Best PlacesIngraham, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ingraham, 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.
Ingraham ranks 23,154th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ingraham
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.
Ingraham's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ingraham ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$98,048 median, better than 83% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
Where Ingraham ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ingraham
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ingraham home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,048, 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 Ingraham's effective rate of 1.15%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Ingraham
Ingraham 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 Ingraham.
Who works in Ingraham, and how
Work in Ingraham centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ingraham
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ingraham.
What the weather is like in Ingraham, month by month
Ingraham sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Ingraham
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ingraham
Schools across Ingraham average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clay City Elem SchoolD · 20% proficient
- North Clay Elem/jr High SchD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jasper Co Jr HighB− · 43% proficient
- Clay City Jr High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Top high schools
- Clay City High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Newton Comm High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- North Clay Community High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ingraham school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ingraham 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 Ingraham against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ingraham
Is Ingraham a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ingraham ranks 23,154th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, fast internet, and what local pay buys, and lowest on taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ingraham expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,603. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $98,048 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Ingraham safe?
Yes, Ingraham is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $181 per resident a year.
Compare Ingraham with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ingraham. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ingraham 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.
Ingraham detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ingraham: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ingraham: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ingraham: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ingraham: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ingraham 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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