Best PlacesWarrick County, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Warrick County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Warrick County ranks 221st of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Warrick 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.
The best areas in Warrick County
The parts of Warrick County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Newburgh
More adults hold degrees.
Chandler
Fewer households have young kids and crime runs higher.
Elberfeld
Boonville
More homes sit empty and prices have run up more.
Warrick County shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 12% of the country and others in the top 1%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Warrick County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Warrick County ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of counties
- Household income$96,451 median, better than 90% of counties
Where Warrick County ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 53 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of counties
- Cheap childcare$1,096 a month, better than only 11% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 18% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 29% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 30% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Warrick County
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warrick County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,451, 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 Warrick County's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Warrick County
Warrick County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Warrick County.
Who works in Warrick County, and how
Work in Warrick County centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Warrick County
Warrick County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Warrick County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Warrick County growing, and who is moving in?
Warrick County has grown about 9% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Evansville, IN metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Warrick County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Warrick County, month by month
Warrick County sees roughly 53 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Warrick County
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Warrick County
Schools across Warrick County average a B+, better than 87% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Mccutchanville Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- David Turnham Education CenterA · 65% proficient
- John H Castle Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top middle schools
- Heritage Hills Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Castle North Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Southridge Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Castle High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- North High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Heritage Hills High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warrick County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warrick 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 Warrick County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Warrick County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 94% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Warrick County
Is Warrick County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warrick County ranks 221st of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on health care access, low crime, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Warrick County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $247,091. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $96,451 median income, cost of living beats 94% of counties.
Is Warrick County safe?
Yes, Warrick County is safer than 97% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $181 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Warrick County?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 25. That works out to about 53 pleasant days a year, more than 1% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Warrick County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Newburgh, Chandler, and Elberfeld. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Warrick County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warrick County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warrick 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.
Warrick County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warrick County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warrick County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warrick County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warrick County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warrick 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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