Best PlacesSavoy, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Savoy, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Savoy ranks 4,753rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Savoy
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.
Savoy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Savoy ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
Where Savoy ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Savoy
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Savoy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $116,190, 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 Savoy's effective rate of 1.96%, 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 Savoy
Savoy's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Savoy.
Who works in Savoy, and how
Work in Savoy centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Savoy
Savoy has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Savoy and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Savoy, month by month
Savoy sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Savoy
The nearest airport, University of Illinois/Willard, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Savoy
Schools across Savoy average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carrie Busey Elem SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Vernon L Barkstall Elementary SchC− · 28% proficient
- International Prep AcademyF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Unity Jr High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Franklin Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Jefferson Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Unity High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Centennial High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Urbana High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Savoy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Savoy 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 Savoy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Savoy
Is Savoy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Savoy ranks 4,753rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, population health, and biking, and lowest on the schools and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Savoy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $319,851. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $116,190 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Savoy safe?
Yes, Savoy is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare Savoy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Savoy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Savoy 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.
Savoy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Savoy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Savoy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Savoy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Savoy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Savoy 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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