Best PlacesGrovertown, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grovertown, 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.
Grovertown ranks 28,963rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Grovertown
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.
Grovertown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grovertown ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
Where Grovertown ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of towns
- Short commute32.7 minutes each way, better than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grovertown
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grovertown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,684, 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 Grovertown's effective rate of 0.63%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Grovertown
Grovertown runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Grovertown.
Who works in Grovertown, and how
Work in Grovertown centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Grovertown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grovertown.
What the weather is like in Grovertown, month by month
Grovertown sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Grovertown
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grovertown
Schools across Grovertown average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Knox Community Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Menominee Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Oregon-davis Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Riverside IntermediateC− · 30% proficient
- Knox Community Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Plymouth High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Knox Community High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Oregon-davis Jr-sr High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grovertown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grovertown 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 Grovertown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grovertown
Is Grovertown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grovertown ranks 28,963rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, big-city access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on education levels and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grovertown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,501. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $66,684 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Grovertown safe?
Yes, Grovertown is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $149 per resident a year.
Compare Grovertown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grovertown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grovertown 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.
Grovertown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grovertown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grovertown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grovertown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grovertown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grovertown 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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