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Shadeland is a small town of 1,921 people in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It's about 7 miles from Lafayette, IN and 58 miles from Indianapolis, IN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 21 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $270k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,921people
$270kTypical home
$1,121/moRent
84° / 33°Summer / winter
21"Snow
221Sunny days
123Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,921
- Part of a metro area
- About 71 people per sq mi
- 58 mi to Indianapolis, IN
- 7 mi to Lafayette, IN
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $270k (≈$1,703/mo)
- Median rent $1,121/mo
- Median household income $83k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 221 sunny days a year (76 totally clear)
- 144 cloudy days a year
- 51 of 90 winter days are gray
- 123 days a year with rain or snow
- 21" of snow a year
- 9 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 20 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (278 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,392 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 33% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 32% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 5 mi to LAF airport
- 56 mi to IND (major hub)
- 21 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 699 ft
- 529 mi to the ocean
- 90 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 32 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 15 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 174 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 32 bars within 25 mi
- 62 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 15 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 31% of Indiana districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 12 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 7 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tippecanoe County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Indiana: R+19 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk