Best PlacesOldenburg, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oldenburg, 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.
Oldenburg ranks 12,313th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Oldenburg
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.
Oldenburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oldenburg ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Oldenburg ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap childcare$962 a month, better than only 27% of towns
- Short commute30.3 minutes each way, better than only 32% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oldenburg
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oldenburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $74,972; 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 Oldenburg'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 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 Oldenburg
Oldenburg's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Oldenburg.
Who works in Oldenburg, and how
Work in Oldenburg centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Oldenburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oldenburg.
What the weather is like in Oldenburg, month by month
Oldenburg sees roughly 55 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 Oldenburg
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 37 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 Oldenburg
Schools across Oldenburg average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Laurel SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Batesville Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Batesville High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oldenburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oldenburg 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 Oldenburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oldenburg
Is Oldenburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oldenburg ranks 12,313th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and walkability, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oldenburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $296,812. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $74,972 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Oldenburg safe?
Yes, Oldenburg is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $186 per resident a year.
Compare Oldenburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oldenburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oldenburg 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.
Oldenburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oldenburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oldenburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oldenburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oldenburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oldenburg 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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