Best PlacesSt. Philip, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around St. Philip, 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.
St. Philip ranks 7,220th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in St. Philip
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. Philip's strengths and weaknesses
Where St. Philip ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
Where St. Philip ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 51 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in St. Philip
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median St. Philip home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,910, 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 St. Philip's effective rate of 0.60%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in St. Philip
St. Philip runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for St. Philip.
Who works in St. Philip, and how
Work in St. Philip centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in St. Philip
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across St. Philip.
What the weather is like in St. Philip, month by month
St. Philip sees roughly 51 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of St. Philip
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 140 miles away.
The best schools in and around St. Philip
Schools across St. Philip average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marrs Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- West Terrace Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Perry Heights Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Mount Vernon Jr High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- New Tech InstituteB · 47% proficient
- Mount Vernon High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every St. Philip school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
St. Philip 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. Philip against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in St. Philip
Is St. Philip a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, St. Philip ranks 7,220th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, an educated workforce, and health care access, 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. Philip expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $285,286. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $104,910 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is St. Philip safe?
Yes, St. Philip is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $174 per resident a year.
Compare St. Philip with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to St. Philip. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in St. Philip 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. Philip detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for St. Philip: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in St. Philip: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of St. Philip: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in St. Philip: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
St. Philip 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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