Best PlacesManteno, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Manteno, 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.
Manteno ranks 14,690th 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 Manteno
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.
Manteno's strengths and weaknesses
Where Manteno ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
Where Manteno 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 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Manteno
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Manteno home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,118, 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 Manteno's effective rate of 2.40%, 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 Manteno
Manteno 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 Manteno.
Who works in Manteno, and how
Work in Manteno centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Manteno
Manteno has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns and more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Manteno and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Manteno, month by month
Manteno sees roughly 72 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 October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Manteno
Chicago Midway International sits about 37 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 Manteno
Schools across Manteno average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- St George Elem SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Manteno Elem SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wilmington Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Manteno Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Peotone High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Wilmington High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Manteno High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Manteno school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Manteno 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 Manteno against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Manteno
Is Manteno a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Manteno ranks 14,690th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, 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 Manteno expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $236,576. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $101,118 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Manteno safe?
Yes, Manteno is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $173 per resident a year.
Compare Manteno with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Manteno. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Manteno 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.
Manteno detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Manteno: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Manteno: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Manteno: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Manteno: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Manteno 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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