Best PlacesWoodbine, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodbine, 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.
Woodbine ranks 26,000th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Woodbine
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.
Woodbine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodbine ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 85% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
- Household income$94,896 median, better than 81% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
Where Woodbine ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute34.5 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodbine
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodbine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,896, 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 Woodbine's effective rate of 1.20%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Woodbine
Woodbine runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Woodbine.
Who works in Woodbine, and how
Work in Woodbine centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Woodbine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Woodbine.
What the weather is like in Woodbine, month by month
Woodbine sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 23° | 17° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Woodbine
The nearest airport, Dubuque Regional, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 117 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woodbine
Schools across Woodbine average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stockton Elem SchoolB · 48% proficient
- River Ridge Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- River Ridge Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- River Ridge High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Stockton Sr High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodbine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodbine 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 Woodbine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodbine
Is Woodbine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodbine ranks 26,000th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, an educated workforce, and what local pay buys, 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 Woodbine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $158,700. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $94,896 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Woodbine safe?
Woodbine is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $221 per resident a year.
Compare Woodbine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodbine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodbine 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.
Woodbine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodbine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodbine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodbine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodbine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodbine 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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