Best PlacesTodds Mill, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Todds Mill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Todds Mill ranks 27,439th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cell coverage.
The best neighborhoods in Todds Mill
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.
Todds Mill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Todds Mill ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 80% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Household income$86,553 median, better than 73% of towns
Where Todds Mill ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 49 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% 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 7% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Todds Mill
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Todds Mill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,553, 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 Todds Mill's effective rate of 1.66%, 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 Todds Mill
Todds Mill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Todds Mill.
Who works in Todds Mill, and how
Work in Todds Mill centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Todds Mill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Todds Mill.
What the weather is like in Todds Mill, month by month
Todds Mill sees roughly 49 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Todds Mill
The nearest airport, Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Todds Mill
Schools across Todds Mill average a D+, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Okawville Grade SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Oakdale Grade SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Nashville Grade SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Okawville Jr/sr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Nashville Comm High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Todds Mill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Todds Mill 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 Todds Mill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Todds Mill
Is Todds Mill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Todds Mill ranks 27,439th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, a stable housing market, and an educated workforce, 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 Todds Mill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $176,286. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $86,553 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Todds Mill safe?
Todds Mill is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
Compare Todds Mill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Todds Mill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Todds Mill 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.
Todds Mill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Todds Mill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Todds Mill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Todds Mill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Todds Mill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Todds Mill 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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