Best PlacesNew Point, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Point, 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.
New Point ranks 21,907th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in New Point
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.
New Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Point ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 77% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where New Point ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 28% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 31% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Point
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $68,920, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 New Point'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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in New Point
New Point'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 New Point.
Who works in New Point, and how
Work in New Point centers on manufacturing and wholesale trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in New Point
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Point.
What the weather is like in New Point, month by month
New Point sees roughly 72 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 New Point
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 40 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around New Point
Schools across New Point average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Decatur Elementary SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Greensburg ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Batesville Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Greensburg Community Jr HighC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Batesville High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Greensburg Community High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- North Decatur Jr-sr High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Point 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 New Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Point
Is New Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Point ranks 21,907th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low crime, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $306,484. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $68,920 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is New Point safe?
Yes, New Point is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $168 per resident a year.
Compare New Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Point 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.
New Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Point 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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