Garfield Park

Garfield Park is centered on the city's oldest park — a sunken garden, a historic conservatory, and the Garfield Park Arts Center all anchor the neighborhood around it. It's genuinely family-friendly, with a mix of longtime residents, young families, and small entrepreneurs who've opened shops nearby. If Fountain Square is Indianapolis's nightlife district, Garfield Park right next to it is its green, family-oriented counterpart.

The housing stock leans older — Foursquares and bungalows built in the early 1900s for the working families who first settled the area — with steady, unspectacular appreciation rather than the sharper swings you'll see in Fountain Square or Bates-Hendricks next door. That makes it a reasonable pick for buyers who want real neighborhood identity and a park at the center of daily life, without paying a premium for hype.