Best PlacesVolga, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Volga, 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.
Volga ranks 24,018th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Volga
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.
Volga's strengths and weaknesses
Where Volga ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 74% of towns
- Short commute23.1 minutes each way, better than 74% of towns
Where Volga ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 23% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Volga
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Volga home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,052, 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 Volga's effective rate of 0.63%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Volga
Volga 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 Volga.
Who works in Volga, and how
Work in Volga centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Volga
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Volga.
What the weather is like in Volga, month by month
Volga sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Volga
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 49 miles away.
The best schools in and around Volga
Schools across Volga average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southwestern Elementary SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southwestern Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Southwestern High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Volga school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Volga 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 Volga against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Volga
Is Volga a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Volga ranks 24,018th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, an educated workforce, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the weather and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Volga expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,456. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $77,052 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Volga safe?
Volga is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $278 per resident a year.
Compare Volga with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Volga. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Volga 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.
Volga detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Volga: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Volga: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Volga: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Volga: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Volga 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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