Best PlacesPilot Knob, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pilot Knob, 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.
Pilot Knob ranks 45,390th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Pilot Knob
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.
Pilot Knob's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pilot Knob ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Cheap childcare$679 a month, better than 68% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 66% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 63% of towns
Where Pilot Knob ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$49,510 median, better than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pilot Knob
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pilot Knob home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,510, 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 Pilot Knob'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pilot Knob.
Who works in Pilot Knob, and how
Work in Pilot Knob centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Pilot Knob
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pilot Knob.
What the weather is like in Pilot Knob, month by month
Pilot Knob sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 44, 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 | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Pilot Knob
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 99 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pilot Knob
Schools across Pilot Knob average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Crawford Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- South Crawford Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crawford County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Crawford County High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pilot Knob school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pilot Knob 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 Pilot Knob against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pilot Knob
Is Pilot Knob a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pilot Knob ranks 45,390th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state infrastructure, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the weather and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pilot Knob expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,064. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $49,510 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Pilot Knob safe?
Yes, Pilot Knob is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare Pilot Knob with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pilot Knob. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pilot Knob 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.
Pilot Knob detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pilot Knob: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pilot Knob: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pilot Knob: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pilot Knob: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pilot Knob 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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