Best PlacesEvansville, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Evansville, 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.
Evansville ranks 47,669th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Evansville
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.
Evansville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Evansville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Evansville ranks low
- Short commute42.5 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Household income$39,490 median, better than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Evansville
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Evansville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $39,490, 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 Evansville's effective rate of 0.23%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Evansville
Evansville 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 Evansville.
Who works in Evansville, and how
Work in Evansville centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Evansville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Evansville.
What the weather is like in Evansville, month by month
Evansville sees roughly 111 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Evansville
The nearest airport, Golden Triangle Regional, is about 64 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 198 miles away.
The best schools in and around Evansville
Schools across Evansville average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Moundville Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Eutaw Primary SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Greensboro Elementary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hale County Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Greensboro Middle SchoolF · 10% proficient
- Robert Brown Middle SchoolF · 4% proficient
Top high schools
- Hale County High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Greene County High SchoolF · 7% proficient
- Greensboro High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Evansville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Evansville 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 Evansville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Evansville
Is Evansville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Evansville ranks 47,669th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and state infrastructure, and lowest on long commutes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Evansville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $93,121. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $39,490 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Evansville safe?
Evansville is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $658 per resident a year.
Compare Evansville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Evansville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Evansville 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.
Evansville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Evansville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Evansville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Evansville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Evansville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Evansville 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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