Best PlacesFairview Park, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fairview Park, 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.
Fairview Park ranks 29,046th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on walkability.
The best neighborhoods in Fairview Park
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.
Fairview Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fairview Park ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
Where Fairview Park ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fairview Park
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fairview Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,693, 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 Fairview Park's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fairview Park
Fairview Park's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Fairview Park.
Who works in Fairview Park, and how
Work in Fairview Park centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fairview Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fairview Park.
What the weather is like in Fairview Park, month by month
Fairview Park sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Fairview Park
The nearest airport, University of Illinois/Willard, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fairview Park
Schools across Fairview Park average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ernie Pyle Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Montezuma Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Van Duyn Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Vermillion Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- South Vermillion High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Riverton Parke Jr-sr High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fairview Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fairview Park 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 Fairview Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fairview Park
Is Fairview Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fairview Park ranks 29,046th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, biking, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fairview Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $118,276. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $65,693 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Fairview Park safe?
Fairview Park is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $352 per resident a year.
Compare Fairview Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fairview Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fairview Park 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.
Fairview Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fairview Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fairview Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fairview Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fairview Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fairview Park 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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