Best PlacesOpheim, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Opheim, 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.
Opheim ranks 29,555th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Opheim
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.
Opheim's strengths and weaknesses
Where Opheim ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 77% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 72% of towns
Where Opheim 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 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Opheim
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Opheim home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,367, 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 Opheim's effective rate of 1.86%, 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 Opheim
Opheim runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Opheim.
Who works in Opheim, and how
Work in Opheim centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Opheim
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Opheim.
What the weather is like in Opheim, month by month
Opheim 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 Opheim
The nearest airport, Quad Cities International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around Opheim
Schools across Opheim average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- C R Hanna Elem SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- 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 Opheim school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Opheim 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 Opheim against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Opheim
Is Opheim a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Opheim ranks 29,555th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, civic engagement, and what local pay buys, 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 Opheim expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,444. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $81,367 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Opheim safe?
Yes, Opheim is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $209 per resident a year.
Compare Opheim with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Opheim. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Opheim 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.
Opheim detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Opheim: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Opheim: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Opheim: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Opheim: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Opheim 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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