Best PlacesDelhi, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Delhi, 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.
Delhi ranks 4,808th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Delhi
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.
Delhi's strengths and weaknesses
Where Delhi ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
Where Delhi ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 26% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 26% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Delhi
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Delhi home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,029, 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 Delhi's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 Delhi
Delhi 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 Delhi.
Who works in Delhi, and how
Work in Delhi centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Delhi
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Delhi.
What the weather is like in Delhi, month by month
Delhi sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 21° | 14° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Delhi
The nearest airport, Dubuque Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 179 miles away.
The best schools in and around Delhi
Schools across Delhi average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Delhi Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
Top middle schools
- Maquoketa Valley Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
Top high schools
- Maquoketa Valley Senior High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Delhi school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Delhi 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 Delhi against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Delhi
Is Delhi a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Delhi ranks 4,808th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and civic engagement, and lowest on disaster risk and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Delhi expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $248,655. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $86,029 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Delhi safe?
Yes, Delhi is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $155 per resident a year.
Compare Delhi with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Delhi. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Delhi 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.
Delhi detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Delhi: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Delhi: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Delhi: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Delhi: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Delhi 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.