Best PlacesHornick, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hornick, 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.
Hornick ranks 3,850th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hornick
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.
Hornick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hornick ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
Where Hornick ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 32% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hornick
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hornick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,163, 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 Hornick's effective rate of 0.95%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hornick
Hornick 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 Hornick.
Who works in Hornick, and how
Work in Hornick centers on agriculture & forestry and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hornick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hornick.
What the weather is like in Hornick, month by month
Hornick sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 22° | 12° |
| April | 65° | 49° | 35° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 51° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Hornick
The nearest airport, Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hornick
Schools across Hornick average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bronson Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Westwood Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- West Monona ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sergeant Bluff-luton Middle SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Woodbury Central Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- West Monona Middle SchA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Lawton-bronson Junior-senior High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Sergeant Bluff-luton Senior High SchoolA · 79% proficient
- Westwood High SchoolA · 76% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hornick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hornick 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 Hornick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hornick
Is Hornick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hornick ranks 3,850th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, state finances, and quiet, and lowest on tree cover and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hornick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $258,757. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $93,163 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Hornick safe?
Yes, Hornick is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $198 per resident a year.
Compare Hornick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hornick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hornick 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.
Hornick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hornick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hornick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hornick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hornick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hornick 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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