Best PlacesRadom, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Radom, 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.
Radom ranks 39,121st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Radom
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.
Radom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Radom ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 75% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 66% of towns
Where Radom 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 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Radom
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Radom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,463, 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 Radom's effective rate of 1.71%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Radom
Radom 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 Radom.
Who works in Radom, and how
Work in Radom centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Radom
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Radom.
What the weather is like in Radom, month by month
Radom sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 47° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Radom
The nearest airport, Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Radom
Schools across Radom average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ashley Com Consolidated SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Waltonville Grade SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Community Cons SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Nashville Comm High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Waltonville High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
- Pinckneyville Comm High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Radom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Radom 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 Radom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Radom
Is Radom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Radom ranks 39,121st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, a strong job 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 Radom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $130,563. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $75,463 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Radom safe?
Yes, Radom is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Radom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Radom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Radom 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.
Radom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Radom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Radom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Radom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Radom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Radom 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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