Best PlacesAuburn Junction, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Auburn Junction, 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.
Auburn Junction ranks 16,295th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Auburn Junction
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.
Auburn Junction's strengths and weaknesses
Where Auburn Junction ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Auburn Junction ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 33% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Auburn Junction
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Auburn Junction home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,239, 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 Auburn Junction's effective rate of 0.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Auburn Junction
Auburn Junction'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 Auburn Junction.
Who works in Auburn Junction, and how
Work in Auburn Junction 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 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Auburn Junction
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Auburn Junction.
What the weather is like in Auburn Junction, month by month
Auburn Junction sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Auburn Junction
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Auburn Junction
Schools across Auburn Junction average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- James R Watson Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Mckenney-harrison Elementary SchB− · 41% proficient
- Country Meadow Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dekalb Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Garrett Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Dekalb High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Garrett High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Auburn Junction school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Auburn Junction 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 Auburn Junction against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Auburn Junction
Is Auburn Junction a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Auburn Junction ranks 16,295th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and few empty homes, and lowest on taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Auburn Junction expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $280,558. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $85,239 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Auburn Junction safe?
Auburn Junction is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
Compare Auburn Junction with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Auburn Junction. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Auburn Junction 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.
Auburn Junction detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Auburn Junction: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Auburn Junction: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Auburn Junction: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Auburn Junction: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Auburn Junction 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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