Best PlacesCoin, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coin, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Coin ranks 26,266th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Coin
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.
Coin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coin ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
Where Coin ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coin
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,958, 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 Coin's effective rate of 0.98%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Coin
Coin 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 Coin.
Who works in Coin, and how
Work in Coin centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Coin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Coin.
What the weather is like in Coin, month by month
Coin sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Coin
Eppley Airfield sits about 56 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 73 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Coin
Schools across Coin average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- South Page Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Shenandoah Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Shenandoah High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- South Page Senior High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coin 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 Coin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coin
Is Coin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coin ranks 26,266th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, state finances, and health care access, and lowest on the weather and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $85,300. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $63,958 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Coin safe?
Coin is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $414 per resident a year.
Compare Coin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coin 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.
Coin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coin 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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