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New Paris is a small town of 1,549 people in Elkhart County, Indiana. It's about 15 miles from Elkhart, IN and 99 miles from Chicago, IL, 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 $224k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,549people
$224kTypical home
$1,061/moRent
83° / 32°Summer / winter
43"Snow
206Sunny days
139Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,549
- Part of a metro area
- About 996 people per sq mi
- 99 mi to Chicago, IL
- 15 mi to Elkhart, IN
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $224k (≈$1,411/mo)
- Median rent $1,061/mo
- Median household income $75k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 1.0% 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
- 139 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
- Very low violent crime (99 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (615 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 32
- 28% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 29 mi to SBN airport
- 97 mi to GRR (major hub)
- 15 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1970
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 830 ft
- 495 mi to the ocean
- 50 mi to a big lake
- 31 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 31 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 25 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 368 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 47 bars within 25 mi
- 90 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 22 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 37% of Indiana districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Elkhart County: R+32 in 2024
- Indiana: R+19 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk