Best PlacesStraughn, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Straughn, 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.
Straughn ranks 27,782nd 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 Straughn
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.
Straughn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Straughn ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
Where Straughn ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Straughn
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Straughn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,331, 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 Straughn's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Straughn
Straughn 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 Straughn.
Who works in Straughn, and how
Work in Straughn centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Straughn
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Straughn.
What the weather is like in Straughn, month by month
Straughn sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 29° | 24° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 43° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Straughn
Indianapolis International sits about 54 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 Straughn
Schools across Straughn average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fayette Central ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- Western Wayne Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Rushville Elementary School WestC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Benjamin Rush Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Lincoln Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Connersville Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Connersville Sr High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Rushville Consolidated High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Lincoln Sr High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Straughn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Straughn 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 Straughn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Straughn
Is Straughn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Straughn ranks 27,782nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Straughn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $169,646. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $82,331 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Straughn safe?
Straughn is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $294 per resident a year.
Compare Straughn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Straughn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Straughn 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.
Straughn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Straughn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Straughn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Straughn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Straughn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Straughn 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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