Best PlacesSun River Terrace, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sun River Terrace, 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.
Sun River Terrace ranks 34,891st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sun River Terrace
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.
Sun River Terrace's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sun River Terrace ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- BikingBetter than 74% of towns
Where Sun River Terrace ranks low
- 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
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sun River Terrace
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sun River Terrace home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,969, 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 Sun River Terrace's effective rate of 1.85%, 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 Sun River Terrace
Sun River Terrace's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sun River Terrace.
Who works in Sun River Terrace, and how
Work in Sun River Terrace centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sun River Terrace
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sun River Terrace.
What the weather is like in Sun River Terrace, month by month
Sun River Terrace sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Sun River Terrace
Chicago Midway International sits about 46 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Sun River Terrace
Schools across Sun River Terrace average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- St Anne Elem SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- Je-neir Elem SchoolD− · 11% proficient
- Mark Twain Primary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Momence Jr High SchoolF · 13% proficient
- Kankakee Junior High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Momence High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- Kankakee High SchoolF · 8% proficient
- St Anne Comm High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sun River Terrace school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sun River Terrace 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 Sun River Terrace against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sun River Terrace
Is Sun River Terrace a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sun River Terrace ranks 34,891st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and low disaster risk, 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 Sun River Terrace expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,797. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $65,969 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Sun River Terrace safe?
Yes, Sun River Terrace is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Sun River Terrace with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sun River Terrace. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sun River Terrace 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.
Sun River Terrace detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sun River Terrace: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sun River Terrace: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sun River Terrace: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sun River Terrace: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sun River Terrace 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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