Best PlacesSauk Village, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sauk Village, 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.
Sauk Village ranks 46,812th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sauk Village
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.
Sauk Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sauk Village ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of towns
Where Sauk Village ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sauk Village
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sauk Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,537, 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 Sauk Village's effective rate of 1.99%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sauk Village
Sauk Village runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sauk Village.
Who works in Sauk Village, and how
Work in Sauk Village centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Sauk Village
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sauk Village.
What the weather is like in Sauk Village, month by month
Sauk Village sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Sauk Village
Chicago Midway International sits about 23 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Sauk Village
Schools across Sauk Village average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sandridge Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Strassburg ElemF · 5% proficient
- Balmoral Elem SchF · 3% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crete-monee Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- Columbia Central SchoolF · 12% proficient
- Rickover Jr High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Top high schools
- Crete-monee High SchoolF · 11% proficient
- Bloom Trail High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sauk Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sauk Village 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 Sauk Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sauk Village
Is Sauk Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sauk Village ranks 46,812th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and biking, and lowest on the schools and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sauk Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $121,100. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $70,537 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Sauk Village safe?
Sauk Village is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $557 per resident a year.
Compare Sauk Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sauk Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sauk Village 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.
Sauk Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sauk Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sauk Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sauk Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sauk Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sauk Village 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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