Best PlacesBennett, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bennett, 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.
Bennett ranks 5,639th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bennett
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.
Bennett's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bennett ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
Where Bennett ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 39% of towns
- Short commute28.4 minutes each way, better than only 42% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bennett
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bennett home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,306, 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 Bennett's effective rate of 1.15%, 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 Bennett
Bennett runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bennett.
Who works in Bennett, and how
Work in Bennett centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bennett
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bennett.
What the weather is like in Bennett, month by month
Bennett sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Bennett
The nearest airport, Quad Cities International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 159 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bennett
Schools across Bennett average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Cedar Lowden Elementary CenterA− · 62% proficient
- Tipton Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Bennett Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tipton Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Susan Clark Junior HighA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilton Jr-sr High SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Tipton High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Calamus-wheatland Sec Attendance CenterA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bennett school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bennett 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 Bennett against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bennett
Is Bennett a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bennett ranks 5,639th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, good schools, and what local pay buys, and lowest on a weak job market and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bennett expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,779. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $91,306 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Bennett safe?
Yes, Bennett is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
Compare Bennett with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bennett. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bennett 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.
Bennett detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bennett: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bennett: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bennett: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bennett: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bennett 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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