Best PlacesSunny Hill Estates, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sunny Hill Estates, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sunny Hill Estates ranks 13,526th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sunny Hill Estates
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.
Sunny Hill Estates' strengths and weaknesses
Where Sunny Hill Estates ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$104,823 median, better than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Sunny Hill Estates ranks low
- 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
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sunny Hill Estates
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sunny Hill Estates home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,823, 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 Sunny Hill Estates' effective rate of 1.92%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sunny Hill Estates
Sunny Hill Estates runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sunny Hill Estates.
Who works in Sunny Hill Estates, and how
Work in Sunny Hill Estates centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sunny Hill Estates
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sunny Hill Estates.
What the weather is like in Sunny Hill Estates, month by month
Sunny Hill Estates sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Sunny Hill Estates
The nearest airport, Quad Cities International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 137 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sunny Hill Estates
Schools across Sunny Hill Estates average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sherrard Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- C R Hanna Elem SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Orion Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Sherrard Jr High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Orion High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Sherrard High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sunny Hill Estates school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sunny Hill Estates 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 Sunny Hill Estates against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sunny Hill Estates
Is Sunny Hill Estates a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sunny Hill Estates ranks 13,526th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and civic engagement, 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 Sunny Hill Estates expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $295,466. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $104,823 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Sunny Hill Estates safe?
Yes, Sunny Hill Estates is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 per resident a year.
Compare Sunny Hill Estates with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sunny Hill Estates. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sunny Hill Estates 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.
Sunny Hill Estates detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sunny Hill Estates: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sunny Hill Estates: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sunny Hill Estates: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sunny Hill Estates: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sunny Hill Estates 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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