Best PlacesLis, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lis, 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.
Lis ranks 29,588th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lis
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.
Lis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lis ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Lis 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
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lis
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,299, 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 Lis' effective rate of 1.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lis
Lis runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lis.
Who works in Lis, and how
Work in Lis centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lis
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lis.
What the weather is like in Lis, month by month
Lis sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Lis
The nearest airport, Decatur, is about 65 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lis
Schools across Lis average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Jasper Co Jr HighB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Newton Comm High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lis 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 Lis against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lis
Is Lis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lis ranks 29,588th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, civic engagement, and few empty homes, 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 Lis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $184,049. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $70,299 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Lis safe?
Yes, Lis is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $108 per resident a year.
Compare Lis with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lis 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.
Lis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lis 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.