Best PlacesArgos, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Argos, 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.
Argos ranks 25,618th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Argos
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.
Argos' strengths and weaknesses
Where Argos ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of towns
Where Argos ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Argos
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Argos home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,712, 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 Argos' 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 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 Argos
Argos's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Argos.
Who works in Argos, and how
Work in Argos centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Argos
Argos has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Argos and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Argos, month by month
Argos sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Argos
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Argos
Schools across Argos average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Triton Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Argos Community ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Webster Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Riverside IntermediateC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Triton Jr-sr High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Plymouth High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Argos Comm Jr-sr High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Argos school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Argos 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 Argos against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Argos
Is Argos a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Argos ranks 25,618th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on noise and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Argos expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $157,114. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $70,712 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Argos safe?
Yes, Argos is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $243 per resident a year.
Compare Argos with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Argos. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Argos 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.
Argos detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Argos: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Argos: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Argos: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Argos: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Argos 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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