Best PlacesMahalasville, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mahalasville, 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.
Mahalasville ranks 37,344th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on few empty homes.
The best neighborhoods in Mahalasville
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.
Mahalasville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mahalasville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 75% of towns
Where Mahalasville ranks low
- Short commute49.8 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mahalasville
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mahalasville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,905, 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 Mahalasville's effective rate of 0.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mahalasville
Mahalasville 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 Mahalasville.
Who works in Mahalasville, and how
Work in Mahalasville centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mahalasville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mahalasville.
What the weather is like in Mahalasville, month by month
Mahalasville sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Mahalasville
Indianapolis International sits about 25 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.2 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Mahalasville
Schools across Mahalasville average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marlin Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Helmsburg Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- South Elementary School Of CommunicationsC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tri-north Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Brown County Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Bell Intermediate AcademyC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Brown County High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Martinsville High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Indian Creek Sr High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mahalasville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mahalasville 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 Mahalasville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mahalasville
Is Mahalasville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mahalasville ranks 37,344th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, tree cover, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on long commutes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mahalasville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,478. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $71,905 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Mahalasville safe?
Mahalasville is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $310 per resident a year.
Compare Mahalasville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mahalasville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mahalasville 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.
Mahalasville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mahalasville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mahalasville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mahalasville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mahalasville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mahalasville 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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