Best PlacesWilkinson, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilkinson, 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.
Wilkinson ranks 10,901st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wilkinson
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.
Wilkinson's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilkinson ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
Where Wilkinson ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,042 a month, better than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 36% of towns
- Short commute29.1 minutes each way, better than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilkinson
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilkinson home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,070, 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 Wilkinson's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wilkinson
Wilkinson runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wilkinson.
Who works in Wilkinson, and how
Work in Wilkinson centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Wilkinson
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilkinson.
What the weather is like in Wilkinson, month by month
Wilkinson sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 29° | 24° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 43° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Wilkinson
Indianapolis International sits about 38 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.2 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Wilkinson
Schools across Wilkinson average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eden Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Eastern Hancock Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Knightstown Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greenfield Central Junior High SchB− · 40% proficient
- Eastern Hancock Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Knightstown Intermediate SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Eastern Hancock High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Greenfield-central High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Knightstown High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilkinson school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilkinson
Is Wilkinson a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilkinson ranks 10,901st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cheap car insurance, and low disaster risk, and lowest on taxes and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilkinson expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $260,219. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $80,070 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Wilkinson safe?
Yes, Wilkinson is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
Compare Wilkinson with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilkinson. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilkinson 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.
Wilkinson detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilkinson: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilkinson: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilkinson: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilkinson: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilkinson 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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