Best PlacesStreamwood, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Streamwood, 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.
Streamwood ranks 1,164th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Streamwood
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.
Streamwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Streamwood ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 84% of cities
- BikingBetter than 80% of cities
Where Streamwood ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Streamwood
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Streamwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,942, 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 Streamwood's effective rate of 2.12%, 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 Streamwood
Streamwood's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Streamwood.
Who works in Streamwood, and how
Work in Streamwood centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Streamwood
Streamwood has more parkland per resident than 91% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Streamwood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Streamwood, month by month
Streamwood sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Streamwood
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 14 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.8 million passengers in 2025, with 305 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Streamwood
Schools across Streamwood average a D, better than 5% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Bartlett Elem SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Liberty Elem SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jane Addams JhsB+ · 51% proficient
- Dwight D Eisenhower JhsB · 44% proficient
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Barrington High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- South Elgin High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Streamwood High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Streamwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Streamwood 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 Streamwood against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Streamwood suits
Common questions about living in Streamwood
Is Streamwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Streamwood ranks 1,164th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low disaster risk, a stable housing market, and heat safety, and lowest on the schools and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Streamwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $280,318. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $101,942 median income, cost of living beats 58% of cities.
Is Streamwood safe?
Streamwood is safer than 54% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $225 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Streamwood?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 32 with lows near 18. That works out to about 101 pleasant days a year, more than 61% of cities.
Is Streamwood good for families?
Schools beat 5% of cities, crime safety beats 54%, and childcare runs $1,105 a month.
Compare Streamwood with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Streamwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Streamwood 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.
Streamwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Streamwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Streamwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Streamwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Streamwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Streamwood 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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