Best PlacesMount Comfort, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Comfort, 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.
Mount Comfort ranks 5,705th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Comfort
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 Comfort's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Comfort ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
Where Mount Comfort ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Comfort
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Comfort home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,450, 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 Mount Comfort's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mount Comfort
Mount Comfort runs younger 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 Mount Comfort.
Who works in Mount Comfort, and how
Work in Mount Comfort centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Mount Comfort
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Comfort.
What the weather is like in Mount Comfort, month by month
Mount Comfort sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Mount Comfort
Indianapolis International sits about 21 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 Comfort
Schools across Mount Comfort average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mt Comfort Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mt Vernon Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Mt Vernon High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Comfort school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Comfort 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 Comfort against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Comfort
Is Mount Comfort a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Comfort ranks 5,705th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cell coverage, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Comfort expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $247,743. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $96,450 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Mount Comfort safe?
Yes, Mount Comfort is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Comfort with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Comfort. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Comfort 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 Comfort detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Comfort: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Comfort: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Comfort: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Comfort: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Comfort 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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