Best PlacesAttica, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Attica, 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.
Attica ranks 30,166th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Attica
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.
Attica's strengths and weaknesses
Where Attica ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 76% of towns
Where Attica ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Attica
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Attica home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,565, 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 Attica's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Attica
Attica'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 Attica.
Who works in Attica, and how
Work in Attica centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Attica
Attica has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Attica and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Attica, month by month
Attica sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Attica
The nearest airport, University of Illinois/Willard, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Attica
Schools across Attica average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pine Village Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Otterbein Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Warren Central Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Klondike Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
- Southwestern Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Mccutcheon High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Benton Central Jr-sr High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Seeger Memorial Jr-sr High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Attica school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Attica 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 Attica against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Attica
Is Attica a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Attica ranks 30,166th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cheap car insurance, and biking, and lowest on taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Attica expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,564. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $73,565 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Attica safe?
Attica is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $391 per resident a year.
Compare Attica with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Attica. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Attica 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.
Attica detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Attica: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Attica: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Attica: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Attica: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Attica 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.