Best PlacesPickard, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pickard, 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.
Pickard ranks 24,135th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Internet speeds pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Pickard
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.
Pickard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pickard ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 80% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Household income$89,733 median, better than 76% of towns
Where Pickard ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute36.9 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pickard
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pickard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,733, 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 Pickard's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Pickard
Pickard'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 Pickard.
Who works in Pickard, and how
Work in Pickard centers on construction and health care & social. 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 3%
Life in Pickard
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pickard.
What the weather is like in Pickard, month by month
Pickard sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Pickard
Indianapolis International sits about 35 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 Pickard
Schools across Pickard average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tipton Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Clinton Central Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Sheridan Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sheridan Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Tipton Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Sheridan High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Clinton Central Junior-senior HsC+ · 35% proficient
- Tipton High SchoolC · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pickard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pickard 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 Pickard against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pickard
Is Pickard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pickard ranks 24,135th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, what local pay buys, and few empty homes, and lowest on internet speeds and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pickard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $249,006. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $89,733 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Pickard safe?
Yes, Pickard is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $213 per resident a year.
Compare Pickard with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pickard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pickard 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.
Pickard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pickard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pickard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pickard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pickard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pickard 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.