Best PlacesCoal Bluff, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coal Bluff, 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.
Coal Bluff ranks 33,326th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Coal Bluff
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.
Coal Bluff's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coal Bluff ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 78% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 74% of towns
Where Coal Bluff ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coal Bluff
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coal Bluff home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,855, 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 Coal Bluff's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Coal Bluff
Coal Bluff runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Coal Bluff.
Who works in Coal Bluff, and how
Work in Coal Bluff centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Coal Bluff
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Coal Bluff.
What the weather is like in Coal Bluff, month by month
Coal Bluff sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Coal Bluff
Indianapolis International sits about 49 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 Coal Bluff
Schools across Coal Bluff average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rio Grande Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Clay Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Otter Creek Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Northview High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Terre Haute North Vigo High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coal Bluff school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coal Bluff 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 Coal Bluff against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coal Bluff
Is Coal Bluff a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coal Bluff ranks 33,326th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and state infrastructure, and lowest on biking and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coal Bluff expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $186,553. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $60,855 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Coal Bluff safe?
Coal Bluff is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $332 per resident a year.
Compare Coal Bluff with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coal Bluff. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coal Bluff 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.
Coal Bluff detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coal Bluff: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coal Bluff: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coal Bluff: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coal Bluff: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coal Bluff 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.
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