ArdmoreIN
A town of 1,810.
Is Ardmore a good place to live?
Ardmore’s weakest subject grade is a C− for schools. Only 2 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score higher on hazard risk. Ardmore has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Ardmore stand out
Where Ardmore beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Ardmore for work
Where Ardmore’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Ardmore grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Ardmore is from typical.
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Moving to Ardmore: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ardmore, and how to reach them.
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 Ardmore.
The FEMA risk score in Ardmore is lower than in most of Indiana or the rest of the country
At 3 of 100, Ardmore’s FEMA risk score is below both the Indiana town median (38 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100).
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Ardmore stands out in Indiana and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
0.4% of working residents work locally in Ardmore, against 11% in Indiana’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Ardmore fell to 100 in 2023, 34 fewer than in 2013. Ardmore’s average trip to work is 18 minutes.
| Ardmore | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $47,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Ardmore, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Ardmore has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 65 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Notre Dame Stadium and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ardmore. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi Stadium & arenaNotre Dame Stadium
27 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
4 mi CaveGrotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame
3 mi MuseumStudebaker National Museum
9 mi Ancient siteFort St. Joseph
21 mi State parkWarren Dunes State ParkPhoto credits
Notre Dame Stadium: Tysto, Public domain · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame: Know1one1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Studebaker National Museum: Unknown, Public domain · Fort St. Joseph: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Warren Dunes State Park: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Ardmore
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Ardmore
About 3 of every 100 Ardmore residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Ardmore
Unincorporated community and Census designated place in Indiana, United States
Ardmore is an unincorporated suburb of South Bend in Portage Township, St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
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- Elevation
- 738 ft
Ardmore’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Ardmore.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardmore | — | — | C+ | — | C− | — |
| South Bend | #579 | D | B+ | D | C− | D |
Ardmore has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Ardmore reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Ardmore with a neighbor →
Questions about Ardmore
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ardmore, IN expensive?
The typical home is worth about $143,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.