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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.

StrongestA+Hazard riskWeakestC−Schools

What makes Ardmore stand out

Where Ardmore beats most towns.

A commuter town

100% of working residents leave Ardmore for work

Where Ardmore’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

35% → South Bend South Bend 35% 12% → Mishawaka Mishawaka 12% 8% → Elkhart Elkhart 8% 3% → Indianapolis Indianapolis 3% 2% → Portage Township Portage Township 2% 2% → German Township German Township 2% Ardmore · 0% stay
100jobs based in Ardmore
0%of working residents work in town
7 mimedian commute distance

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.

How grading works

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Ardmore: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Ardmore, and how to reach them.

PowerIndiana Michigan Power17.2¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterSouth Bend Water WorksNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
SchoolsSouth Bend Community School CorporationWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Indiana you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereSt. Joseph Election and Voter Registration OfficeSt. Joseph County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2025
ZIP code4662846628 100%Census 2020

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.

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade A+

The FEMA risk score in Ardmore is lower than in most of Indiana or the rest of the country

37% of Ardmore’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 31%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 97% of U.S. communities.

3risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
3Very low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade C

Ardmore stands out in Indiana and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally

This Indiana town had 100 jobs in 2023, down 34 from 2013. 15% of Ardmore residents live below the poverty line. In Ardmore, the typical journey to work is 18 minutes, against 24 minutes in Indiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Also worth knowing: its middle household income stands at $47,000.

0%work in town
ArdmoreIndiana townsU.S. towns
Average trip to work18 minutes24 minutes25 minutes
Median household income$47,000$71,000$80,000
Working residents who work in town0.4%11%8%
Below the poverty line15%10%9.6%

Where working residents work

In Ardmore0%
South Bend35%
Mishawaka12%
Elkhart8%
Indianapolis3%
7 mi
median commute distance
100
jobs based in Ardmore
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in Ardmore

Summer afternoons peak near 83° in July, and January nights bottom out around 17°; snowfall runs to about 65 inches a winter.

65″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter20–35°
Spring38–59°
Summer60–82°
Fall42–62°
Oct 19
typical first frost
May 1
typical last frost
+1.4°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Nearby attractions

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.

All 26 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo 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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ardmore

14pages on Ardmore
After high school

Colleges nearby

6 within 15 miles of the center of Ardmore

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.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Elevation
738 ft

Ardmore’s neighbors

One town shares a border with Ardmore.

Explore the map →
How the neighbors grade
TownIN rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Ardmore——C+—C−—
South Bend#579DB+DC−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. That is 3 years of the area's median household income ($47,069 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.