Best PlacesWomac, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Womac, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Womac ranks 10,865th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Womac
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.
Womac's strengths and weaknesses
Where Womac ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$117,567 median, better than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 79% of towns
Where Womac ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Womac
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Womac home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $117,567, 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 Womac's effective rate of 1.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Womac
Womac'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 Womac.
Who works in Womac, and how
Work in Womac centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Womac
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Womac.
What the weather is like in Womac, month by month
Womac sees roughly 60 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 Womac
The nearest airport, Abraham Lincoln Capital, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 47 miles away.
The best schools in and around Womac
Schools across Womac average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carlinville Primary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Carlinville Intermediate SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Carlinville High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Womac school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Womac 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 Womac against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Womac
Is Womac a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Womac ranks 10,865th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, 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 Womac expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,553. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $117,567 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Womac safe?
Womac is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $242 per resident a year.
Compare Womac with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Womac. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Womac 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.
Womac detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Womac: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Womac: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Womac: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Womac: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Womac 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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