Best PlacesSouthport, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Southport, 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.
Southport ranks 29,808th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Southport
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.
Southport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Southport ranks high
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
Where Southport ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Southport
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Southport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $54,841; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Southport's effective rate of 0.98%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Southport
Southport runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Southport.
Who works in Southport, and how
Work in Southport centers on transportation & warehousing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Southport
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Southport.
What the weather is like in Southport, month by month
Southport sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, 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 | 39° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Southport
Indianapolis International sits about 10 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 Southport
Schools across Southport average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jeremiah Gray Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Southport Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southport 6th Grade AcademyC+ · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Southport High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Southport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Southport 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 Southport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Southport
Is Southport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Southport ranks 29,808th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, transit, and walkability, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Southport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $205,545. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $54,841 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Southport safe?
Southport is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
Compare Southport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Southport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Southport 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.
Southport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Southport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Southport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Southport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Southport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Southport 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.