Best PlacesBass Lake, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bass Lake, 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.
Bass Lake ranks 28,165th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Empty homes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Bass Lake
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.
Bass Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bass Lake ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Bass Lake ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bass Lake
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bass Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,768, 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 Bass Lake's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Bass Lake
Bass Lake runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bass Lake.
Who works in Bass Lake, and how
Work in Bass Lake centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bass Lake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bass Lake.
What the weather is like in Bass Lake, month by month
Bass Lake sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 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 | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Bass Lake
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bass Lake
Schools across Bass Lake average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Culver Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Knox Community Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Knox Community Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Knox Community High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Culver Community Middle/high SchD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bass Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bass Lake 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 Bass Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bass Lake
Is Bass Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bass Lake ranks 28,165th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and low disaster risk, and lowest on empty homes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bass Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $192,691. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $71,768 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Bass Lake safe?
Yes, Bass Lake is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $178 per resident a year.
Compare Bass Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bass Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bass Lake 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.
Bass Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bass Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bass Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bass Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bass Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bass Lake 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.