Best PlacesLaotto, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Laotto, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Laotto ranks 3,503rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Laotto
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.
Laotto's strengths and weaknesses
Where Laotto ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$110,708 median, better than 90% of towns
Where Laotto ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 31% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 35% of towns
- Cheap childcare$908 a month, better than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Laotto
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Laotto home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $110,708, 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 Laotto's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Laotto
Laotto runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Laotto.
Who works in Laotto, and how
Work in Laotto centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Laotto
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Laotto.
What the weather is like in Laotto, month by month
Laotto sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Laotto
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around Laotto
Schools across Laotto average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Arcola SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Churubusco Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Avilla Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Carroll Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
- Garrett Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- East Noble Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Carroll High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- East Noble High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Garrett High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Laotto school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Laotto 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 Laotto against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Laotto
Is Laotto a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Laotto ranks 3,503rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low crime, and what local pay buys, 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 Laotto expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $318,250. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $110,708 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Laotto safe?
Yes, Laotto is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $146 per resident a year.
Compare Laotto with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Laotto. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Laotto 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.
Laotto detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Laotto: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Laotto: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Laotto: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Laotto: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Laotto 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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