Best PlacesMacy, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Macy, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Macy ranks 40,372nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Macy
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.
Macy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Macy ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 79% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 73% of towns
Where Macy ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Macy
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Macy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,263, 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 Macy's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Macy
Macy's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Macy.
Who works in Macy, and how
Work in Macy centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Macy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Macy.
What the weather is like in Macy, month by month
Macy sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Macy
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Macy
Schools across Macy average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mentone Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- North Miami Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Caston Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tippecanoe Valley Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Tippecanoe Valley High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Caston Jr-sr High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- North Miami Middle/high SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Macy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Macy 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 Macy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Macy
Is Macy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Macy ranks 40,372nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state infrastructure, and low disaster risk, and lowest on taxes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Macy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,419. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $60,263 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Macy safe?
Macy is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $339 per resident a year.
Compare Macy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Macy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Macy 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.
Macy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Macy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Macy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Macy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Macy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Macy 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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