Best PlacesDeloit, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Deloit, 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.
Deloit ranks 17,175th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Deloit
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.
Deloit's strengths and weaknesses
Where Deloit ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute21.0 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 83% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 77% of towns
Where Deloit ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 26% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 29% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Deloit
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Deloit home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,175, 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 Deloit's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 Deloit
Deloit 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 Deloit.
Who works in Deloit, and how
Work in Deloit centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Deloit
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Deloit.
What the weather is like in Deloit, month by month
Deloit sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 22° | 14° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Deloit
The nearest airport, Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Deloit
Schools across Deloit average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Schleswig Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Elementary-odeboltA− · 62% proficient
- Ar-we-va Elementary Community SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Denison Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Schleswig Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Westside Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Denison High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Deloit school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Deloit 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 Deloit against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Deloit
Is Deloit a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Deloit ranks 17,175th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and short commutes, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Deloit expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $221,650. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $66,175 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Deloit safe?
Deloit is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $267 per resident a year.
Compare Deloit with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Deloit. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Deloit 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.
Deloit detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Deloit: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Deloit: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Deloit: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Deloit: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Deloit 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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