Best PlacesSandcut, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sandcut, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sandcut ranks 31,790th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sandcut
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.
Sandcut's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sandcut ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute20.9 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
Where Sandcut ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sandcut
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sandcut home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,706, 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 Sandcut's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Sandcut
Sandcut runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sandcut.
Who works in Sandcut, and how
Work in Sandcut centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Sandcut
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sandcut.
What the weather is like in Sandcut, month by month
Sandcut sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Sandcut
Indianapolis International sits about 55 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 Sandcut
Schools across Sandcut average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rio Grande Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Otter Creek Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Terre Haute North Vigo High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sandcut school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sandcut 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 Sandcut against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sandcut
Is Sandcut a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sandcut ranks 31,790th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, cheap car insurance, and short commutes, and lowest on the weather and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sandcut expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,630. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $57,706 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Sandcut safe?
Yes, Sandcut is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $222 per resident a year.
Compare Sandcut with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sandcut. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sandcut 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.
Sandcut detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sandcut: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sandcut: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sandcut: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sandcut: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sandcut 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.