Best PlacesDecker, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Decker, 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.
Decker ranks 25,184th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Internet speeds pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on few empty homes.
The best neighborhoods in Decker
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.
Decker's strengths and weaknesses
Where Decker ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 75% of towns
- Short commute23.5 minutes each way, better than 72% of towns
Where Decker ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 24% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Decker
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Decker home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,495, 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 Decker's effective rate of 0.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Decker
Decker runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Decker.
Who works in Decker, and how
Work in Decker centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Decker
Decker has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Decker and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Decker, month by month
Decker sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Decker
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Decker
Schools across Decker average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Knox Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Princeton Community MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- South Knox Middle-high SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Princeton Community High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Decker school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Decker 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 Decker against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Decker
Is Decker a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Decker ranks 25,184th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and state infrastructure, and lowest on internet speeds and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Decker expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $189,350. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $70,495 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Decker safe?
Yes, Decker is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
Compare Decker with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Decker. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Decker 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.
Decker detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Decker: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Decker: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Decker: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Decker: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Decker 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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