Best PlacesTabor, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tabor, 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.
Tabor ranks 5,181st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tabor
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.
Tabor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tabor ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of towns
Where Tabor ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 30% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tabor
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tabor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,765, 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 Tabor's effective rate of 1.11%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tabor
Tabor 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 Tabor.
Who works in Tabor, and how
Work in Tabor centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Tabor
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tabor.
What the weather is like in Tabor, month by month
Tabor sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 68° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Tabor
Eppley Airfield sits about 30 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 73 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Tabor
Schools across Tabor average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Fremont-mills Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- East Mills Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Glenwood Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top high schools
- East Mills Jr/sr High SchoolA · 77% proficient
- Glenwood Senior High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Fremont-mills Middle And Senior High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tabor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tabor 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 Tabor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tabor
Is Tabor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tabor ranks 5,181st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, state finances, and low crime, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tabor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,216. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $83,765 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Tabor safe?
Yes, Tabor is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $177 per resident a year.
Compare Tabor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tabor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tabor 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.
Tabor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tabor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tabor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tabor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tabor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tabor 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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