Best PlacesTipton County, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Tipton County, 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.
Tipton County ranks 1,416th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tipton County
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.
Tipton County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tipton County ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of counties
Where Tipton County ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of counties
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of counties
- Cheap childcare$925 a month, better than only 25% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Tipton County
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tipton County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,263, 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 Tipton County's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tipton County
Tipton County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tipton County.
Who works in Tipton County, and how
Work in Tipton County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Tipton County
Tipton County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and more parkland per resident than 73% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Tipton County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Tipton County growing, and who is moving in?
Tipton County has held roughly flat in population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Indianapolis, IN metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Tipton County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Tipton County, month by month
Tipton County sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Tipton County
Indianapolis International sits about 43 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 Tipton County
Schools across Tipton County average a C+, better than 44% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Tipton Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Tri Central ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Western Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
- Eastern Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Tipton Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Western High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Clinton Central Junior-senior HsC+ · 35% proficient
- Tri Central Middle-high SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tipton County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tipton County 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 Tipton County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Tipton County
Is Tipton County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tipton County ranks 1,416th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tipton County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $195,241. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $79,263 median income, cost of living beats 86% of counties.
Is Tipton County safe?
Tipton County is safer than 39% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
Compare Tipton County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tipton County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tipton County 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.
Tipton County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tipton County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tipton County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tipton County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tipton County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tipton County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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