Best PlacesWrights, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wrights, 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.
Wrights ranks 41,297th 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 Wrights
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.
Wrights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Wrights ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- QuietBetter than 73% of towns
- Cheap childcare$704 a month, better than 64% of towns
Where Wrights ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wrights
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wrights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,802, 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 Wrights' effective rate of 1.31%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wrights
Wrights runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wrights.
Who works in Wrights, and how
Work in Wrights centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wrights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wrights.
What the weather is like in Wrights, month by month
Wrights sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Wrights
St Louis Lambert International sits about 44 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 Wrights
Schools across Wrights average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carrollton Grade SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- North Greene ElemD+ · 22% proficient
- Greenfield Elem SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Carrollton High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
- North Greene Jr/sr High SchD− · 12% proficient
- Greenfield High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wrights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wrights 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 Wrights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wrights
Is Wrights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wrights ranks 41,297th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, a strong job market, and state infrastructure, 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 Wrights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $122,038. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $74,802 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Wrights safe?
Wrights is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $471 per resident a year.
Compare Wrights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wrights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wrights 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.
Wrights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wrights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wrights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wrights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wrights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wrights 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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