Neighborhood Scorecard

The neighborhood scorecard for ZIP 47861 in Merom, IN blends seven federal datasets into a single letter grade of C- (52/100). The underlying inputs pulled for this ZIP include a median household income of $56,484, a median home value of $198,800, 23.8% 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 47861, 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 47861, the scorecard transparently drops that dimension rather than inventing a score.

Reading the grade means reading the dimensions together. The overall C- score for 47861 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. The 3 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.