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Le Roy
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.
Le Roy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Le Roy ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Le Roy ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,405 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Le Roy
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Le Roy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,867, 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 Le Roy's effective rate of 2.05%, 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 Le Roy
Le Roy's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Le Roy.
Who works in Le Roy, and how
Work in Le Roy centers on finance & insurance and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Le Roy
Le Roy has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Le Roy and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Le Roy, month by month
Le Roy sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Le Roy
The nearest airport, Central Il Regional/Bloomington- Normal, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Le Roy
Schools across Le Roy average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tri-valley Elem SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Leroy Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tri-valley Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Leroy Junior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Clinton Jr High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Tri-valley High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Leroy High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Clinton High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Le Roy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Le Roy 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 Le Roy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Le Roy
Is Le Roy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Le Roy ranks 12,328th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and fast internet, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Le Roy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $200,693. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $90,867 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Le Roy safe?
Yes, Le Roy is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $208 per resident a year.
Compare Le Roy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Le Roy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Le Roy 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.
Le Roy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Le Roy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Le Roy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Le Roy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Le Roy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Le Roy 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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