Best PlacesSan Jacinto, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around San Jacinto, 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.
San Jacinto ranks 36,122nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in San Jacinto
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.
San Jacinto's strengths and weaknesses
Where San Jacinto ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 76% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 71% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 69% of towns
Where San Jacinto ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Short commute32.8 minutes each way, better than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in San Jacinto
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median San Jacinto home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,128, 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 San Jacinto's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in San Jacinto
San Jacinto'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 San Jacinto.
Who works in San Jacinto, and how
Work in San Jacinto centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 0%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in San Jacinto
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across San Jacinto.
What the weather is like in San Jacinto, month by month
San Jacinto sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 64° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 84° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of San Jacinto
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 45 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around San Jacinto
Schools across San Jacinto average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Ripley Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Brush Creek Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Ripley Junior High SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Jennings County Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Jennings County High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- South Ripley High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every San Jacinto school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
San Jacinto 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 San Jacinto against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in San Jacinto
Is San Jacinto a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, San Jacinto ranks 36,122nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state infrastructure, and a strong job market, and lowest on taxes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is San Jacinto expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,500. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $72,128 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is San Jacinto safe?
San Jacinto is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $341 per resident a year.
Compare San Jacinto with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to San Jacinto. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in San Jacinto 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.
San Jacinto detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for San Jacinto: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in San Jacinto: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of San Jacinto: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in San Jacinto: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
San Jacinto 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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