Best PlacesJasper County, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Jasper County, 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.
Jasper County ranks 706th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Jasper County
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.
The best areas in Jasper County
The parts of Jasper County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Wheatfield
It is quieter, fewer homes sit empty, and tree cover is thicker.
Rensselaer
Commutes are shorter, though crime runs higher.
DeMotte
Prices have run up more and local pay stretches less far.
Scores across Jasper County run from about the 29th to the 86th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Jasper County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jasper County ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 83% of counties
Where Jasper County ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of counties
- Cheap childcare$978 a month, better than only 18% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 20% of counties
- Short commute28.8 minutes each way, better than only 21% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Jasper County
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jasper County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,336, 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 Jasper County's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Jasper County
Jasper County'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 Jasper County.
Who works in Jasper County, and how
Work in Jasper County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Jasper County
Jasper County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and more parkland per resident than 74% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Jasper County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Jasper County growing, and who is moving in?
Jasper County has held roughly flat in population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Chicago, IL metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Jasper County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Jasper County, month by month
Jasper County sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Jasper County
Chicago Midway International sits about 58 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 Jasper County
Schools across Jasper County average a B, better than 76% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Demotte Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Wheatfield Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Van Rensselaer Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kankakee Valley Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Rensselaer Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- South Newton Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Kankakee Valley High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Tri-county Jr/sr High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- South Newton Senior High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jasper County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jasper County 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 Jasper County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Jasper County suits
Retirees
The weather beats 58% of counties and health care access beats 79%.
Common questions about living in Jasper County
Is Jasper County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jasper County ranks 706th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low crime, big-city access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on taxes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jasper County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,476. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $77,336 median income, cost of living beats 54% of counties.
Is Jasper County safe?
Yes, Jasper County is safer than 97% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $182 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Jasper County?
July highs average about 82 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 21. That works out to about 97 pleasant days a year, more than 58% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Jasper County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Wheatfield, Rensselaer, and DeMotte. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Jasper County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jasper County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jasper County 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.
Jasper County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jasper County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jasper County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jasper County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jasper County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jasper County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.