Best PlacesCloverdale, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cloverdale, 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.
Cloverdale ranks 30,085th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Cloverdale
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.
Cloverdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cloverdale ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 79% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
Where Cloverdale ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cloverdale
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cloverdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,209, 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 Cloverdale's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Cloverdale
Cloverdale runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cloverdale.
Who works in Cloverdale, and how
Work in Cloverdale centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Cloverdale
Cloverdale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Cloverdale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cloverdale, month by month
Cloverdale sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Cloverdale
Indianapolis International sits about 30 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 Cloverdale
Schools across Cloverdale average a B−, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Eminence Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Cloverdale Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cloverdale Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- South Putnam Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- South Putnam High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Martinsville High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Cloverdale High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cloverdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cloverdale 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 Cloverdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cloverdale
Is Cloverdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cloverdale ranks 30,085th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, walkability, and state infrastructure, 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 Cloverdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,110. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $66,209 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Cloverdale safe?
Cloverdale is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $274 per resident a year.
Compare Cloverdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cloverdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cloverdale 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.
Cloverdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cloverdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cloverdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cloverdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cloverdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cloverdale 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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