Best PlacesAllen County, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Allen County, 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.
Allen County ranks 539th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on fast internet and biking. The weaker spots are noise, the weather, and taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Allen County
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.
The best areas in Allen County
The parts of Allen County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Grabill, Leo & Woodburn
More residents vote, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Huntertown
Biking is worse and streets are more car-dependent.
Roanoke
More adults hold degrees, though fewer households have young kids.
Fort Wayne
Scores close to Roanoke, except that crime runs higher here.
New Haven
Scores close to Fort Wayne, except that it is quieter here.
Monroeville
Advertised internet is slower and health outcomes score lower.
Allen County shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 2% of the country and others in the top 1%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Allen County's strengths and weaknesses
Allen County ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. Fast internet, biking, and transit carry most of that.
The one real hole is noise, near the bottom of the country. The weather and taxes also cost it ground. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Allen County ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of counties
- BikingBetter than 94% of counties
- TransitBetter than 92% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 91% of counties
Where Allen County ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 25% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 30% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Allen County
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Allen County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,564, 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 Allen County's 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Allen County
Allen County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Allen County.
Who works in Allen County, and how
Work in Allen County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Allen County
Allen County has more parkland per resident than 66% of counties and more late-night spots per resident than 69% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Allen County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Allen County growing, and who is moving in?
Allen County has grown about 9% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Indianapolis, IN.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Allen County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Allen County, month by month
Allen County sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Allen County
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Allen County
Schools across Allen County average a C, better than 39% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Cedarville Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Fred H Croninger Elementary SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Aboite Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crestview Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Antwerp Local Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Leo Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Carroll High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Homestead High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Leo Junior/senior High SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Allen County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Allen County 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 Allen County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Allen County suits
Families
Schools land around the 39th percentile and crime safety beats 88%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 80% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Allen County
Is Allen County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Allen County ranks 539th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on fast internet, biking, and transit, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Allen County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $217,808. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $79,564 median income, cost of living beats 80% of counties.
Is Allen County safe?
Yes, Allen County is safer than 88% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $230 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Allen County?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 20. That works out to about 64 pleasant days a year, more than 10% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Allen County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Grabill, Leo & Woodburn, Huntertown, and Roanoke. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Allen County good for families?
Schools beat 39% of counties, crime safety beats 88%, and childcare runs $872 a month.
Is Allen County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 80% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 95% of counties. About 10% of workers already work from home.
Compare Allen County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Allen County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Allen County 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.
Allen County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Allen County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Allen County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Allen County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Allen County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Allen County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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.