AberdeenIN
A town of 1,490.
Is Aberdeen a good place to live?
The best of Aberdeen’s subject grades are an A+ for schools, an A for incomes, and an A− for health; the weakest is a C− for cost of living. Aberdeen’s median rent is $2,109 a month, where Indiana’s towns sit at $947 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. On cost of living, just 18 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. On history, just 11 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Aberdeen has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Aberdeen stand out
Where Aberdeen beats most towns.
1,490 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Aberdeen grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Aberdeen is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Aberdeen: who provides what
Aberdeen is unincorporated, so Porter County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Aberdeen.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Aberdeen
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Indiana and the rest of the country, fewer of Aberdeen’s adults report frequent mental distress
14% of Aberdeen adults report frequent mental distress, against 18% in Indiana’s towns and 17% across U.S. towns. 29% of Aberdeen adults feel lonely. Aberdeen beats the Indiana average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Aberdeen | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Aberdeen | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 4.7% | 7.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer of Aberdeen’s residents live below the poverty line than in the typical Indiana or U.S. town
1.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Aberdeen. Since 2013, Aberdeen has added 117 jobs, to 453 in 2023. The median household income in Aberdeen is $95,000.
| Aberdeen | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Aberdeen, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Aberdeen has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Aberdeen sells for about $577K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Soldier Field and 56 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Aberdeen. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw34 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
10 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
Big draw40 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a year
39 mi MuseumField Museum of Natural History1.4M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0 · Field Museum of Natural History: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Aberdeen
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Aberdeen
About 4 of every 100 Aberdeen residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Aberdeen has grown 13% from 2010 to 2020
1,875 counted in 2010 and 2,117 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Questions about Aberdeen
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Aberdeen, IN expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $367,000, 43% above the Indiana typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.