Best PlacesVergennes, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vergennes, 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.
Vergennes ranks 37,196th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state infrastructure.
The best neighborhoods in Vergennes
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.
Vergennes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Vergennes ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- QuietBetter than 69% of towns
- Short commute24.7 minutes each way, better than 64% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 64% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 61% of towns
Where Vergennes 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 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vergennes
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vergennes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,156, 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 Vergennes' effective rate of 1.20%, 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 Vergennes
Vergennes runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vergennes.
Who works in Vergennes, and how
Work in Vergennes centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Vergennes
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vergennes.
What the weather is like in Vergennes, month by month
Vergennes sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Vergennes
The nearest airport, Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vergennes
Schools across Vergennes average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pinckneyville Elem SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Du Quoin Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Trico Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Elverado Junior High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Pinckneyville Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Trico Jr High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Trico Senior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Du Quoin High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Pinckneyville Comm High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vergennes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vergennes 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 Vergennes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vergennes
Is Vergennes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vergennes ranks 37,196th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, quiet, and short commutes, 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 Vergennes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $135,674. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $69,156 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Vergennes safe?
Yes, Vergennes is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $208 per resident a year.
Compare Vergennes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vergennes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vergennes 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.
Vergennes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vergennes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vergennes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vergennes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vergennes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vergennes 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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