Best PlacesWilton Center, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilton Center, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wilton Center ranks 7,286th 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 Wilton Center
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.
Wilton Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilton Center ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$130,072 median, better than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Wilton Center ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,352 a month, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilton Center
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilton Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $130,072, 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 Wilton Center's effective rate of 1.65%, 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 Wilton Center
Wilton Center runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wilton Center.
Who works in Wilton Center, and how
Work in Wilton Center centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Wilton Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilton Center.
What the weather is like in Wilton Center, month by month
Wilton Center sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Wilton Center
Chicago Midway International sits about 33 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Wilton Center
Schools across Wilton Center average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top high schools
- Peotone High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilton Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilton Center 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 Wilton Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilton Center
Is Wilton Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilton Center ranks 7,286th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, what local pay buys, and high incomes, 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 Wilton Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $415,673. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $130,072 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Wilton Center safe?
Wilton Center is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $224 per resident a year.
Compare Wilton Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilton Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilton Center 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.
Wilton Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilton Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilton Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilton Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilton Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilton Center 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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