Best PlacesWoosung, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woosung, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Woosung ranks 14,145th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on what local pay buys.
The best neighborhoods in Woosung
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.
Woosung's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woosung ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Household income$95,494 median, better than 82% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Woosung ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,040 a month, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woosung
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woosung home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,494, 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 Woosung's effective rate of 1.80%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Woosung
Woosung runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Woosung.
Who works in Woosung, and how
Work in Woosung centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Woosung
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Woosung.
What the weather is like in Woosung, month by month
Woosung sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Woosung
The nearest airport, Chicago/Rockford International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woosung
Schools across Woosung average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Centennial Elem SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Aplington Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Reagan Middle SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Dixon High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Polo Comm High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woosung school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woosung 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 Woosung against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woosung
Is Woosung a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woosung ranks 14,145th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a strong job market, and big-city access, 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 Woosung expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,436. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $95,494 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Woosung safe?
Yes, Woosung is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 per resident a year.
Compare Woosung with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woosung. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woosung 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.
Woosung detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woosung: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woosung: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woosung: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woosung: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woosung 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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