Best PlacesHedrick, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hedrick, 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.
Hedrick ranks 19,704th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hedrick
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.
Hedrick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hedrick ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$106,506 median, better than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 76% of towns
Where Hedrick ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hedrick
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hedrick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $106,506, 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 Hedrick'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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hedrick
Hedrick runs older 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 Hedrick.
Who works in Hedrick, and how
Work in Hedrick centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hedrick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hedrick.
What the weather is like in Hedrick, month by month
Hedrick sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 64° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Hedrick
The nearest airport, University of Illinois/Willard, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 75 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hedrick
Schools across Hedrick average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Warren Central Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Bismarck-henning Elem SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bismarck-henning Jr High SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Seeger Memorial Jr-sr High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Coop Hs 1D− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hedrick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hedrick 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 Hedrick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hedrick
Is Hedrick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hedrick ranks 19,704th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, cheap car insurance, and high incomes, and lowest on taxes and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hedrick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $135,700. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $106,506 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Hedrick safe?
Yes, Hedrick is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $254 per resident a year.
Compare Hedrick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hedrick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hedrick 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.
Hedrick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hedrick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hedrick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hedrick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hedrick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hedrick 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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