Best PlacesBatesville, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Batesville, 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.
Batesville ranks 15,524th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Batesville
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.
Batesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Batesville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
Where Batesville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$926 a month, better than only 33% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Batesville
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Batesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,325, 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 Batesville'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 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 Batesville
Batesville'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 Batesville.
Who works in Batesville, and how
Work in Batesville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Batesville
Batesville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Batesville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Batesville, month by month
Batesville sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Batesville
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 34 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Batesville
Schools across Batesville average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Decatur Elementary SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Batesville Intermediate SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Brookville Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Batesville Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Franklin County Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Milan Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Batesville High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Franklin County HighB− · 45% proficient
- North Decatur Jr-sr High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Batesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Batesville 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 Batesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Batesville
Is Batesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Batesville ranks 15,524th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, walkability, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Batesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $249,625. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $75,325 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Batesville safe?
Yes, Batesville is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 per resident a year.
Compare Batesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Batesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Batesville 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.
Batesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Batesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Batesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Batesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Batesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Batesville 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.