Best PlacesWolcottville, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wolcottville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wolcottville ranks 28,010th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Wolcottville
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.
Wolcottville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wolcottville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 79% of towns
- BikingBetter than 74% of towns
- Household income$87,483 median, better than 74% of towns
Where Wolcottville ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wolcottville
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wolcottville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,483, 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 Wolcottville's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Wolcottville
Wolcottville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wolcottville.
Who works in Wolcottville, and how
Work in Wolcottville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Wolcottville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wolcottville.
What the weather is like in Wolcottville, month by month
Wolcottville sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Wolcottville
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wolcottville
Schools across Wolcottville average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Topeka Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Prairie Heights Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Rome City Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Westview Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Prairie Heights Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- East Noble Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Prairie Heights Sr High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- East Noble High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Lakeland Jr/sr High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wolcottville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wolcottville 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 Wolcottville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wolcottville
Is Wolcottville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wolcottville ranks 28,010th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state infrastructure, and walkability, and lowest on education levels and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wolcottville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $266,057. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $87,483 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Wolcottville safe?
Wolcottville is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $390 per resident a year.
Compare Wolcottville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wolcottville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wolcottville 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.
Wolcottville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wolcottville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wolcottville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wolcottville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wolcottville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wolcottville 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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