Best PlacesPlummer, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Plummer, 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.
Plummer ranks 21,604th 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 Plummer
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.
Plummer's strengths and weaknesses
Where Plummer ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 81% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 73% of towns
Where Plummer ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 25% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Plummer
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plummer home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,913, 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 Plummer's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Plummer
Plummer runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Plummer.
Who works in Plummer, and how
Work in Plummer centers on public administration and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Plummer
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Plummer.
What the weather is like in Plummer, month by month
Plummer sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Plummer
Indianapolis International sits about 63 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 Plummer
Schools across Plummer average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bloomfield Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- White River Valley Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Bloomfield High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- White River Valley High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plummer school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plummer 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 Plummer against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Plummer
Is Plummer a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plummer ranks 21,604th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and low crime, and lowest on taxes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Plummer expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $192,451. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $79,913 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Plummer safe?
Yes, Plummer is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $196 per resident a year.
Compare Plummer with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plummer. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plummer 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.
Plummer detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plummer: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plummer: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plummer: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plummer: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plummer 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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