Best PlacesLincoln Estates, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lincoln Estates, 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.
Lincoln Estates ranks 18,700th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lincoln Estates
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.
Lincoln Estates' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lincoln Estates ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- BikingBetter than 79% of towns
Where Lincoln Estates ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute36.3 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lincoln Estates
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lincoln Estates home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,453, 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 Lincoln Estates' effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Lincoln Estates
Lincoln Estates 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 Lincoln Estates.
Who works in Lincoln Estates, and how
Work in Lincoln Estates centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lincoln Estates
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lincoln Estates.
What the weather is like in Lincoln Estates, month by month
Lincoln Estates sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Lincoln Estates
Chicago Midway International sits about 21 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lincoln Estates
Schools across Lincoln Estates average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chelsea Elem SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Indian Trail Elem SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Frankfort Square Elem SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Summit Hill Junior High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Sauk Elem SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln-way East High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Peotone High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Rich Township High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lincoln Estates school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lincoln Estates 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 Lincoln Estates against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lincoln Estates
Is Lincoln Estates a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lincoln Estates ranks 18,700th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, cell coverage, and few empty homes, and lowest on taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lincoln Estates expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $273,243. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $83,453 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Lincoln Estates safe?
Lincoln Estates is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $266 per resident a year.
Compare Lincoln Estates with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lincoln Estates. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lincoln Estates 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.
Lincoln Estates detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lincoln Estates: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lincoln Estates: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lincoln Estates: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lincoln Estates: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lincoln Estates 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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