Best PlacesEpsom, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Epsom, 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.
Epsom ranks 34,305th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on heat safety.
The best neighborhoods in Epsom
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.
Epsom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Epsom ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
Where Epsom ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Epsom
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Epsom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,573, 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 Epsom'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 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 Epsom
Epsom 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 Epsom.
Who works in Epsom, and how
Work in Epsom centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 24%
Life in Epsom
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Epsom.
What the weather is like in Epsom, month by month
Epsom sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Epsom
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Epsom
Schools across Epsom average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Daviess Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- North Daviess Jr-sr High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Epsom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Epsom 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 Epsom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Epsom
Is Epsom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Epsom ranks 34,305th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and a strong job market, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Epsom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $236,691. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $79,573 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Epsom safe?
Epsom is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $347 per resident a year.
Compare Epsom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Epsom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Epsom 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.
Epsom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Epsom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Epsom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Epsom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Epsom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Epsom 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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