Best PlacesLincolnshire, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lincolnshire, 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.
Lincolnshire ranks 538th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lincolnshire
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.
Lincolnshire's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lincolnshire ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$167,920 median, better than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
Where Lincolnshire ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,267 a month, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lincolnshire
A household needs to earn about $201,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lincolnshire home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $167,920, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Lincolnshire's effective rate of 2.31%, 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 Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lincolnshire.
Who works in Lincolnshire, and how
Work in Lincolnshire centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Lincolnshire and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lincolnshire, month by month
Lincolnshire sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 60° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 67° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Lincolnshire
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 15 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.8 million passengers in 2025, with 305 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lincolnshire
Schools across Lincolnshire average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bannockburn SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Half Day SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Prairie Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Daniel Wright Jr High SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Twin Groves Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Aptakisic Junior High SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Adlai E Stevenson High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Deerfield High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lincolnshire school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lincolnshire
Is Lincolnshire a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lincolnshire ranks 538th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, biking, and what local pay buys, 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 Lincolnshire expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $637,861. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $167,920 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Lincolnshire safe?
Lincolnshire is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $243 per resident a year.
Compare Lincolnshire with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lincolnshire. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lincolnshire 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.
Lincolnshire detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lincolnshire: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lincolnshire: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lincolnshire: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lincolnshire: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lincolnshire 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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