Best PlacesNevins, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nevins, 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.
Nevins ranks 20,173rd 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 Nevins
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.
Nevins' strengths and weaknesses
Where Nevins ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute14.9 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Nevins ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nevins
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nevins home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,863, 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 Nevins' effective rate of 1.12%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Nevins
Nevins runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Nevins.
Who works in Nevins, and how
Work in Nevins centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Nevins
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Nevins.
What the weather is like in Nevins, month by month
Nevins sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Nevins
The nearest airport, University of Illinois/Willard, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 74 miles away.
The best schools in and around Nevins
Schools across Nevins average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crestwood Elem SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mayo Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Crestwood Jr High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Paris Cooperative High School 4D · 20% proficient
- Paris Cooperative High School 95D− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nevins school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nevins 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 Nevins against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nevins
Is Nevins a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nevins ranks 20,173rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, short commutes, 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 Nevins expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,382. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $61,863 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Nevins safe?
Yes, Nevins is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $164 per resident a year.
Compare Nevins with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nevins. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nevins 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.
Nevins detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nevins: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nevins: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nevins: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nevins: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nevins 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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