Best PlacesSchererville, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Schererville, 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.
Schererville ranks 928th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Schererville
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.
Schererville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Schererville ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 81% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 79% of cities
Where Schererville ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Short commute31.2 minutes each way, better than only 18% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 24% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 25% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Schererville
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Schererville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,527, 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 Schererville's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Schererville
Schererville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Schererville.
Who works in Schererville, and how
Work in Schererville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Schererville
Schererville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of cities and more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Schererville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Schererville, month by month
Schererville sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 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° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Schererville
Chicago Midway International sits about 26 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Schererville
Schools across Schererville average a B, better than 62% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Frank H Hammond Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- George Bibich Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- James H Watson Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hal E Clark Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
- Colonel John Wheeler Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Kahler Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Munster High SchoolA · 76% proficient
- Crown Point High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Lake Central High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Schererville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Schererville 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 Schererville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Schererville suits
Common questions about living in Schererville
Is Schererville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Schererville ranks 928th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on transit and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Schererville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $326,957. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $101,527 median income, cost of living beats 67% of cities.
Is Schererville safe?
Schererville is safer than 32% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $314 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Schererville?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 33 with lows near 20. That works out to about 74 pleasant days a year, more than 35% of cities.
Is Schererville good for families?
Schools beat 62% of cities, crime safety beats 32%, and childcare runs $873 a month.
Compare Schererville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Schererville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Schererville 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.
Schererville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Schererville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Schererville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Schererville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Schererville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Schererville 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.
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