Best PlacesWinfield, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Winfield, 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.
Winfield ranks 2,923rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Winfield
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.
Winfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Winfield ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$140,491 median, better than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
Where Winfield ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,560 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Winfield
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Winfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $140,491, 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 Winfield's effective rate of 2.07%, 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 Winfield
Winfield runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Winfield.
Who works in Winfield, and how
Work in Winfield centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Winfield
Winfield has more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Winfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Winfield, month by month
Winfield sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Winfield
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 14 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.8 million passengers in 2025, with 305 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Winfield
Schools across Winfield average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Emerson Elem SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Wiesbrook Elem SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Carl Sandburg Elem SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Benjamin Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Winfield Central SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Monroe Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Wheaton North High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Wheaton Warrenville South H SB− · 45% proficient
- Glenbard North High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Winfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Winfield 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 Winfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Winfield
Is Winfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Winfield ranks 2,923rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, big-city access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Winfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $402,110. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $140,491 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Winfield safe?
Yes, Winfield is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $194 per resident a year.
Compare Winfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Winfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Winfield 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.
Winfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Winfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Winfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Winfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Winfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Winfield 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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