Best PlacesStreator, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Streator, 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.
Streator ranks 39,213th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Streator
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.
Streator's strengths and weaknesses
Where Streator ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Streator ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Streator
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Streator home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,589, 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 Streator's effective rate of 1.74%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Streator
Streator's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Streator.
Who works in Streator, and how
Work in Streator centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Streator
Streator has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns and more parkland per resident than 91% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Streator and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Streator, month by month
Streator sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Streator
The nearest airport, Central Il Regional/Bloomington- Normal, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Streator
Schools across Streator average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grand Ridge SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Wallace Elem SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Lostant Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northlawn Jr High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Fieldcrest High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Woodland High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- La Salle-peru Twp High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Streator school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Streator 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 Streator against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Streator
Is Streator a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Streator ranks 39,213th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cell coverage, and walkability, and lowest on taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Streator expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $109,905. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $60,589 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Streator safe?
Streator is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $279 per resident a year.
Compare Streator with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Streator. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Streator 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.
Streator detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Streator: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Streator: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Streator: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Streator: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Streator 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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