Best PlacesWarner, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warner, 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.
Warner ranks 15,105th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Warner
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.
Warner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Warner ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$101,517 median, better than 86% of towns
Where Warner ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warner
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,517, 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 Warner's effective rate of 1.91%, 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 Warner
Warner runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Warner.
Who works in Warner, and how
Work in Warner centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Warner
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Warner.
What the weather is like in Warner, month by month
Warner sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Warner
The nearest airport, Quad Cities International, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 137 miles away.
The best schools in and around Warner
Schools across Warner average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sherrard Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- C R Hanna Elem SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Orion Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Sherrard Jr High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Orion High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Sherrard High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warner 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 Warner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warner
Is Warner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warner ranks 15,105th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, what local pay buys, and civic engagement, 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 Warner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,522. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $101,517 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Warner safe?
Yes, Warner is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $179 per resident a year.
Compare Warner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warner 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.
Warner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warner 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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