Best PlacesMonee, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Monee, 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.
Monee ranks 20,052nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Monee
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.
Monee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Monee ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$113,123 median, better than 91% of towns
Where Monee ranks low
- Low property taxBetter 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 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,352 a month, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Monee
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Monee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $113,123, 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 Monee's effective rate of 2.14%, 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 Monee
Monee runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Monee.
Who works in Monee, and how
Work in Monee centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Monee
Monee has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Monee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Monee, month by month
Monee 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 September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Monee
Chicago Midway International sits about 25 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 Monee
Schools across Monee average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beecher Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Monee Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
- Talala Elementary SchoolF · 3% proficient
Top middle schools
- Beecher Junior High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Crete-monee Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Peotone High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Beecher High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Crete-monee High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Monee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Monee 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 Monee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Monee
Is Monee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Monee ranks 20,052nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, big-city access, and cell coverage, 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 Monee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $311,921. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $113,123 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Monee safe?
Monee is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $332 per resident a year.
Compare Monee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Monee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Monee 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.
Monee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Monee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Monee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Monee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Monee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Monee 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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