Best PlacesFields, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fields, 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.
Fields ranks 9,419th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fields
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.
Fields' strengths and weaknesses
Where Fields ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
Where Fields ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fields
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fields home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,425, 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 Fields' effective rate of 0.46%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fields
Fields runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Fields.
Who works in Fields, and how
Work in Fields centers on hospitality & food and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Fields
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fields.
What the weather is like in Fields, month by month
Fields sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Fields
Indianapolis International sits about 12 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.2 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Fields
Schools across Fields average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- South Elementary School Of CommunicationsC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Paul Hadley Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Mooresville High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Martinsville High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fields school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fields 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 Fields against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fields
Is Fields a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fields ranks 9,419th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low crime, and cell coverage, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fields expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $304,795. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $98,425 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Fields safe?
Yes, Fields is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $135 per resident a year.
Compare Fields with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fields. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fields 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.
Fields detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fields: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fields: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fields: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fields: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fields 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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