Best PlacesMooseheart, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mooseheart, 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.
Mooseheart ranks 1,485th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mooseheart
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.
Mooseheart's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mooseheart ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$188,804 median, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Mooseheart 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
- Cheap childcare$1,380 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mooseheart
A household needs to earn about $143,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mooseheart home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $188,804, 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 Mooseheart's effective rate of 2.43%, 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 Mooseheart
Mooseheart's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mooseheart.
Who works in Mooseheart, and how
Work in Mooseheart centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Mooseheart
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mooseheart.
What the weather is like in Mooseheart, month by month
Mooseheart sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Mooseheart
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 26 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.8 million passengers in 2025, with 305 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Mooseheart
Schools across Mooseheart average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fabyan Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Alice Gustafson Elem SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Grace Mcwayne Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sam Rotolo Middle SchB− · 41% proficient
- Geneva Middle Sch NorthC+ · 37% proficient
- Jewel Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Geneva Community High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Batavia Sr High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Kaneland Senior High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mooseheart school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mooseheart 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 Mooseheart against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mooseheart
Is Mooseheart a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mooseheart ranks 1,485th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and population health, 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 Mooseheart expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $448,972. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $188,804 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Mooseheart safe?
Mooseheart is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
Compare Mooseheart with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mooseheart. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mooseheart 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.
Mooseheart detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mooseheart: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mooseheart: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mooseheart: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mooseheart: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mooseheart 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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