Best PlacesMansfield, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mansfield, 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.
Mansfield ranks 17,640th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mansfield
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.
Mansfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mansfield ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$107,940 median, better than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
Where Mansfield ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mansfield
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mansfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,940, 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 Mansfield's effective rate of 0.41%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mansfield
Mansfield runs older 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 Mansfield.
Who works in Mansfield, and how
Work in Mansfield 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 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Mansfield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mansfield.
What the weather is like in Mansfield, month by month
Mansfield sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Mansfield
Indianapolis International sits about 43 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 Mansfield
Schools across Mansfield average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rockville Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Montezuma Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Clay Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Northview High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Riverton Parke Jr-sr High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mansfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mansfield 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 Mansfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mansfield
Is Mansfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mansfield ranks 17,640th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mansfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $271,824. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $107,940 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Mansfield safe?
Mansfield is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $317 per resident a year.
Compare Mansfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mansfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mansfield 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.
Mansfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mansfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mansfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mansfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mansfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mansfield 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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