Best PlacesTrilla, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Trilla, 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.
Trilla ranks 34,982nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Trilla
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.
Trilla's strengths and weaknesses
Where Trilla ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 74% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 74% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 69% of towns
Where Trilla ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Trilla
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trilla home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,433, 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 Trilla's effective rate of 1.39%, 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 Trilla
Trilla runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Trilla.
Who works in Trilla, and how
Work in Trilla centers on admin & support services and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Trilla
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Trilla.
What the weather is like in Trilla, month by month
Trilla sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Trilla
The nearest airport, Decatur, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Trilla
Schools across Trilla average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Arland D Williams Jr Elem SchD · 19% proficient
- Cumberland Elem SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Riddle Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mattoon Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Cumberland Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Jefferson Elem SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Cumberland High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Charleston High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Mattoon High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Trilla school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Trilla 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 Trilla against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Trilla
Is Trilla a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trilla ranks 34,982nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state infrastructure, and population health, 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 Trilla expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $158,341. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $78,433 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Trilla safe?
Trilla is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $300 per resident a year.
Compare Trilla with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trilla. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trilla 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.
Trilla detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trilla: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trilla: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trilla: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trilla: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trilla 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.