Best PlacesFishers, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fishers, 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.
Fishers ranks 88th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fishers
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.
Fishers' strengths and weaknesses
Where Fishers ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of cities
Where Fishers ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 14% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 26% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 28% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Fishers
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fishers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $128,934, 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 Fishers' effective rate of 0.91%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fishers
Fishers's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fishers.
Who works in Fishers, and how
Work in Fishers centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Fishers
Fishers has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of cities and more parkland per resident than 87% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fishers and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fishers, month by month
Fishers sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Fishers
Indianapolis International sits about 24 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 Fishers
Schools across Fishers average an A−, better than 85% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Geist Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Fall Creek Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Lantern Road Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fall Creek Intermediate SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Fall Creek Junior HighA− · 57% proficient
- Hamilton Se Int And Jr High SchA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Hamilton Southeastern HsA · 73% proficient
- Fishers High SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Noblesville High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fishers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fishers 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 Fishers against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Fishers suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 95% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 25% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Fishers
Is Fishers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fishers ranks 88th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low crime, heat safety, and what local pay buys, and lowest on transit and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fishers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $392,165. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $128,934 median income, cost of living beats 95% of cities.
Is Fishers safe?
Yes, Fishers is safer than 97% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $150 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fishers?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 19. That works out to about 68 pleasant days a year, more than 21% of cities.
Is Fishers good for families?
Schools beat 85% of cities, crime safety beats 97%, and childcare runs $1,293 a month.
Compare Fishers with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fishers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fishers 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.
Fishers detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fishers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fishers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fishers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fishers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fishers 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.