Best PlacesAvery, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Avery, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Avery ranks 15,948th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Avery
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.
Avery's strengths and weaknesses
Where Avery ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Avery ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Avery
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Avery home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,343, 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 Avery's effective rate of 1.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Avery
Avery runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Avery.
Who works in Avery, and how
Work in Avery centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Avery
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Avery.
What the weather is like in Avery, month by month
Avery sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Avery
The nearest airport, Des Moines International, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 161 miles away.
The best schools in and around Avery
Schools across Avery average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eddyville ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Albia Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
Top high schools
- Albia High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Eddyville-blakesburg-fremont Jr/sr HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Avery school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Avery 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 Avery against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Avery
Is Avery a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Avery ranks 15,948th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, state finances, and good schools, and lowest on biking and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Avery expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,514. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $68,343 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Avery safe?
Yes, Avery is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $127 per resident a year.
Compare Avery with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Avery. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Avery 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.
Avery detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Avery: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Avery: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Avery: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Avery: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Avery 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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