Blue RidgeIN
The town, home to 215 people, lies in Indiana.
Is Blue Ridge a good place to live?
Blue Ridge’s mean commuting time is 17 minutes, below both Indiana’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Of the 594 Indiana towns we compare, none has a higher home-ownership rate than Blue Ridge. Blue Ridge has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
215 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
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Blue Ridge has 0.1 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Half commute less than 23 miles. The top destinations are Shelbyville (30%), Indianapolis (18%) and Greenwood (6%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Blue Ridge’s year
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 21°, with about 20 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Blue Ridge, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Blue Ridge than in 55% of U.S. communities. 50% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 26%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Blue Ridge
Moving to Blue Ridge: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Blue Ridge, 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.
100% of working residents leave Blue Ridge for work
Where Blue Ridge’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Blue Ridge; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Blue Ridge residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Blue Ridge
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Blue Ridge is an unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
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- Elevation
- 906 ft
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