Best PlacesEast Germantown, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Germantown, 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.
East Germantown ranks 37,388th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on short commutes.
The best neighborhoods in East Germantown
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.
East Germantown's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Germantown ranks high
- Short commute20.6 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- BikingBetter than 76% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 67% of towns
Where East Germantown ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- Household income$47,813 median, better than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Germantown
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Germantown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,813, 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 East Germantown's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Germantown
East Germantown 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 East Germantown.
Who works in East Germantown, and how
Work in East Germantown centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in East Germantown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Germantown.
What the weather is like in East Germantown, month by month
East Germantown sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of East Germantown
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Germantown
Schools across East Germantown average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Western Wayne Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lincoln Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln Sr High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Germantown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Germantown 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 East Germantown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Germantown
Is East Germantown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Germantown ranks 37,388th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, cheap car insurance, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the weather and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Germantown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $102,700. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $47,813 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is East Germantown safe?
East Germantown is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $388 per resident a year.
Compare East Germantown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Germantown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Germantown 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.
East Germantown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Germantown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Germantown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Germantown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Germantown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Germantown 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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