Best PlacesFairfield Center, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fairfield Center, 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.
Fairfield Center ranks 13,566th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fairfield Center
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.
Fairfield Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fairfield Center ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
Where Fairfield Center ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
- Short commute31.0 minutes each way, better than only 28% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fairfield Center
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fairfield Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,237, 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 Fairfield Center's effective rate of 0.63%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Fairfield Center
Fairfield Center runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fairfield Center.
Who works in Fairfield Center, and how
Work in Fairfield Center centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fairfield Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fairfield Center.
What the weather is like in Fairfield Center, month by month
Fairfield Center sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Fairfield Center
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fairfield Center
Schools across Fairfield Center average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Country Meadow Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dekalb Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Dekalb High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fairfield Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fairfield Center 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 Fairfield Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fairfield Center
Is Fairfield Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fairfield Center ranks 13,566th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and low crime, and lowest on taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fairfield Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,647. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $91,237 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Fairfield Center safe?
Yes, Fairfield Center is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $173 per resident a year.
Compare Fairfield Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fairfield Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fairfield Center 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.
Fairfield Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fairfield Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fairfield Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fairfield Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fairfield Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fairfield Center 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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