Best PlacesEast Mount Carmel, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Mount Carmel, 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.
East Mount Carmel ranks 23,475th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East Mount Carmel
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 Mount Carmel's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Mount Carmel ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 81% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 76% of towns
Where East Mount Carmel ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Mount Carmel
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Mount Carmel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,680, 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 Mount Carmel's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 10 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 Mount Carmel
East Mount Carmel runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Mount Carmel.
Who works in East Mount Carmel, and how
Work in East Mount Carmel centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in East Mount Carmel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Mount Carmel.
What the weather is like in East Mount Carmel, month by month
East Mount Carmel sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of East Mount Carmel
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Mount Carmel
Schools across East Mount Carmel average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Knox Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Owensville Community SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Princeton Community MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Gibson Southern High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- South Knox Middle-high SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Princeton Community High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Mount Carmel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Mount Carmel 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 Mount Carmel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Mount Carmel
Is East Mount Carmel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Mount Carmel ranks 23,475th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Mount Carmel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $200,121. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $86,680 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is East Mount Carmel safe?
East Mount Carmel is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $344 per resident a year.
Compare East Mount Carmel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Mount Carmel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Mount Carmel 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 Mount Carmel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Mount Carmel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Mount Carmel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Mount Carmel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Mount Carmel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Mount Carmel 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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