Best PlacesMount Auburn, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Auburn, 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.
Mount Auburn ranks 18,477th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Auburn
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.
Mount Auburn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Auburn ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Mount Auburn ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Auburn
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Auburn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $83,571; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Mount Auburn's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mount Auburn
Mount Auburn runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mount Auburn.
Who works in Mount Auburn, and how
Work in Mount Auburn centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Mount Auburn
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Auburn.
What the weather is like in Mount Auburn, month by month
Mount Auburn sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 64° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 84° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Mount Auburn
Indianapolis International sits about 31 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 Mount Auburn
Schools across Mount Auburn average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southwestern Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Southwestern High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Auburn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Auburn 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 Mount Auburn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Auburn
Is Mount Auburn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Auburn ranks 18,477th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and state infrastructure, and lowest on noise and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Auburn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $334,100. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $83,571 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Mount Auburn safe?
Yes, Mount Auburn is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $185 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Auburn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Auburn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Auburn 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.
Mount Auburn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Auburn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Auburn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Auburn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Auburn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Auburn 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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