Best PlacesBurns City, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burns City, 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.
Burns City ranks 26,098th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Burns City
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.
Burns City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Burns City ranks high
- Short commute18.8 minutes each way, better than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 73% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 72% of towns
Where Burns City ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Burns City
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burns City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,037, 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 Burns City's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Burns City
Burns City's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Burns City.
Who works in Burns City, and how
Work in Burns City centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Burns City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Burns City.
What the weather is like in Burns City, month by month
Burns City sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Burns City
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 64 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Burns City
Schools across Burns City average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Loogootee Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- North Daviess Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Loogootee Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Loogootee High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- North Daviess Jr-sr High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burns City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burns City 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 Burns City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Burns City
Is Burns City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burns City ranks 26,098th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, cheap car insurance, and state infrastructure, and lowest on education levels and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Burns City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $206,314. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $77,037 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Burns City safe?
Burns City is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $269 per resident a year.
Compare Burns City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burns City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burns City 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.
Burns City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burns City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burns City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burns City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burns City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burns City 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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