Best PlacesCrown Point, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crown Point, 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.
Crown Point ranks 586th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Crown Point
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.
Crown Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crown Point ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 93% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of cities
Where Crown Point ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 16% of cities
- Short commute31.3 minutes each way, better than only 18% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 18% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Crown Point
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crown Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $108,386, 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 Crown Point's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 Crown Point
Crown Point's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crown Point.
Who works in Crown Point, and how
Work in Crown Point centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Crown Point
Crown Point has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Crown Point and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Crown Point, month by month
Crown Point sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Crown Point
Chicago Midway International sits about 33 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Crown Point
Schools across Crown Point average a B+, better than 69% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Jerry Ross Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Dwight D Eisenhower Elem SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Porter Lakes Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lowell Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Hal E Clark Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
- Robert Taft Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Crown Point High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Lake Central High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Wheeler High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crown Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crown Point 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 Crown Point against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Crown Point suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 70% of cities and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Crown Point
Is Crown Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crown Point ranks 586th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, a stable housing market, and few empty homes, and lowest on transit and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crown Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $331,393. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $108,386 median income, cost of living beats 70% of cities.
Is Crown Point safe?
Yes, Crown Point is safer than 63% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $253 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Crown Point?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 33 with lows near 20. That works out to about 77 pleasant days a year, more than 40% of cities.
Is Crown Point good for families?
Schools beat 69% of cities, crime safety beats 63%, and childcare runs $883 a month.
Compare Crown Point with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crown Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crown Point 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.
Crown Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crown Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crown Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crown Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crown Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crown Point 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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