Best PlacesCommiskey, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Commiskey, 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.
Commiskey ranks 22,553rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a strong job market.
The best neighborhoods in Commiskey
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.
Commiskey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Commiskey ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 75% of towns
Where Commiskey ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 22% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 23% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Commiskey
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Commiskey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,380, 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 Commiskey's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Commiskey
Commiskey 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 Commiskey.
Who works in Commiskey, and how
Work in Commiskey centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Commiskey
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Commiskey.
What the weather is like in Commiskey, month by month
Commiskey sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 64° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 84° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Commiskey
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Commiskey
Schools across Commiskey average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Deputy Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Graham Creek Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madison Consolidated Jr High SchB · 44% proficient
- Jennings County Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Jennings County High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Madison Consolidated High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Commiskey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Commiskey 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 Commiskey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Commiskey
Is Commiskey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Commiskey ranks 22,553rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cheap car insurance, and civic engagement, and lowest on taxes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Commiskey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,825. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $86,380 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Commiskey safe?
Commiskey is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $299 per resident a year.
Compare Commiskey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Commiskey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Commiskey 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.
Commiskey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Commiskey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Commiskey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Commiskey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Commiskey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Commiskey 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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