Best PlacesTreaty, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Treaty, 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.
Treaty ranks 14,087th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Treaty
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.
Treaty's strengths and weaknesses
Where Treaty ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$101,783 median, better than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 82% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Treaty ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Treaty
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Treaty home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,783, 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 Treaty's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 Treaty
Treaty 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 Treaty.
Who works in Treaty, and how
Work in Treaty centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Treaty
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Treaty.
What the weather is like in Treaty, month by month
Treaty sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Treaty
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Treaty
Schools across Treaty average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southwood Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- White's Jr-sr High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Treaty school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Treaty 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 Treaty against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Treaty
Is Treaty a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Treaty ranks 14,087th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on taxes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Treaty expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $224,573. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $101,783 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Treaty safe?
Yes, Treaty is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $228 per resident a year.
Compare Treaty with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Treaty. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Treaty 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.
Treaty detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Treaty: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Treaty: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Treaty: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Treaty: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Treaty 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.