Best PlacesAmbia, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ambia, 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.
Ambia ranks 33,297th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Internet speeds pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Ambia
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.
Ambia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ambia ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 70% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 69% of towns
Where Ambia ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ambia
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ambia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,403, 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 Ambia's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Ambia
Ambia runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ambia.
Who works in Ambia, and how
Work in Ambia centers on agriculture & forestry and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Ambia
Ambia has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Ambia and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ambia, month by month
Ambia sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 64° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Ambia
The nearest airport, University of Illinois/Willard, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 83 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ambia
Schools across Ambia average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prairie Crossing Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Warren Central Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Benton Central Jr-sr High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ambia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ambia 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 Ambia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ambia
Is Ambia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ambia ranks 33,297th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, big-city access, and state infrastructure, and lowest on internet speeds and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ambia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $257,267. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $81,403 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Ambia safe?
Ambia is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $551 per resident a year.
Compare Ambia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ambia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ambia 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.
Ambia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ambia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ambia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ambia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ambia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ambia 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.