Best PlacesRomona, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Romona, 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.
Romona ranks 31,681st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Romona
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.
Romona's strengths and weaknesses
Where Romona ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Romona ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Romona
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Romona home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,453, 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 Romona'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 and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Romona
Romona's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Romona.
Who works in Romona, and how
Work in Romona centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Romona
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Romona.
What the weather is like in Romona, month by month
Romona sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Romona
Indianapolis International sits about 37 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 Romona
Schools across Romona average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mccormick's Creek Elementary SchB · 47% proficient
- Spencer Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Owen Valley Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Owen Valley Community High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Romona school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Romona 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 Romona against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Romona
Is Romona a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Romona ranks 31,681st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, cheap car insurance, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Romona expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,120. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $69,453 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Romona safe?
Yes, Romona is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
Compare Romona with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Romona. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Romona 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.
Romona detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Romona: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Romona: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Romona: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Romona: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Romona 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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