Best PlacesEckerty, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eckerty, 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.
Eckerty ranks 46,755th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Eckerty
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.
Eckerty's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eckerty ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Cheap childcare$681 a month, better than 68% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 64% of towns
Where Eckerty ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute40.1 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eckerty
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eckerty home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,043, 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 Eckerty's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eckerty
Eckerty 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 Eckerty.
Who works in Eckerty, and how
Work in Eckerty 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 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Eckerty
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Eckerty.
What the weather is like in Eckerty, month by month
Eckerty sees roughly 52 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 Eckerty
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eckerty
Schools across Eckerty average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perry Central Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- West Crawford Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cedar Crest Intermediate SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Crawford County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Perry Central Jr-sr High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Crawford County High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Northeast Dubois Jr/sr High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eckerty school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eckerty 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 Eckerty against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eckerty
Is Eckerty a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eckerty ranks 46,755th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cheap car insurance, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the weather and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eckerty expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $112,010. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $53,043 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Eckerty safe?
Eckerty is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $401 per resident a year.
Compare Eckerty with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eckerty. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eckerty 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.
Eckerty detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eckerty: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eckerty: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eckerty: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eckerty: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eckerty 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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