Best PlacesLong Grove, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Long Grove, 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.
Long Grove ranks 916th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Long Grove
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.
Long Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Long Grove ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$123,364 median, better than 94% of towns
Where Long Grove ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 31% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 39% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 48% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Long Grove
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Long Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $123,364, 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 Long Grove's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 Long Grove
Long Grove runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Long Grove.
Who works in Long Grove, and how
Work in Long Grove centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Long Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Long Grove.
What the weather is like in Long Grove, month by month
Long Grove sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Long Grove
The nearest airport, Quad Cities International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 137 miles away.
The best schools in and around Long Grove
Schools across Long Grove average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Alan Shepard Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Ekstrand Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Virgil Grissom Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Scott Junior High SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Central Dewitt Intermediate SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- North Scott High SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Central Dewitt High SchoolA · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Long Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Long Grove 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 Long Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Long Grove
Is Long Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Long Grove ranks 916th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, what local pay buys, and low disaster risk, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Long Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $371,635. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $123,364 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Long Grove safe?
Yes, Long Grove is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $209 per resident a year.
Compare Long Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Long Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Long Grove 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.
Long Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Long Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Long Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Long Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Long Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Long Grove 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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