Best PlacesMaxville, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maxville, 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.
Maxville ranks 28,568th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Maxville
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.
Maxville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maxville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 78% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 70% of towns
Where Maxville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maxville
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maxville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,374, 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 Maxville's effective rate of 0.76%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Maxville
Maxville 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 Maxville.
Who works in Maxville, and how
Work in Maxville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Maxville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Maxville.
What the weather is like in Maxville, month by month
Maxville sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Maxville
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Maxville
Schools across Maxville average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe Central Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Willard Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lee L Driver Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Monroe Central Jr-sr High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Winchester Community High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maxville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maxville 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 Maxville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maxville
Is Maxville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maxville ranks 28,568th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state infrastructure, and an educated workforce, and lowest on taxes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maxville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,700. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $72,374 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Maxville safe?
Maxville is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $277 per resident a year.
Compare Maxville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maxville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maxville 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.
Maxville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maxville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maxville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maxville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maxville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maxville 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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