Best PlacesThawville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thawville, 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.
Thawville ranks 35,294th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Thawville
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.
Thawville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thawville ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 69% of towns
Where Thawville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thawville
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thawville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,611, 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 Thawville's effective rate of 1.31%, 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 Thawville
Thawville runs younger than the country, 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 Thawville.
Who works in Thawville, and how
Work in Thawville centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Thawville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Thawville.
What the weather is like in Thawville, month by month
Thawville sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 64° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Thawville
The nearest airport, Central Il Regional/Bloomington- Normal, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Thawville
Schools across Thawville average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Iroquois West Elem School/gilmanA− · 60% proficient
- Clara Peterson Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Iroquois West Elem Sch/thawvilleD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Paxton-buckley-loda Jr High SchC+ · 37% proficient
- Tri-point Jr High/elementaryD · 23% proficient
- Iroquois West Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Paxton-buckley-loda High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Iroquois West High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Tri-point High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thawville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thawville 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 Thawville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Thawville
Is Thawville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thawville ranks 35,294th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, big-city access, and state infrastructure, 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 Thawville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $128,243. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $72,611 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Thawville safe?
Thawville is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $265 per resident a year.
Compare Thawville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thawville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thawville 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.
Thawville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thawville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thawville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thawville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thawville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thawville 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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