Best PlacesCyclone, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cyclone, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cyclone ranks 24,290th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cyclone
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.
Cyclone's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cyclone ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 79% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 76% of towns
Where Cyclone ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cyclone
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cyclone home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,365, 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 Cyclone's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cyclone
Cyclone runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cyclone.
Who works in Cyclone, and how
Work in Cyclone centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cyclone
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cyclone.
What the weather is like in Cyclone, month by month
Cyclone sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Cyclone
Indianapolis International sits about 35 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 Cyclone
Schools across Cyclone average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clinton Central Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Clinton Prairie Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Clinton Prairie Jr-sr High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Clinton Central Junior-senior HsC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cyclone school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cyclone 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 Cyclone against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cyclone
Is Cyclone a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cyclone ranks 24,290th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cyclone expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,217. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $87,365 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Cyclone safe?
Cyclone is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $405 per resident a year.
Compare Cyclone with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cyclone. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cyclone 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.
Cyclone detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cyclone: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cyclone: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cyclone: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cyclone: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cyclone 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.