Best PlacesSpelterville, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spelterville, 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.
Spelterville ranks 13,421st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Spelterville
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.
Spelterville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spelterville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Spelterville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- School gradeC, better than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spelterville
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spelterville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,566, 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 Spelterville's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Spelterville
Spelterville 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 Spelterville.
Who works in Spelterville, and how
Work in Spelterville centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Spelterville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Spelterville.
What the weather is like in Spelterville, month by month
Spelterville 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 Spelterville
The nearest airport, University of Illinois/Willard, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spelterville
Schools across Spelterville average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fayette Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Rio Grande Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Terre Town Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Vigo Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Otter Creek Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Terre Haute North Vigo High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- West Vigo High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spelterville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spelterville 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 Spelterville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spelterville
Is Spelterville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spelterville ranks 13,421st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low crime, and a strong job market, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spelterville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,841. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $81,566 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Spelterville safe?
Yes, Spelterville is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $148 per resident a year.
Compare Spelterville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spelterville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spelterville 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.
Spelterville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spelterville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spelterville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spelterville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spelterville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spelterville 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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