Best PlacesWilsonville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilsonville, 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.
Wilsonville ranks 34,610th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Wilsonville
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.
Wilsonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilsonville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 70% of towns
- BikingBetter than 68% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 66% of towns
Where Wilsonville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Short commute37.5 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilsonville
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilsonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,340, 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 Wilsonville's effective rate of 1.17%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wilsonville
Wilsonville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wilsonville.
Who works in Wilsonville, and how
Work in Wilsonville 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 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Wilsonville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilsonville.
What the weather is like in Wilsonville, month by month
Wilsonville sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Wilsonville
St Louis Lambert International sits about 34 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.5 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Wilsonville
Schools across Wilsonville average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Staunton Elem SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Wolf Ridge Education CenterD− · 13% proficient
- Ben-gil Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Staunton Jr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Gillespie Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Gillespie High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Staunton High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Bunker Hill High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilsonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilsonville 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 Wilsonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilsonville
Is Wilsonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilsonville ranks 34,610th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, state infrastructure, and a stable housing market, 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 Wilsonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,932. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $64,340 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Wilsonville safe?
Yes, Wilsonville is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $225 per resident a year.
Compare Wilsonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilsonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilsonville 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.
Wilsonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilsonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilsonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilsonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilsonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilsonville 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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