Best PlacesHobart, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hobart, 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.
Hobart ranks 1,512th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Crime pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Hobart
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.
Hobart's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hobart ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 81% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 77% of cities
Where Hobart ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 20% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 20% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 23% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Hobart
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hobart home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,353, 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 Hobart's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 Hobart
Hobart's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hobart.
Who works in Hobart, and how
Work in Hobart centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hobart
Hobart has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hobart and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hobart, month by month
Hobart sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Hobart
Chicago Midway International sits about 31 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hobart
Schools across Hobart average a C+, better than 34% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Union Center Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- John Simatovich Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Joan Martin Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Union Township Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Hobart Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Pierce Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Wheeler High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Hobart High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Portage High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hobart school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hobart 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 Hobart against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Hobart suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Hobart
Is Hobart a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hobart ranks 1,512th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and state infrastructure, and lowest on crime and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hobart expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $214,059. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $81,353 median income, cost of living beats 39% of cities.
Is Hobart safe?
Hobart is safer than 6% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $489 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hobart?
July highs average about 83 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 22. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 42% of cities.
Is Hobart good for families?
Schools beat 34% of cities, crime safety beats 6%, and childcare runs $877 a month.
Compare Hobart with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hobart. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hobart 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.
Hobart detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hobart: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hobart: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hobart: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hobart: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hobart 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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