Best PlacesYatesville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yatesville, 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.
Yatesville ranks 22,387th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yatesville
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.
Yatesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yatesville ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Short commute17.3 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- Household income$104,017 median, better than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
Where Yatesville ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yatesville
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yatesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,017, 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 Yatesville's effective rate of 1.44%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Yatesville
Yatesville 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 Yatesville.
Who works in Yatesville, and how
Work in Yatesville centers on admin & support services and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Yatesville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yatesville.
What the weather is like in Yatesville, month by month
Yatesville sees roughly 58 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 Yatesville
The nearest airport, Abraham Lincoln Capital, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 77 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yatesville
Schools across Yatesville average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- A-c Central Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- A-c Central Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- A-c Central High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yatesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yatesville 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 Yatesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yatesville
Is Yatesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yatesville ranks 22,387th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, short commutes, and high incomes, and lowest on biking and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yatesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,719. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $104,017 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Yatesville safe?
Yes, Yatesville is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $197 per resident a year.
Compare Yatesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yatesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yatesville 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.
Yatesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yatesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yatesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yatesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yatesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yatesville 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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