Best PlacesStockwell, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stockwell, 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.
Stockwell ranks 8,999th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stockwell
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.
Stockwell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stockwell ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Stockwell ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stockwell
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stockwell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,940, 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 Stockwell's effective rate of 0.66%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Stockwell
Stockwell runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Stockwell.
Who works in Stockwell, and how
Work in Stockwell centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Stockwell
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stockwell.
What the weather is like in Stockwell, month by month
Stockwell sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Stockwell
Indianapolis International sits about 47 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 Stockwell
Schools across Stockwell average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- James Cole Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Dayton Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wainwright Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Mccutcheon High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stockwell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stockwell 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 Stockwell against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stockwell
Is Stockwell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stockwell ranks 8,999th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, civic engagement, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stockwell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $327,002. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $93,940 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Stockwell safe?
Yes, Stockwell is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $182 per resident a year.
Compare Stockwell with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stockwell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stockwell 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.
Stockwell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stockwell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stockwell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stockwell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stockwell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stockwell 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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