Best PlacesSymerton, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Symerton, 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.
Symerton ranks 17,179th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Symerton
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.
Symerton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Symerton ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$113,712 median, better than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 81% of towns
Where Symerton ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 53 pleasant days a year, 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
- Cheap childcare$1,352 a month, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Symerton
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Symerton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $113,712, 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 Symerton's effective rate of 1.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Symerton
Symerton runs older than the country, 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 Symerton.
Who works in Symerton, and how
Work in Symerton centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Symerton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Symerton.
What the weather is like in Symerton, month by month
Symerton sees roughly 53 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Symerton
Chicago Midway International sits about 36 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 Symerton
Schools across Symerton average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elwood C C SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wilmington Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Peotone High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Wilmington High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Joliet Central High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Symerton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Symerton 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 Symerton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Symerton
Is Symerton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Symerton ranks 17,179th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, high incomes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Symerton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $316,792. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $113,712 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Symerton safe?
Yes, Symerton is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $207 per resident a year.
Compare Symerton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Symerton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Symerton 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.
Symerton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Symerton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Symerton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Symerton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Symerton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Symerton 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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