Best PlacesPeters Creek, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peters Creek, 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.
Peters Creek ranks 46,654th 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 Peters Creek
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.
Peters Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peters Creek ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 65% of towns
Where Peters Creek ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 50 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Peters Creek
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peters Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,847, 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 Peters Creek's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Peters Creek
Peters Creek 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 Peters Creek.
Who works in Peters Creek, and how
Work in Peters Creek centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Peters Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Peters Creek.
What the weather is like in Peters Creek, month by month
Peters Creek sees roughly 50 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 Peters Creek
The nearest airport, Barkley Regional, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Peters Creek
Schools across Peters Creek average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hardin County Elem SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hardin County Jr High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Hardin County High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peters Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peters Creek 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 Peters Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Peters Creek
Is Peters Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peters Creek ranks 46,654th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and quiet, and lowest on the weather and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Peters Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $95,393. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $53,847 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Peters Creek safe?
Peters Creek is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $307 per resident a year.
Compare Peters Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peters Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peters Creek 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.
Peters Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peters Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peters Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peters Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peters Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peters Creek 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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