Best PlacesMartinsville, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Martinsville, 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.
Martinsville ranks 1,545th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Martinsville
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.
Martinsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Martinsville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 81% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 71% of cities
Where Martinsville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 8% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Martinsville
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Martinsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,802, 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 Martinsville's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Martinsville
Martinsville'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 Martinsville.
Who works in Martinsville, and how
Work in Martinsville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Martinsville
Martinsville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Martinsville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Martinsville, month by month
Martinsville sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, 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 | 39° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Martinsville
Indianapolis International sits about 20 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 Martinsville
Schools across Martinsville average a C+, better than 37% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Maple Grove Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Marlin Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Waverly Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Center Grove Middle School CentralA · 61% proficient
- Tri-north Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Edgewood Junior High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Center Grove High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Mooresville High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Martinsville High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Martinsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Martinsville 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 Martinsville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Martinsville suits
Common questions about living in Martinsville
Is Martinsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Martinsville ranks 1,545th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low property taxes, cheap car insurance, and tree cover, 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 Martinsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,175. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $82,802 median income, cost of living beats 57% of cities.
Is Martinsville safe?
Martinsville is safer than 41% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $301 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Martinsville?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 21. That works out to about 55 pleasant days a year, more than 2% of cities.
Is Martinsville good for families?
Schools beat 37% of cities, crime safety beats 41%, and childcare runs $990 a month.
Compare Martinsville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Martinsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Martinsville 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.
Martinsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Martinsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Martinsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Martinsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Martinsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Martinsville 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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