Best PlacesTimewell, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Timewell, 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.
Timewell ranks 35,174th 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 Timewell
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.
Timewell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Timewell ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 80% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Short commute23.2 minutes each way, better than 73% of towns
- QuietBetter than 73% of towns
Where Timewell ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Timewell
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Timewell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,245, 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 Timewell's effective rate of 1.24%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Timewell
Timewell runs older 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 Timewell.
Who works in Timewell, and how
Work in Timewell centers on wholesale trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Timewell
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Timewell.
What the weather is like in Timewell, month by month
Timewell sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, 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 | 36° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Timewell
The nearest airport, Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Timewell
Schools across Timewell average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brown County Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Central 3-4 Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brown County Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Central Junior High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Brown County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Central High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Timewell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Timewell 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 Timewell against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Timewell
Is Timewell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Timewell ranks 35,174th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, a strong job market, 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 Timewell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,411. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $74,245 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Timewell safe?
Timewell is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $353 per resident a year.
Compare Timewell with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Timewell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Timewell 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.
Timewell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Timewell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Timewell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Timewell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Timewell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Timewell 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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