Best PlacesBrice, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brice, 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.
Brice ranks 29,302nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brice
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.
Brice's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brice ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 82% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Short commute23.8 minutes each way, better than 70% of towns
Where Brice ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 14% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brice
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brice home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,783, 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 Brice's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Brice
Brice 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 Brice.
Who works in Brice, and how
Work in Brice centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Brice
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brice.
What the weather is like in Brice, month by month
Brice sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Brice
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 89 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brice
Schools across Brice average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top high schools
- Jay County Jr/sr High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brice school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brice 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 Brice against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brice
Is Brice a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brice ranks 29,302nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and a strong job market, and lowest on taxes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brice expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $183,513. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $65,783 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Brice safe?
Yes, Brice is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $226 per resident a year.
Compare Brice with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brice. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brice 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.
Brice detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brice: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brice: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brice: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brice: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brice 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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