Best PlacesEllisville, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ellisville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ellisville ranks 9,454th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ellisville
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.
Ellisville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ellisville ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
Where Ellisville ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ellisville
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ellisville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,475, 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 Ellisville's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Ellisville
Ellisville runs older 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 Ellisville.
Who works in Ellisville, and how
Work in Ellisville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ellisville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ellisville.
What the weather is like in Ellisville, month by month
Ellisville sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Ellisville
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ellisville
Schools across Ellisville average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lafayette Meadow SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Summit Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Homestead High SchoolA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ellisville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ellisville 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 Ellisville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ellisville
Is Ellisville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ellisville ranks 9,454th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and cell coverage, and lowest on tree cover and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ellisville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,040. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $98,475 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Ellisville safe?
Yes, Ellisville is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $217 per resident a year.
Compare Ellisville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ellisville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ellisville 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.
Ellisville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ellisville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ellisville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ellisville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ellisville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ellisville 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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