Best PlacesAlamo, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Alamo, 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.
Alamo ranks 19,478th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Alamo
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.
Alamo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Alamo ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Alamo ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of towns
- Short commute34.3 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Alamo
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Alamo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,703, 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 Alamo's effective rate of 0.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Alamo
Alamo runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Alamo.
Who works in Alamo, and how
Work in Alamo centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Alamo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Alamo.
What the weather is like in Alamo, month by month
Alamo sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Alamo
Indianapolis International sits about 44 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.2 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Alamo
Schools across Alamo average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Market Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Southeast Fountain ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southmont Jr High SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Southmont Sr High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Fountain Central High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Alamo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Alamo 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 Alamo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Alamo
Is Alamo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Alamo ranks 19,478th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and health care access, and lowest on taxes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Alamo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $168,623. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $81,703 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Alamo safe?
Alamo is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $263 per resident a year.
Compare Alamo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Alamo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Alamo 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.
Alamo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Alamo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Alamo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Alamo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Alamo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Alamo 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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