Best PlacesAlexandria, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Alexandria, 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.
Alexandria ranks 25,949th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Alexandria
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.
Alexandria's strengths and weaknesses
Where Alexandria ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- BikingBetter than 82% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
Where Alexandria ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 23% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Alexandria
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Alexandria home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,415, 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 Alexandria's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Alexandria
Alexandria runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Alexandria.
Who works in Alexandria, and how
Work in Alexandria centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Alexandria
Alexandria has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of towns and more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Alexandria and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Alexandria, month by month
Alexandria sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 29° | 24° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 43° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Alexandria
Indianapolis International sits about 50 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 Alexandria
Schools across Alexandria average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Yorktown Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Frankton Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Alexandria Monroe Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Yorktown Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Highland Middle SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Yorktown High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Frankton Jr-sr High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Wes-del Middle/senior High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Alexandria school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Alexandria 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 Alexandria against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Alexandria
Is Alexandria a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Alexandria ranks 25,949th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on taxes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Alexandria expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $141,694. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $72,415 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Alexandria safe?
Alexandria is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $292 per resident a year.
Compare Alexandria with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Alexandria. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Alexandria 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.
Alexandria detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Alexandria: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Alexandria: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Alexandria: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Alexandria: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Alexandria 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.