Best PlacesSicily, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sicily, 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.
Sicily ranks 26,447th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Tree cover pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Sicily
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.
Sicily's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sicily ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute21.3 minutes each way, better than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- QuietBetter than 73% of towns
Where Sicily ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sicily
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sicily home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,491, 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 Sicily's effective rate of 1.54%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sicily
Sicily runs younger 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 Sicily.
Who works in Sicily, and how
Work in Sicily centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Sicily
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sicily.
What the weather is like in Sicily, month by month
Sicily sees roughly 59 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 Sicily
The nearest airport, Abraham Lincoln Capital, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sicily
Schools across Sicily average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pawnee Grade SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Morrisonville Elem SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Edinburg Elem SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- Taylorville Jr High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Morrisonville Jr High SchoolF · 8% proficient
- Edinburg Jr High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Morrisonville High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Pawnee Jr/sr High SchD− · 18% proficient
- Edinburg High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sicily school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sicily 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 Sicily against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sicily
Is Sicily a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sicily ranks 26,447th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, what local pay buys, and short commutes, and lowest on tree cover and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sicily expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $103,527. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $83,491 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Sicily safe?
Yes, Sicily is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $212 per resident a year.
Compare Sicily with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sicily. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sicily 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.
Sicily detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sicily: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sicily: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sicily: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sicily: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sicily 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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