Best PlacesDaviess County, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Daviess County, 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.
Daviess County ranks 1,677th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Daviess County
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.
The best areas in Daviess County
The parts of Daviess County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Cannelburg
More households have young kids, incomes run higher, and it is quieter.
Odon
Local pay stretches further and fewer homes sit empty.
Washington
Commutes are shorter, though prices have run up more.
Scores across Daviess County run from about the 5th to the 76th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Daviess County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Daviess County ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 80% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 77% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than 75% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 72% of counties
Where Daviess County ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 16% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 22% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Daviess County
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Daviess County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,185, 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 Daviess County's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Daviess County
Daviess County runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Daviess County.
Who works in Daviess County, and how
Work in Daviess County centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Daviess County
Daviess County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Daviess County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Daviess County growing, and who is moving in?
Daviess County has grown about 4% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Knox County, IN.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Daviess County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Daviess County, month by month
Daviess County sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Daviess County
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Daviess County
Schools across Daviess County average a C+, better than 46% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Barr Reeve Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Veale Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- North Daviess Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington Upper ElementaryB− · 41% proficient
- Loogootee Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Washington Junior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Barr Reeve Middle/high SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Loogootee High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Washington High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Daviess County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Daviess County 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 Daviess County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Daviess County suits
Families
Schools land around the 46th percentile and crime safety beats 72%.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Daviess County
Is Daviess County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Daviess County ranks 1,677th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, few empty homes, and a strong job market, and lowest on education levels and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Daviess County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $196,122. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $74,185 median income, cost of living beats 55% of counties.
Is Daviess County safe?
Yes, Daviess County is safer than 72% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $251 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Daviess County?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 25. That works out to about 57 pleasant days a year, more than 4% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Daviess County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Cannelburg, Odon, and Washington. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Daviess County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Daviess County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Daviess County 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.
Daviess County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Daviess County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Daviess County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Daviess County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Daviess County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Daviess County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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