Best PlacesFreetown, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Freetown, 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.
Freetown ranks 15,283rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Freetown
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.
Freetown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Freetown ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Freetown ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Short commute31.4 minutes each way, better than only 27% of towns
- Cheap childcare$887 a month, better than only 38% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Freetown
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Freetown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,252, 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 Freetown's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Freetown
Freetown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Freetown.
Who works in Freetown, and how
Work in Freetown centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Freetown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Freetown.
What the weather is like in Freetown, month by month
Freetown sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 64° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 84° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Freetown
Indianapolis International sits about 50 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 Freetown
Schools across Freetown average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Brownstown Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brownstown Central Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Brown County Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Brown County High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Brownstown Central High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Freetown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Freetown 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 Freetown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Freetown
Is Freetown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Freetown ranks 15,283rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, few empty homes, and tree cover, and lowest on taxes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Freetown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $230,709. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $79,252 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Freetown safe?
Yes, Freetown is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $211 per resident a year.
Compare Freetown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Freetown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Freetown 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.
Freetown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Freetown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Freetown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Freetown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Freetown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Freetown 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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