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47577 — Saint Meinrad, IN

The neighborhood scorecard for ZIP 47577 in Saint Meinrad, IN blends seven federal datasets into a single letter grade of D (44/100). The underlying inputs pulled for this ZIP include a median household income of $52,208, a median home value of $250,800, 24.6% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher, and an average commute of . Every value comes directly from Census ACS 5-Year Estimates tied to ZIP 47577, not a national average mapped onto the ZIP.

Cross-agency inputs extend the score beyond Census demographics. If any of these feeds is missing for 47577, the scorecard transparently drops that dimension rather than inventing a score.

Reading the grade means reading the dimensions together. The overall D score for 47577 reflects a weighted blend — Income (20%), Safety (20%), Housing (15%), Rent (15%), Education (10%), Commute (10%), and Childcare (10%) — and each dimension is benchmarked against national percentiles rather than in-state-only comparisons. Strengths visible in the raw data include rent. Areas pulling the overall grade down are income, education, housing. The 6 nearby ZIP codes listed below provide immediate geographic context — two adjacent ZIPs can land several grade letters apart due to school-district boundaries, zoning, and commute arteries.

D
Overall Score
44/100
47577 — Saint Meinrad, IN
Income F
$52,208
Median household income
Education F
24.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher
Housing F
4.8x
Home value $250,800 vs income
Commute N/A
N/A
Average commute time
Rent B+
$956/mo
2BR fair market rent (22% of income)
Safety N/A
N/A
Violent crime rate (county)
Childcare N/A
N/A
Center-based infant care cost

Score Breakdown

Income

F
$52,208

Median household income

Score: 39/100

Education

F
24.6%

Bachelor's degree or higher

Score: 39/100

Housing

F
4.8x

Home value $250,800 vs income

Score: 22/100

Commute

N/A
N/A

Average commute time

Rent

B+
$956/mo

2BR fair market rent (22% of income)

Score: 75/100

Safety

N/A
N/A

Violent crime rate (county)

Childcare

N/A
N/A

Center-based infant care cost

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What This Means

Saint Meinrad, IN (47577) receives an overall grade of D based on publicly available data from the Census Bureau, HUD, FBI, and Department of Labor. This area performs well in rent. Challenges include income and education and housing. Data was unavailable for commute, safety, childcare — these dimensions were excluded from the overall score.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the overall score for ZIP 47577?
ZIP 47577 (Saint Meinrad, IN) has an overall neighborhood score of 44/100, earning a grade of D. This score combines 7 dimensions: income, education, housing affordability, commute, rent, safety, and childcare costs.
Is 47577 a good place to live?
Based on Census, HUD, FBI, and DOL data, 47577 scores D overall. Strengths include rent. Areas that score lower: income, education, housing.
How is the neighborhood scorecard calculated?
The scorecard evaluates 7 dimensions weighted by importance: Income (20%), Safety (20%), Housing affordability (15%), Rent (15%), Education (10%), Commute (10%), and Childcare (10%). Each metric is compared against national benchmarks to produce a percentile score.

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report. Source: DOL Childcare Costs. Verify with HUD →