Best PlacesRemington, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Remington, 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.
Remington ranks 12,486th 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 Remington
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.
Remington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Remington ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Short commute20.7 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
Where Remington ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 28% of towns
- Cheap childcare$955 a month, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Remington
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Remington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,496, 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 Remington's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Remington
Remington runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Remington.
Who works in Remington, and how
Work in Remington centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Remington
Remington has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Remington and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Remington, month by month
Remington sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Remington
Chicago Midway International sits about 77 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Remington
Schools across Remington average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prairie Crossing Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- South Newton Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- West Central Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rensselaer Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- South Newton Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- West Central Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Tri-county Jr/sr High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Benton Central Jr-sr High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- South Newton Senior High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Remington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Remington 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 Remington against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Remington
Is Remington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Remington ranks 12,486th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cheap car insurance, and big-city access, and lowest on taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Remington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,721. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $84,496 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Remington safe?
Remington is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $300 per resident a year.
Compare Remington with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Remington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Remington 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.
Remington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Remington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Remington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Remington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Remington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Remington 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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