Best PlacesDoolittle Mills, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Doolittle Mills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Doolittle Mills ranks 45,017th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Doolittle Mills
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.
Doolittle Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Doolittle Mills ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 74% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 68% of towns
Where Doolittle Mills ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 53 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute37.9 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Doolittle Mills
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Doolittle Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,816, 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 Doolittle Mills' effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Doolittle Mills
Doolittle Mills runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Doolittle Mills.
Who works in Doolittle Mills, and how
Work in Doolittle Mills centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Doolittle Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Doolittle Mills.
What the weather is like in Doolittle Mills, month by month
Doolittle Mills sees roughly 53 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 44, 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 | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Doolittle Mills
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Doolittle Mills
Schools across Doolittle Mills average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perry Central Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- West Crawford Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- South Crawford Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Perry Central Jr-sr High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Crawford County High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Doolittle Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Doolittle Mills 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 Doolittle Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Doolittle Mills
Is Doolittle Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Doolittle Mills ranks 45,017th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state infrastructure, and tree cover, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Doolittle Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,121. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $58,816 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Doolittle Mills safe?
Doolittle Mills is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $380 per resident a year.
Compare Doolittle Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Doolittle Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Doolittle Mills 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.
Doolittle Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Doolittle Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Doolittle Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Doolittle Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Doolittle Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Doolittle Mills 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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