Best PlacesLincoln City, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lincoln City, 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.
Lincoln City ranks 14,042nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Lincoln City
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.
Lincoln City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lincoln City ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 81% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Lincoln City ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 28% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 32% of towns
- Cheap childcare$886 a month, better than only 38% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lincoln City
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lincoln City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,586, 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 Lincoln City's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lincoln City
Lincoln City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lincoln City.
Who works in Lincoln City, and how
Work in Lincoln City centers on manufacturing and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lincoln City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lincoln City.
What the weather is like in Lincoln City, month by month
Lincoln City sees roughly 61 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 Lincoln City
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lincoln City
Schools across Lincoln City average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- David Turnham Education CenterA · 65% proficient
- Loogootee Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Heritage Hills Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Loogootee Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Heritage Hills High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Loogootee High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lincoln City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lincoln City 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 Lincoln City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lincoln City
Is Lincoln City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lincoln City ranks 14,042nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and good schools, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lincoln City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $197,370. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $76,586 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Lincoln City safe?
Yes, Lincoln City is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $196 per resident a year.
Compare Lincoln City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lincoln City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lincoln City 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.
Lincoln City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lincoln City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lincoln City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lincoln City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lincoln City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lincoln City 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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