Best PlacesRoby, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roby, 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.
Roby ranks 22,751st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Biking pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on few empty homes.
The best neighborhoods in Roby
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.
Roby's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roby ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$99,196 median, better than 84% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 83% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of towns
Where Roby ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roby
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roby home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,196, 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 Roby's effective rate of 1.49%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Roby
Roby 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 Roby.
Who works in Roby, and how
Work in Roby centers on education and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Roby
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Roby.
What the weather is like in Roby, month by month
Roby sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Roby
The nearest airport, Abraham Lincoln Capital, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Roby
Schools across Roby average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Edinburg Elem SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- Taylorville Jr High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Edinburg Jr High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Rochester High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Edinburg High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
- Taylorville Sr High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roby school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roby 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 Roby against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roby
Is Roby a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roby ranks 22,751st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on biking and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roby expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $219,060. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $99,196 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Roby safe?
Roby is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $263 per resident a year.
Compare Roby with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roby. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roby 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.
Roby detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roby: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roby: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roby: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roby: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roby 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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