Best PlacesChalmers, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chalmers, 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.
Chalmers ranks 19,285th 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 Chalmers
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.
Chalmers' strengths and weaknesses
Where Chalmers ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
Where Chalmers ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 30% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chalmers
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chalmers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,329, 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 Chalmers' effective rate of 0.42%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Chalmers
Chalmers's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chalmers.
Who works in Chalmers, and how
Work in Chalmers centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Chalmers
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chalmers.
What the weather is like in Chalmers, month by month
Chalmers sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Chalmers
Indianapolis International sits about 72 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.2 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Chalmers
Schools across Chalmers average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frontier ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Meadowlawn Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Tri-county Jr/sr High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Twin Lakes Senior High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Frontier Jr-sr High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chalmers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chalmers 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 Chalmers against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chalmers
Is Chalmers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chalmers ranks 19,285th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low property taxes, and a strong job market, and lowest on taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chalmers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,669. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $71,329 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Chalmers safe?
Chalmers is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $262 per resident a year.
Compare Chalmers with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chalmers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chalmers 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.
Chalmers detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chalmers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chalmers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chalmers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chalmers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chalmers 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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