Best PlacesBondurant, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bondurant, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bondurant ranks 157th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bondurant
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.
Bondurant's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bondurant ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
Where Bondurant ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 48% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bondurant
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bondurant home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $128,030, 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 Bondurant's effective rate of 1.44%, 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 Bondurant
Bondurant runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bondurant.
Who works in Bondurant, and how
Work in Bondurant centers on finance & insurance and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Bondurant
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bondurant.
What the weather is like in Bondurant, month by month
Bondurant sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 23° | 16° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Bondurant
The nearest airport, Des Moines International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 129 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bondurant
Schools across Bondurant average an A+, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Polk Central Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Altoona ElementaryA · 72% proficient
- Anderson Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Polk Middle SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Spring Creek - 6th GradeA+ · 79% proficient
- Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
Top high schools
- North Polk High SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Bondurant-farrar High SchoolA · 76% proficient
- Southeast Polk High SchoolA− · 66% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bondurant school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bondurant 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 Bondurant against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bondurant
Is Bondurant a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bondurant ranks 157th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, what local pay buys, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bondurant expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $340,313. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $128,030 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Bondurant safe?
Yes, Bondurant is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $181 per resident a year.
Compare Bondurant with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bondurant. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bondurant 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.
Bondurant detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bondurant: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bondurant: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bondurant: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bondurant: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bondurant 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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