Best PlacesNaples, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Naples, 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.
Naples ranks 38,907th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Naples
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.
Naples' strengths and weaknesses
Where Naples ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 68% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 63% of towns
- Short commute25.1 minutes each way, better than 62% of towns
Where Naples ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 51 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% 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
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Naples
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Naples home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,967, 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 Naples' effective rate of 1.42%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Naples
Naples runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Naples.
Who works in Naples, and how
Work in Naples centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Naples
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Naples.
What the weather is like in Naples, month by month
Naples sees roughly 51 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Naples
The nearest airport, Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Naples
Schools across Naples average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bluffs Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Griggsville-perry Primary SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Meredosia-chambersburg Elem SchF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bluffs Junior High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
- Griggsville-perry Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
- Meredosia-chambersburg Jr HighF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Meredosia-chambersburg High SchD+ · 25% proficient
- Bluffs High SchoolF · 10% proficient
- Griggsville-perry High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Naples school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Naples 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 Naples against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Naples
Is Naples a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Naples ranks 38,907th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state infrastructure, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Naples expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $98,139. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $74,967 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Naples safe?
Yes, Naples is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $221 per resident a year.
Compare Naples with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Naples. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Naples 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.
Naples detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Naples: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Naples: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Naples: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Naples: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Naples 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.