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Mitchell is a small town of 3,937 people in Lawrence County, Indiana. It's about 30 miles from Bloomington, IN and 60 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 13 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $115k and rent runs about $849 a month.
3,937people
$115kTypical home
$849/moRent
85° / 39°Summer / winter
13"Snow
223Sunny days
120Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,937
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,095 people per sq mi
- 60 mi to Louisville, KY
- 30 mi to Bloomington, IN
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $115k (≈$722/mo)
- Median rent $849/mo
- Median household income $49k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 39°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (85 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 120 days a year with rain or snow
- 13" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 13 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (7 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (202 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 38
- 33% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 56 mi to SDF airport
- 56 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 73 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 74% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 79% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 682 ft
- 493 mi to the ocean
- 144 mi to a big lake
- 34 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 13 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 49 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 4 bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 32% of Indiana districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 27 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 31 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lawrence County: R+51 in 2024
- Indiana: R+19 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk