Best PlacesCrane, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crane, 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.
Crane ranks 23,213th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Crane
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.
Crane's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crane ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 68% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 67% of towns
Where Crane ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 31% of towns
- Short commute30.3 minutes each way, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crane
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crane home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,864, 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 Crane's effective rate of 0.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Crane
Crane runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crane.
Who works in Crane, and how
Work in Crane centers on manufacturing and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Crane
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Crane.
What the weather is like in Crane, month by month
Crane sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 46° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Crane
Indianapolis International sits about 66 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 Crane
Schools across Crane average a B−, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Loogootee Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- North Daviess Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Loogootee Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Loogootee High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- North Daviess Jr-sr High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crane school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crane 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 Crane against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crane
Is Crane a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crane ranks 23,213th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cheap car insurance, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crane expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $176,540. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $77,864 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Crane safe?
Crane is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
Compare Crane with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crane. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crane 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.
Crane detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crane: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crane: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crane: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crane: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crane 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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