Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Avon grades B+ overall, ranked 222nd of 585 in Indiana, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools rank ahead of 92% of Indiana towns and the median household earns $98K. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 76% of the country. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $355K, 4.4 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. Avon’s median rent is $1,538 a month, where Indiana’s towns sit at $946 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. A.A. Parsons Farmstead is on the National Register of Historic Places.
12,446 counted in 2010 and 21,474 in 2020; an estimated 25,350 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 16.9% since 2020, after 72.5% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Avon is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 6,248 in 2000, 21,474 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2020 and 3 maps from 1953 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Avon. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
13 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
13 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
13 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
12 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a year
13 mi MuseumThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis1.0M visitors a yearLucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0 · The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: HstryQT, CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Avon, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Avon.
Avon has added half again as many jobs in ten years, but it has property taxes 1.7 times the Indiana norm.
8.2 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is W. S. Gibbs Memorial Park, at 138 acres.
| Avon | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Washington Township Park | 1.7 mi | 125 |
| 2. Burnett Woods Nature Preserve | 1.5 mi | 87 |
| 3. Blue Heron Park | 1 mi | 64 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median property tax bill is $2,729, against $1,614 across Indiana, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Avon home is worth about $355,000, up 1.3% in a year, 38% above the Indiana typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
12% of Avon adults report frequent physical distress. Avon beats the Indiana average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 21% of Avon adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Avon | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 26% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 26% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Avon | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.1% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 5.8% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Avon has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here grew from 8,955 in 2013 to 13,989.
Most working residents leave Avon for work: only 9% work in town. Since 2013, Avon has added 5,034 jobs, to 13,989 in 2023. 16% of workers work from home in Avon.
| Avon | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Avon’s property crime rate is 18.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Avon | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 18.4 per 1,000 residents | 8.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.2 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
6 within 15 miles of the center of Avon
About 5 of every 100 Avon residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
3 notable people were born in Avon.
Town in Indiana, United States
Avon is a town in Washington and Lincoln Townships, Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. The population was 21,474 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
8 towns share a border with Avon.
All 7 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B+; Plainfield (B+) is closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | #222 | B+ | C | C+ | A | A− |
| Plainfield | #207 | B+ | C+ | C+ | A | B+ |
| Washington Township | #71 | A | C+ | — | A | B+ |
| Lincoln Township | #62 | A | C+ | — | A+ | A− |
| Guilford Township | #152 | A− | C+ | — | A | B |
| Brownsburg | #32 | A | C+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Center Township | #40 | A | B | — | A | B+ |
| Liberty Township | #80 | A | B+ | — | A | B |
Washington Township, Lincoln Township, Guilford Township, Center Township and Liberty Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Avon with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Avon grades B+ overall, better than 71% of U.S. towns and #222 of 585 in Indiana. It grades A− for health, C+ for safety and A for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
3 notable people were born here, including Patrick Rodgers and Brandon Peters.
