Best PlacesPark Hill, Moline, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Park Hill, Moline, 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.
Park Hill, Moline ranks 4,793rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. State finances pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on short commutes.
The best neighborhoods in Park Hill, Moline
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.
Park Hill, Moline's strengths and weaknesses
Where Park Hill, Moline ranks high
- Short commute19.3 minutes each way, better than 83% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
Where Park Hill, Moline ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Park Hill, Moline
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Park Hill, Moline home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,175, 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 Park Hill, Moline's effective rate of 1.80%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Park Hill, Moline
Park Hill, Moline runs younger 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 Park Hill, Moline.
Who works in Park Hill, Moline, and how
Work in Park Hill, Moline centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Park Hill, Moline
Park Hill, Moline has more parkland per resident than 91% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Park Hill, Moline and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Park Hill, Moline, month by month
Park Hill, Moline sees roughly 61 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 Park Hill, Moline
The nearest airport, Quad Cities International, is about 4 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 Park Hill, Moline
Schools across Park Hill, Moline average a D, better than 12% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Roosevelt Elem SchoolD− · 11% proficient
- Logan Elem SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Park Hill, Moline school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Park Hill, Moline 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 Park Hill, Moline against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Park Hill, Moline
Is Park Hill, Moline a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Park Hill, Moline ranks 4,793rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on short commutes, transit, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state finances and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Park Hill, Moline expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,114. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $62,175 median income, cost of living beats 47% of neighborhoods.
Is Park Hill, Moline safe?
Park Hill, Moline is safer than 35% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $467 per resident a year.
Compare Park Hill, Moline with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Park Hill, Moline. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Park Hill, Moline 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.
Park Hill, Moline detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Park Hill, Moline: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Park Hill, Moline: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Park Hill, Moline: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Park Hill, Moline: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Park Hill, Moline 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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