Best PlacesSnicarte, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Snicarte, 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.
Snicarte ranks 45,457th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Snicarte
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.
Snicarte's strengths and weaknesses
Where Snicarte ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 61% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 53% of towns
Where Snicarte ranks low
- Local economyBetter 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
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Snicarte
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Snicarte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,979, 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 Snicarte's effective rate of 1.34%, 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 Snicarte
Snicarte 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 Snicarte.
Who works in Snicarte, and how
Work in Snicarte centers on retail trade and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Snicarte
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Snicarte.
What the weather is like in Snicarte, month by month
Snicarte sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Snicarte
The nearest airport, Abraham Lincoln Capital, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Snicarte
Schools across Snicarte average a D, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Central Elem SchoolD · 20% proficient
- A-c Central Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Havana Jr High SchoolD− · 19% proficient
- A-c Central Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Havana High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
- A-c Central High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Snicarte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Snicarte 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 Snicarte against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Snicarte
Is Snicarte a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Snicarte ranks 45,457th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a stable housing market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on a weak job market and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Snicarte expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $82,711. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $63,979 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Snicarte safe?
Snicarte is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $329 per resident a year.
Compare Snicarte with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Snicarte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Snicarte 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.
Snicarte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Snicarte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Snicarte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Snicarte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Snicarte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Snicarte 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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