Best PlacesAlgiers, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Algiers, 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.
Algiers ranks 28,941st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Algiers
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.
Algiers' strengths and weaknesses
Where Algiers ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 75% of towns
- Short commute23.4 minutes each way, better than 72% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 72% of towns
Where Algiers ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Algiers
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Algiers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,253, 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 Algiers' effective rate of 0.77%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Algiers
Algiers runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Algiers.
Who works in Algiers, and how
Work in Algiers centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Algiers
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Algiers.
What the weather is like in Algiers, month by month
Algiers sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Algiers
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Algiers
Schools across Algiers average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Veale Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Petersburg Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington Junior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Pike Central Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Pike Central High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Washington High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Algiers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Algiers 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 Algiers against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Algiers
Is Algiers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Algiers ranks 28,941st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state infrastructure, and low crime, and lowest on the weather and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Algiers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,546. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $65,253 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Algiers safe?
Yes, Algiers is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Algiers with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Algiers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Algiers 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.
Algiers detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Algiers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Algiers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Algiers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Algiers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Algiers 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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