Best PlacesGreencastle, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greencastle, 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.
Greencastle ranks 19,562nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Greencastle
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.
Greencastle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greencastle ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
Where Greencastle ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Greencastle
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greencastle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,591, 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 Greencastle's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Greencastle
Greencastle runs younger than the country, 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 Greencastle.
Who works in Greencastle, and how
Work in Greencastle centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Greencastle
Greencastle has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of towns and more parkland per resident than 90% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Greencastle and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Greencastle, month by month
Greencastle sees roughly 59 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 Greencastle
Indianapolis International sits about 30 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 Greencastle
Schools across Greencastle average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Turkey Run Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Bainbridge Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Central Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Putnam Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- South Putnam Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Greencastle Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- North Putnam Sr High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Greencastle High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- South Putnam High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greencastle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greencastle 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 Greencastle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Greencastle
Is Greencastle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greencastle ranks 19,562nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, fast internet, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on air quality and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Greencastle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $206,807. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $72,591 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Greencastle safe?
Greencastle is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $339 per resident a year.
Compare Greencastle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greencastle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greencastle 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.
Greencastle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greencastle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greencastle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greencastle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greencastle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greencastle 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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