Best PlacesColoma, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coloma, 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.
Coloma ranks 32,142nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Coloma
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.
Coloma's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coloma ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 87% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Coloma ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coloma
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coloma home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,722, 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 Coloma's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Coloma
Coloma runs younger 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 Coloma.
Who works in Coloma, and how
Work in Coloma centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Coloma
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Coloma.
What the weather is like in Coloma, month by month
Coloma sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Coloma
Indianapolis International sits about 51 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 Coloma
Schools across Coloma average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Turkey Run Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Rockville Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Montezuma Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverton Parke Jr-sr High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coloma school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coloma 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 Coloma against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coloma
Is Coloma a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coloma ranks 32,142nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, cheap car insurance, and biking, and lowest on education levels and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coloma expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,680. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $75,722 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Coloma safe?
Yes, Coloma is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $225 per resident a year.
Compare Coloma with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coloma. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coloma 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.
Coloma detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coloma: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coloma: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coloma: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coloma: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coloma 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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