Best PlacesMerom, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Merom, 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.
Merom ranks 33,992nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Cell coverage pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Merom
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.
Merom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Merom ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 74% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 71% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 59% of towns
Where Merom ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Merom
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Merom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,322, 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 Merom's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Merom
Merom runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Merom.
Who works in Merom, and how
Work in Merom centers on manufacturing and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Merom
Merom has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Merom and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Merom, month by month
Merom sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Merom
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 72 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Merom
Schools across Merom average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carlisle Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Sullivan Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Rural Community AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sullivan Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Carlisle Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Sullivan High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Merom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Merom 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 Merom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Merom
Is Merom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Merom ranks 33,992nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state infrastructure, and few empty homes, and lowest on cell coverage and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Merom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $189,780. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $76,322 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Merom safe?
Merom is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $405 per resident a year.
Compare Merom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Merom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Merom 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.
Merom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Merom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Merom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Merom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Merom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Merom 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.