Best PlacesRedkey, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Redkey, 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.
Redkey ranks 30,339th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Redkey
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.
Redkey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Redkey ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 85% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
Where Redkey ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Redkey
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Redkey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,979, 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 Redkey'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Redkey
Redkey runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Redkey.
Who works in Redkey, and how
Work in Redkey centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Redkey
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Redkey.
What the weather is like in Redkey, month by month
Redkey sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Redkey
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 74 miles away.
The best schools in and around Redkey
Schools across Redkey average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe Central Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Redkey Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Albany Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Delta Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Delta High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Monroe Central Jr-sr High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Jay County Jr/sr High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Redkey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Redkey 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 Redkey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Redkey
Is Redkey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Redkey ranks 30,339th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cheap car insurance, and cell coverage, and lowest on taxes and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Redkey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $131,505. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $62,979 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Redkey safe?
Redkey is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $299 per resident a year.
Compare Redkey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Redkey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Redkey 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.
Redkey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Redkey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Redkey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Redkey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Redkey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Redkey 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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