Best PlacesMascoutah, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mascoutah, 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.
Mascoutah ranks 9,423rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mascoutah
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.
Mascoutah's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mascoutah ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Mascoutah ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 49 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mascoutah
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mascoutah home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,898, 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 Mascoutah's effective rate of 1.83%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mascoutah
Mascoutah's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mascoutah.
Who works in Mascoutah, and how
Work in Mascoutah centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mascoutah
Mascoutah has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mascoutah and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mascoutah, month by month
Mascoutah sees roughly 49 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Mascoutah
The nearest airport, Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mascoutah
Schools across Mascoutah average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mascoutah Elem SchoolB · 46% proficient
- New Athens ElemB · 45% proficient
- St Libory Elem SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Athens Jr HighB+ · 48% proficient
- Mascoutah Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Freeburg Elem SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Mascoutah High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Freeburg Community High SchC− · 30% proficient
- New Athens High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mascoutah school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mascoutah 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 Mascoutah against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mascoutah
Is Mascoutah a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mascoutah ranks 9,423rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, what local pay buys, and cell coverage, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mascoutah expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,206. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $100,898 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Mascoutah safe?
Mascoutah is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $229 per resident a year.
Compare Mascoutah with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mascoutah. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mascoutah 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.
Mascoutah detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mascoutah: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mascoutah: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mascoutah: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mascoutah: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mascoutah 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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