Best PlacesNauvoo, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nauvoo, 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.
Nauvoo ranks 37,386th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on short commutes.
The best neighborhoods in Nauvoo
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.
Nauvoo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nauvoo ranks high
- Short commute21.2 minutes each way, better than 83% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 79% of towns
- BikingBetter than 78% of towns
Where Nauvoo ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nauvoo
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nauvoo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,319, 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 Nauvoo's effective rate of 1.62%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Nauvoo
Nauvoo runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Nauvoo.
Who works in Nauvoo, and how
Work in Nauvoo centers on other services and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Nauvoo
Nauvoo has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Nauvoo and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Nauvoo, month by month
Nauvoo sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Nauvoo
The nearest airport, Southeast Iowa Regional, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 135 miles away.
The best schools in and around Nauvoo
Schools across Nauvoo average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Nauvoo Elem SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Lee High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Keokuk High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Fort Madison High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nauvoo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nauvoo 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 Nauvoo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nauvoo
Is Nauvoo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nauvoo ranks 37,386th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and civic engagement, 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 Nauvoo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,057. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $65,319 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Nauvoo safe?
Nauvoo is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $283 per resident a year.
Compare Nauvoo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nauvoo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nauvoo 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.
Nauvoo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nauvoo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nauvoo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nauvoo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nauvoo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nauvoo 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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