Best PlacesSully, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sully, 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.
Sully ranks 2,128th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sully
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.
Sully's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sully ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of towns
Where Sully ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sully
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sully home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,428, 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 Sully's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 Sully
Sully's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sully.
Who works in Sully, and how
Work in Sully centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sully
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sully.
What the weather is like in Sully, month by month
Sully sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 23° | 16° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Sully
The nearest airport, Des Moines International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 158 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sully
Schools across Sully average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lynnville-sully Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lynnville-sully Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
Top high schools
- Lynnville-sully High SchoolA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sully school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sully 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 Sully against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sully
Is Sully a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sully ranks 2,128th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and walkability, and lowest on the weather and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sully expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,234. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $90,428 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Sully safe?
Yes, Sully is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $148 per resident a year.
Compare Sully with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sully. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sully 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.
Sully detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sully: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sully: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sully: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sully: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sully 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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