Best PlacesWoodburn, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodburn, 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.
Woodburn ranks 15,922nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Woodburn
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.
Woodburn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodburn ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$109,643 median, better than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
Where Woodburn ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute35.4 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodburn
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodburn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $109,643, 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 Woodburn's effective rate of 1.31%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Woodburn
Woodburn'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 Woodburn.
Who works in Woodburn, and how
Work in Woodburn centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Woodburn
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Woodburn.
What the weather is like in Woodburn, month by month
Woodburn sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Woodburn
St Louis Lambert International sits about 28 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 Woodburn
Schools across Woodburn average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shipman Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Wolf Ridge Education CenterD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southwestern Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Southwestern High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Bunker Hill High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodburn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodburn 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 Woodburn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodburn
Is Woodburn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodburn ranks 15,922nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, civic engagement, and high incomes, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodburn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $263,500. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $109,643 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Woodburn safe?
Yes, Woodburn is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
Compare Woodburn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodburn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodburn 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.
Woodburn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodburn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodburn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodburn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodburn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodburn 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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