Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,540.
The best of Southern View’s subject grades are an A+ for walkability and an A for the outdoors; the weakest is a D− for schools. Southern View’s property crime rate is 48 per 1,000 residents, above both the Illinois town median (7.9) and the median of U.S. towns (9.9). On safety, just 12 of Illinois’ 405 towns do worse. Southern View’s trail density is 1.9 miles per square mile, against 0.3 in Illinois’ towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. On civic life, just 122 of Illinois’ 1,240 towns do worse. The biggest place to walk is Southern View Community Park, 30 acres with 1.2 miles of trail. Southern View has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Southern View beats most towns.
Where Southern View’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Southern View is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 433 in 1940, 1,596 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2026 and 4 maps from 1950 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Southern View. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi LandmarkLincoln Tomb
3 mi National Historic SiteLincoln Home National Historic Site124K visitors a year3 mi National MonumentSpringfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
3 mi MuseumOld State Capitol State Historic Site
18 mi MuseumLincoln's New Salem
3 mi MuseumIllinois State MuseumLincoln Tomb: David Jones, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lincoln Home National Historic Site: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old State Capitol State Historic Site: Shadow2700 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Lincoln's New Salem: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Illinois State Museum: Mike Linksvayer from Oakland, California, CC0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Southern View, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Southern View.
The violent crime rate in Southern View is 2.6 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Southern View home is worth about $133,000, up 9.3% in a year, 55% below the Illinois typical home. 64% of Southern View households own their home.
| Southern View | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,240 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Southern View beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 42% of adults have obesity in Southern View.
| Southern View | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Southern View | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.1% | 10.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.6% | 6.3% |
| More smokers | 17.3% | 12.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based in Southern View fell to 399 in 2023, 439 fewer than in 2013. Among 769 Illinois towns, just 9 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Southern View. Southern View’s average trip to work is 15 minutes.
| Southern View | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Southern View since 1997.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Southern View has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 19° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Southern View Community Park | 1.2 mi | 30 |
| 2. Jack McDonald Village Park | 0.1 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3 within 15 miles of the center of Southern View
About 3 of every 100 Southern View residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Southern View is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Southern View had a population of 1,596. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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2 towns share a border with Southern View.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern View | — | — | B | D | D− | C− |
| Woodside Township | #372 | B | B+ | — | C− | B+ |
| Capital Township | #580 | C | B | — | C− | B− |
Southern View has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Woodside Township and Capital Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Southern View with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 1.8 years of the area's median household income ($75,895 across the Springfield, IL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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