Best PlacesFrankton, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Frankton, 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.
Frankton ranks 9,334th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low crime.
The best neighborhoods in Frankton
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.
Frankton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Frankton ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of towns
Where Frankton ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 26% of towns
- Short commute31.5 minutes each way, better than only 26% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Frankton
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Frankton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,073, 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 Frankton's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Frankton
Frankton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Frankton.
Who works in Frankton, and how
Work in Frankton centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Frankton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Frankton.
What the weather is like in Frankton, month by month
Frankton sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 29° | 24° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 43° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Frankton
Indianapolis International sits about 44 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 Frankton
Schools across Frankton average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frankton Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Frankton Jr-sr High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Frankton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Frankton 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 Frankton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Frankton
Is Frankton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Frankton ranks 9,334th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, cheap car insurance, and walkability, and lowest on taxes and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Frankton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,026. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $85,073 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Frankton safe?
Yes, Frankton is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $166 per resident a year.
Compare Frankton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Frankton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Frankton 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.
Frankton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Frankton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Frankton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Frankton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Frankton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Frankton 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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