Best PlacesVincennes, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vincennes, 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.
Vincennes ranks 26,699th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Vincennes
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.
Vincennes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Vincennes ranks high
- Short commute16.6 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
Where Vincennes ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vincennes
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vincennes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,112, 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 Vincennes' effective rate of 0.80%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vincennes
Vincennes'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 Vincennes.
Who works in Vincennes, and how
Work in Vincennes centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Vincennes
Vincennes has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Vincennes and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vincennes, month by month
Vincennes sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Vincennes
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vincennes
Schools across Vincennes average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchB+ · 54% proficient
- South Knox Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Francis Vigo Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- George Rogers Clark SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- South Knox Middle-high SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Lincoln High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- North Knox Jr-sr High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vincennes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vincennes 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 Vincennes against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Vincennes suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 3% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Vincennes
Is Vincennes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vincennes ranks 26,699th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and fast internet, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vincennes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,608. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $70,112 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Vincennes safe?
Vincennes is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $387 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Vincennes?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 25. That works out to about 60 pleasant days a year, more than 8% of towns.
Is Vincennes good for families?
Schools beat 46% of towns, crime safety beats 26%, and childcare runs $795 a month.
Compare Vincennes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vincennes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vincennes 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.
Vincennes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vincennes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vincennes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vincennes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vincennes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vincennes 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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