Best PlacesMcCormick, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around McCormick, 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.
McCormick ranks 46,649th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in McCormick
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.
McCormick's strengths and weaknesses
Where McCormick ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 81% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 79% of towns
Where McCormick ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in McCormick
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median McCormick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,501, 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 McCormick's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in McCormick
McCormick runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for McCormick.
Who works in McCormick, and how
Work in McCormick centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in McCormick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across McCormick.
What the weather is like in McCormick, month by month
McCormick sees roughly 52 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of McCormick
The nearest airport, Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 125 miles away.
The best schools in and around McCormick
Schools across McCormick average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Simpson Hill Dist 32D+ · 25% proficient
- Pope County Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Vienna High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Pope Co High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every McCormick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
McCormick 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 McCormick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in McCormick
Is McCormick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, McCormick ranks 46,649th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, fast internet, and a stable housing market, and lowest on the weather and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is McCormick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,314. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $55,501 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is McCormick safe?
McCormick is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $340 per resident a year.
Compare McCormick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to McCormick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in McCormick 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.
McCormick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for McCormick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in McCormick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of McCormick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in McCormick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
McCormick 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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