Best PlacesTab, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tab, 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.
Tab ranks 23,184th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tab
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.
Tab's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tab ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$109,938 median, better than 90% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 79% of towns
Where Tab ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
Who lives in Tab
Tab's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Tab.
Who works in Tab, and how
Work in Tab centers on finance & insurance and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Tab
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tab.
What the weather is like in Tab, month by month
Tab sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 64° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Tab
The nearest airport, University of Illinois/Willard, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tab
Schools across Tab average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pine Village Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Warren Central Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Rossville-alvin Elem SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Benton Central Jr-sr High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Seeger Memorial Jr-sr High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tab school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tab 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 Tab against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tab
Is Tab a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tab ranks 23,184th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, cheap car insurance, and high incomes, and lowest on internet speeds and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tab safe?
Tab is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $445 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Tab?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 22. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 23% of towns.
Compare Tab with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tab. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tab 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.
Tab detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tab: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tab: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tab: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tab: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tab 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.
- 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.