Best PlacesSan Pierre, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around San Pierre, 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 Pierre ranks 13,866th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in San Pierre
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 Pierre's strengths and weaknesses
Where San Pierre ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where San Pierre ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 24% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in San Pierre
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median San Pierre home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,101, 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 Pierre's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 San Pierre
San Pierre 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 San Pierre.
Who works in San Pierre, and how
Work in San Pierre centers on hospitality & food and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in San Pierre
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across San Pierre.
What the weather is like in San Pierre, month by month
San Pierre sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of San Pierre
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around San Pierre
Schools across San Pierre average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wheatfield Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Kankakee Valley Intermediate SchB− · 43% proficient
- North Judson-san Pierre Elem SchC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Central Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Kankakee Valley High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- West Central Senior High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Tri-township Jr.-sr. High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every San Pierre school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
San Pierre 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 Pierre against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in San Pierre
Is San Pierre a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, San Pierre ranks 13,866th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, big-city access, and fast internet, and lowest on air quality and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is San Pierre expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $219,349. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $86,101 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is San Pierre safe?
Yes, San Pierre is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $129 per resident a year.
Compare San Pierre with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to San Pierre. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in San Pierre 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 Pierre detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for San Pierre: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in San Pierre: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of San Pierre: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in San Pierre: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
San Pierre 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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