Best PlacesNew Windsor, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Windsor, 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.
New Windsor ranks 33,841st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Windsor
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.
New Windsor's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Windsor ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- QuietBetter than 72% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 71% of towns
Where New Windsor 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 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Windsor
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Windsor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,450, 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 New Windsor's effective rate of 1.65%, 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 New Windsor
New Windsor 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 New Windsor.
Who works in New Windsor, and how
Work in New Windsor centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in New Windsor
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Windsor.
What the weather is like in New Windsor, month by month
New Windsor sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of New Windsor
The nearest airport, Quad Cities International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 142 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Windsor
Schools across New Windsor average a D+, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Alwood Elem SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Winola Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Orion Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Sherrard Jr High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Orion High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Sherrard High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Windsor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Windsor 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 New Windsor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Windsor
Is New Windsor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Windsor ranks 33,841st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, a stable housing market, and state infrastructure, 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 New Windsor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $120,507. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $58,450 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is New Windsor safe?
Yes, New Windsor is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $146 per resident a year.
Compare New Windsor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Windsor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Windsor 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.
New Windsor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Windsor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Windsor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Windsor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Windsor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Windsor 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.