Best PlacesLilly Dale, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lilly Dale, 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.
Lilly Dale ranks 21,592nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lilly Dale
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.
Lilly Dale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lilly Dale ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
Where Lilly Dale ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 49 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lilly Dale
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lilly Dale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,987, 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 Lilly Dale's effective rate of 0.53%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lilly Dale
Lilly Dale 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 Lilly Dale.
Who works in Lilly Dale, and how
Work in Lilly Dale centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Lilly Dale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lilly Dale.
What the weather is like in Lilly Dale, month by month
Lilly Dale sees roughly 49 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Lilly Dale
The nearest airport, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lilly Dale
Schools across Lilly Dale average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perry Central Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- William Tell Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Tell City Jr-sr High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Perry Central Jr-sr High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lilly Dale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lilly Dale 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 Lilly Dale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lilly Dale
Is Lilly Dale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lilly Dale ranks 21,592nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low crime, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on the weather and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lilly Dale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,677. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $60,987 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Lilly Dale safe?
Yes, Lilly Dale is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $161 per resident a year.
Compare Lilly Dale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lilly Dale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lilly Dale 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.
Lilly Dale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lilly Dale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lilly Dale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lilly Dale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lilly Dale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lilly Dale 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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