Best PlacesMoonshine, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moonshine, 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.
Moonshine ranks 40,203rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Moonshine
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.
Moonshine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moonshine ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 65% of towns
- Cheap childcare$704 a month, better than 64% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 62% of towns
Where Moonshine ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Moonshine
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moonshine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,290, 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 Moonshine's effective rate of 1.29%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Moonshine
Moonshine'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 Moonshine.
Who works in Moonshine, and how
Work in Moonshine centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Moonshine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Moonshine.
What the weather is like in Moonshine, month by month
Moonshine sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Moonshine
The nearest airport, University of Illinois/Willard, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Moonshine
Schools across Moonshine average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hutsonville Elem And Jr High SchC− · 28% proficient
- Monroe Elem SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Martinsville Elem SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Casey-westfield Jr/sr HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Hutsonville High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Martinsville Jr- Sr High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Moonshine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moonshine 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 Moonshine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Moonshine
Is Moonshine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moonshine ranks 40,203rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state infrastructure, and what local pay buys, and lowest on internet speeds and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Moonshine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,777. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $75,290 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Moonshine safe?
Moonshine is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
Compare Moonshine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moonshine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moonshine 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.
Moonshine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moonshine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moonshine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moonshine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moonshine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moonshine 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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