Best PlacesPankeyville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pankeyville, 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.
Pankeyville ranks 32,886th 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 Pankeyville
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.
Pankeyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pankeyville ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Pankeyville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 51 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter 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 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pankeyville
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pankeyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,422, 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 Pankeyville's effective rate of 1.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pankeyville
Pankeyville 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 Pankeyville.
Who works in Pankeyville, and how
Work in Pankeyville centers on education and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Pankeyville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pankeyville.
What the weather is like in Pankeyville, month by month
Pankeyville sees roughly 51 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Pankeyville
The nearest airport, Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 123 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pankeyville
Schools across Pankeyville average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Harrisburg Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Harrisburg High SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pankeyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pankeyville 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 Pankeyville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pankeyville
Is Pankeyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pankeyville ranks 32,886th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, fast internet, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pankeyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,428. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $66,422 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Pankeyville safe?
Yes, Pankeyville is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $161 per resident a year.
Compare Pankeyville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pankeyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pankeyville 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.
Pankeyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pankeyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pankeyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pankeyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pankeyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pankeyville 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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