Best PlacesConverse, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Converse, 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.
Converse ranks 10,742nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Converse
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.
Converse's strengths and weaknesses
Where Converse ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
Where Converse 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
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 30% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Converse
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Converse home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,256, 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 Converse's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Converse
Converse runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Converse.
Who works in Converse, and how
Work in Converse centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Converse
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Converse.
What the weather is like in Converse, month by month
Converse sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Converse
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Converse
Schools across Converse average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sweetser Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Eastern Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Swayzee Elementary SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Eastern Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Maconaquah Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Eastern High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Maconaquah High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Oak Hill High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Converse school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Converse 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 Converse against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Converse
Is Converse a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Converse ranks 10,742nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and biking, 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 Converse expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $174,738. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $91,256 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Converse safe?
Converse is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $306 per resident a year.
Compare Converse with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Converse. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Converse 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.
Converse detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Converse: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Converse: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Converse: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Converse: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Converse 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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