Best PlacesBoone Grove, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boone Grove, 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.
Boone Grove ranks 2,701st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Boone Grove
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.
Boone Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boone Grove ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$102,077 median, better than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
Where Boone Grove ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,024 a month, better than only 23% of towns
- Short commute32.1 minutes each way, better than only 24% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 32% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boone Grove
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boone Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,077, 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 Boone Grove's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Boone Grove
Boone Grove runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boone Grove.
Who works in Boone Grove, and how
Work in Boone Grove 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 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Boone Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Boone Grove.
What the weather is like in Boone Grove, month by month
Boone Grove sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Boone Grove
Chicago Midway International sits about 43 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Boone Grove
Schools across Boone Grove average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Porter Lakes Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Hebron Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Boone Grove Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hebron Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Boone Grove Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Hebron High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Boone Grove High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boone Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boone Grove 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 Boone Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boone Grove
Is Boone Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boone Grove ranks 2,701st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, big-city access, and few empty homes, and lowest on air quality and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boone Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $332,476. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $102,077 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Boone Grove safe?
Yes, Boone Grove is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $109 per resident a year.
Compare Boone Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boone Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boone Grove 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.
Boone Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boone Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boone Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boone Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boone Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boone Grove 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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