Best PlacesPleasure Valley, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pleasure Valley, 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.
Pleasure Valley ranks 17,580th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pleasure Valley
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.
Pleasure Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pleasure Valley ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$97,132 median, better than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 70% of towns
Where Pleasure Valley ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pleasure Valley
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pleasure Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,132, 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 Pleasure Valley's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Pleasure Valley
Pleasure Valley 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 Pleasure Valley.
Who works in Pleasure Valley, and how
Work in Pleasure Valley centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pleasure Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pleasure Valley.
What the weather is like in Pleasure Valley, month by month
Pleasure Valley sees roughly 62 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 Pleasure Valley
Indianapolis International sits about 38 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 Pleasure Valley
Schools across Pleasure Valley average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Waldron Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Southwestern High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pleasure Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pleasure Valley 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 Pleasure Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pleasure Valley
Is Pleasure Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pleasure Valley ranks 17,580th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, cheap car insurance, and high incomes, and lowest on a weak job market and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pleasure Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,300. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $97,132 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Pleasure Valley safe?
Yes, Pleasure Valley is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $214 per resident a year.
Compare Pleasure Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pleasure Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pleasure Valley 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.
Pleasure Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pleasure Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pleasure Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pleasure Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pleasure Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pleasure Valley 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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