Best PlacesLeroy, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leroy, 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.
Leroy ranks 2,896th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Leroy
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.
Leroy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leroy ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$132,868 median, better than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Leroy ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Short commute33.2 minutes each way, better than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leroy
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leroy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $132,868, 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 Leroy's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Leroy
Leroy runs younger 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 Leroy.
Who works in Leroy, and how
Work in Leroy centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Leroy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Leroy.
What the weather is like in Leroy, month by month
Leroy sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Leroy
Chicago Midway International sits about 39 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 Leroy
Schools across Leroy average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jerry Ross Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Three Creeks Elem SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lowell Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Colonel John Wheeler Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Crown Point High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Lowell Senior High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leroy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leroy 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 Leroy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leroy
Is Leroy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leroy ranks 2,896th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on air quality and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leroy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $344,344. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $132,868 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Leroy safe?
Yes, Leroy is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
Compare Leroy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leroy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leroy 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.
Leroy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leroy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leroy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leroy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leroy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leroy 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.