Living in Barbee, IN
Barbee is a small town of 1,464 people in Kosciusko County, Indiana. It's about 30 miles from Elkhart, IN and 107 miles from Indianapolis, IN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 43 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $245k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,464people
$245kTypical home
$1,326/moRent
83° / 32°Summer / winter
43"Snow
206Sunny days
149Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,464
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,364 people per sq mi
- 107 mi to Indianapolis, IN
- 30 mi to Elkhart, IN
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $245k (≈$1,542/mo)
- Median rent $1,326/mo
- Median household income $85k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 206 sunny days a year (66 totally clear)
- 159 cloudy days a year
- 57 of 90 winter days are gray
- 149 days a year with rain or snow
- 43" of snow a year
- 14 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 20 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (218 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (592 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 37% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to FWA airport
- 110 mi to GRR (major hub)
- 30 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1965
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 856 ft
- 485 mi to the ocean
- 63 mi to a big lake
- 30 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 32 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 19 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 139 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 17 bars within 25 mi
- 25 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of Indiana districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 7 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 16 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Kosciusko County: R+52 in 2024
- Indiana: R+19 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.