Best PlacesSoutheast Grove, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Southeast Grove, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Southeast Grove ranks 13,773rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Southeast Grove
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.
Southeast Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Southeast Grove ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- Household income$100,127 median, better than 85% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
Where Southeast Grove ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Southeast Grove
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Southeast Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,127, 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 Southeast Grove's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 Southeast Grove
Southeast Grove 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 Southeast Grove.
Who works in Southeast Grove, and how
Work in Southeast Grove centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Southeast Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Southeast Grove.
What the weather is like in Southeast Grove, month by month
Southeast Grove sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Southeast Grove
Chicago Midway International sits about 40 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 Southeast Grove
Schools across Southeast Grove average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Three Creeks Elem SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lowell Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Lowell Senior High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Southeast Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Southeast Grove 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 Southeast Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Southeast Grove
Is Southeast Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Southeast Grove ranks 13,773rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, cell coverage, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Southeast Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $336,627. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $100,127 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Southeast Grove safe?
Yes, Southeast Grove is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $236 per resident a year.
Compare Southeast Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Southeast Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Southeast Grove 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.
Southeast Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Southeast Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Southeast Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Southeast Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Southeast Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Southeast Grove 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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