Best PlacesGilmour, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gilmour, 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.
Gilmour ranks 35,625th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Gilmour
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.
Gilmour's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gilmour ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 72% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 65% of towns
Where Gilmour ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Short commute38.6 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gilmour
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gilmour home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,772, 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 Gilmour's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Gilmour
Gilmour'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 Gilmour.
Who works in Gilmour, and how
Work in Gilmour centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Gilmour
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gilmour.
What the weather is like in Gilmour, month by month
Gilmour sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, 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 | 41° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Gilmour
Indianapolis International sits about 64 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 Gilmour
Schools across Gilmour average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northeast East Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Shakamak Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Shakamak Jr-sr High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- North Central Jr/sr High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gilmour school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gilmour 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 Gilmour against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gilmour
Is Gilmour a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gilmour ranks 35,625th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, tree cover, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the weather and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gilmour expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,829. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $69,772 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Gilmour safe?
Yes, Gilmour is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $224 per resident a year.
Compare Gilmour with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gilmour. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gilmour 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.
Gilmour detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gilmour: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gilmour: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gilmour: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gilmour: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gilmour 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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