Best PlacesDeputy, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Deputy, 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.
Deputy ranks 22,428th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low crime, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Deputy
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.
Deputy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Deputy ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 74% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 63% of towns
Where Deputy ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Deputy
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Deputy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,271, 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 Deputy's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Deputy
Deputy runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Deputy.
Who works in Deputy, and how
Work in Deputy centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Deputy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Deputy.
What the weather is like in Deputy, month by month
Deputy sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 64° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 84° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Deputy
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Deputy
Schools across Deputy average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Johnson Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Deputy Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Graham Creek Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madison Consolidated Jr High SchB · 44% proficient
- Jennings County Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Scottsburg Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Scottsburg Senior High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Jennings County High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Madison Consolidated High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Deputy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Deputy 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 Deputy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Deputy
Is Deputy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Deputy ranks 22,428th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, cheap car insurance, and state infrastructure, 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 Deputy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $188,460. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $77,271 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Deputy safe?
Yes, Deputy is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $177 per resident a year.
Compare Deputy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Deputy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Deputy 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.
Deputy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Deputy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Deputy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Deputy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Deputy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Deputy 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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