Best PlacesLake Cicott, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Cicott, 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.
Lake Cicott ranks 33,955th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lake Cicott
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.
Lake Cicott's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Cicott ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute15.7 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
Where Lake Cicott ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Cicott
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Cicott home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,667, 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 Lake Cicott's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lake Cicott
Lake Cicott runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lake Cicott.
Who works in Lake Cicott, and how
Work in Lake Cicott centers on retail trade and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lake Cicott
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lake Cicott.
What the weather is like in Lake Cicott, month by month
Lake Cicott sees roughly 77 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° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Lake Cicott
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 64 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lake Cicott
Schools across Lake Cicott average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lewis Cass Elementary SchoolC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Logansport Junior High SchoolD · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Lewis Cass High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Cicott school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Cicott 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 Lake Cicott against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Cicott
Is Lake Cicott a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Cicott ranks 33,955th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, short commutes, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Cicott expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $144,267. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $70,667 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Lake Cicott safe?
Lake Cicott is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $273 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Cicott with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Cicott. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Cicott 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.
Lake Cicott detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Cicott: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Cicott: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Cicott: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Cicott: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Cicott 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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