Best PlacesSilvis, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Silvis, 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.
Silvis ranks 32,808th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Silvis
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.
Silvis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Silvis ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute19.7 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
Where Silvis ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Silvis
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Silvis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,842, 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 Silvis' effective rate of 2.35%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Silvis
Silvis 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 Silvis.
Who works in Silvis, and how
Work in Silvis centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Silvis
Silvis has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Silvis and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Silvis, month by month
Silvis sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Silvis
The nearest airport, Quad Cities International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 134 miles away.
The best schools in and around Silvis
Schools across Silvis average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- C R Hanna Elem SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Eagle Ridge SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Butterworth Elem SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Orion Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Glenview Middle SchoolF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Orion High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- United Twp High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Silvis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Silvis 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 Silvis against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Silvis
Is Silvis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Silvis ranks 32,808th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and walkability, and lowest on property taxes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Silvis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,320. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $58,842 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Silvis safe?
Silvis is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $264 per resident a year.
Compare Silvis with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Silvis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Silvis 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.
Silvis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Silvis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Silvis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Silvis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Silvis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Silvis 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.