Best PlacesSt. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis, 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.
St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis ranks 2,315th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on heat safety.
The best neighborhoods in St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis
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.
St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis' strengths and weaknesses
Where St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$808 a month, better than 88% of neighborhoods
Where St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $78,138, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis' effective rate of 0.94%, 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 St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis
St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis runs younger 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 St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis.
Who works in St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis, and how
Work in St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 56%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 26%
Life in St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis
St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis, month by month
St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis 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 St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis
Indianapolis International sits about 8 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 St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis
Schools across St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis average a C−, better than 30% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Center For Inquiry School 27C− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Merle Sidener Gifted AcademyA+ · 74% proficient
- Arlington Community Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Arsenal Technical High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis 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 St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis
Is St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis ranks 2,315th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on heat safety, walkability, and biking, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $343,105. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $78,138 median income, cost of living beats 67% of neighborhoods.
Is St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis safe?
St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis is safer than 21% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $605 per resident a year.
Compare St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis 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.
St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood, Indianapolis 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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