Best PlacesSummer Hill, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Summer Hill, 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.
Summer Hill ranks 31,537th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Summer Hill
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.
Summer Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Summer Hill ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
- Household income$93,077 median, better than 80% of towns
- QuietBetter than 79% of towns
Where Summer Hill ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 53 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% 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
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Summer Hill
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Summer Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,077, 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 Summer Hill's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Summer Hill
Summer Hill runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Summer Hill.
Who works in Summer Hill, and how
Work in Summer Hill centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Summer Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Summer Hill.
What the weather is like in Summer Hill, month by month
Summer Hill sees roughly 53 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Summer Hill
The nearest airport, Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Summer Hill
Schools across Summer Hill average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant Hill Elem SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pikeland Community SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Pittsfield High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Pleasant Hill High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Summer Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Summer Hill 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 Summer Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Summer Hill
Is Summer Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Summer Hill ranks 31,537th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, a strong job market, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Summer Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $118,045. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $93,077 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Summer Hill safe?
Summer Hill is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $293 per resident a year.
Compare Summer Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Summer Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Summer Hill 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.
Summer Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Summer Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Summer Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Summer Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Summer Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Summer Hill 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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