Best PlacesRigdon, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rigdon, 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.
Rigdon ranks 11,193rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rigdon
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.
Rigdon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rigdon ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$109,713 median, better than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
Where Rigdon ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 19% of towns
- Short commute32.3 minutes each way, better than only 23% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rigdon
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rigdon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $109,713, 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 Rigdon's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Rigdon
Rigdon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rigdon.
Who works in Rigdon, and how
Work in Rigdon 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 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Rigdon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rigdon.
What the weather is like in Rigdon, month by month
Rigdon sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 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 | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Rigdon
Indianapolis International sits about 48 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 Rigdon
Schools across Rigdon average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elwood Intermediate SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Madison-grant Jr./sr. High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Elwood Jr-sr High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rigdon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rigdon 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 Rigdon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rigdon
Is Rigdon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rigdon ranks 11,193rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, cheap car insurance, and high incomes, and lowest on taxes and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rigdon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $192,368. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $109,713 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Rigdon safe?
Yes, Rigdon is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $220 per resident a year.
Compare Rigdon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rigdon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rigdon 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.
Rigdon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rigdon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rigdon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rigdon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rigdon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rigdon 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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