Best PlacesWinamac, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Winamac, 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.
Winamac ranks 21,191st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Winamac
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.
Winamac's strengths and weaknesses
Where Winamac ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Winamac ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 26% of towns
- Household income$60,479 median, better than only 28% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 32% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Winamac
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Winamac home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,479, 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 Winamac's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Winamac
Winamac 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 Winamac.
Who works in Winamac, and how
Work in Winamac centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Winamac
Winamac has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Winamac and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Winamac, month by month
Winamac sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Winamac
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 77 miles away.
The best schools in and around Winamac
Schools across Winamac average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eastern Pulaski Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Culver Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- North Judson-san Pierre Elem SchC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Winamac Community Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- West Central Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- North White Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- North White High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Winamac Community High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- West Central Senior High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Winamac school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Winamac 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 Winamac against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Winamac
Is Winamac a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Winamac ranks 21,191st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cheap car insurance, and biking, and lowest on taxes and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Winamac expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,971. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $60,479 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Winamac safe?
Winamac is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $268 per resident a year.
Compare Winamac with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Winamac. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Winamac 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.
Winamac detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Winamac: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Winamac: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Winamac: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Winamac: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Winamac 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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