Best PlacesRolling Prairie, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rolling Prairie, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rolling Prairie ranks 8,735th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rolling Prairie
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.
Rolling Prairie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rolling Prairie ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$103,879 median, better than 87% of towns
Where Rolling Prairie ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
- Short commute30.1 minutes each way, better than only 33% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rolling Prairie
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rolling Prairie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,879, 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 Rolling Prairie's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rolling Prairie
Rolling Prairie runs older 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 Rolling Prairie.
Who works in Rolling Prairie, and how
Work in Rolling Prairie centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Rolling Prairie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rolling Prairie.
What the weather is like in Rolling Prairie, month by month
Rolling Prairie sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Rolling Prairie
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rolling Prairie
Schools across Rolling Prairie average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Olive Township Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Rolling Prairie Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Prairie Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- New Prairie High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rolling Prairie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rolling Prairie 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 Rolling Prairie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rolling Prairie
Is Rolling Prairie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rolling Prairie ranks 8,735th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, big-city access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rolling Prairie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $250,936. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $103,879 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Rolling Prairie safe?
Yes, Rolling Prairie is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Rolling Prairie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rolling Prairie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rolling Prairie 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.
Rolling Prairie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rolling Prairie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rolling Prairie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rolling Prairie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rolling Prairie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rolling Prairie 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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