Best PlacesWickliffe, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wickliffe, 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.
Wickliffe ranks 31,990th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wickliffe
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.
Wickliffe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wickliffe ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Wickliffe ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 50 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wickliffe
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wickliffe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,788, 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 Wickliffe's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wickliffe
Wickliffe 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 Wickliffe.
Who works in Wickliffe, and how
Work in Wickliffe centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Wickliffe
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wickliffe.
What the weather is like in Wickliffe, month by month
Wickliffe sees roughly 50 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Wickliffe
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 94 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wickliffe
Schools across Wickliffe average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northeast Dubois Intermediate SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Springs Valley Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- West Crawford Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Crawford County High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Northeast Dubois Jr/sr High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Springs Valley Comm High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wickliffe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wickliffe 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 Wickliffe against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wickliffe
Is Wickliffe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wickliffe ranks 31,990th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a strong job market, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on the weather and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wickliffe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,189. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $69,788 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Wickliffe safe?
Yes, Wickliffe is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
Compare Wickliffe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wickliffe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wickliffe 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.
Wickliffe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wickliffe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wickliffe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wickliffe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wickliffe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wickliffe 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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