Best PlacesMoriah, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moriah, 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.
Moriah ranks 38,720th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Moriah
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.
Moriah's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moriah ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 71% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 67% of towns
- Cheap childcare$704 a month, better than 64% of towns
Where Moriah ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Moriah
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moriah home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,488, 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 Moriah's effective rate of 1.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Moriah
Moriah runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Moriah.
Who works in Moriah, and how
Work in Moriah 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 Moriah
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Moriah.
What the weather is like in Moriah, month by month
Moriah sees roughly 62 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 Moriah
The nearest airport, University of Illinois/Willard, is about 59 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Moriah
Schools across Moriah average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe Elem SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Casey-westfield Jr/sr HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Moriah school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moriah 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 Moriah against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Moriah
Is Moriah a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moriah ranks 38,720th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state infrastructure, and an educated workforce, and lowest on taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Moriah expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $141,500. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $76,488 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Moriah safe?
Moriah is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $351 per resident a year.
Compare Moriah with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moriah. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moriah 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.
Moriah detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moriah: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moriah: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moriah: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moriah: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moriah 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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