CoesseIN
With 154 residents, this town was settled in 1843.
Is Coesse a good place to live?
7.8% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Coesse, against 22% in Indiana’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Coesse has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Coesse stand out
Where Coesse beats most towns.
154 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Coesse: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Coesse, 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 Coesse.
With 2.4 jobs for every working resident, Coesse draws in 134 commuters
Coesse: 1.8% of working residents work locally. It had 135 jobs in 2023, up 48 from 2013. In Coesse, the average commute is 26 minutes. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (30%), Columbia City (18%) and Union Township (9%).
| Coesse | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Very low risk in Coesse, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Coesse, 46% come from inland flooding and 25% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Coesse’s year
The range runs from 17° on a January night to 84° on a July afternoon, with about 21 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Coesse. Close and well known come first.
13 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo
24 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
14 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of Art
18 mi MuseumUnited States Vice Presidential Museum
19 mi MuseumForks of the Wabash
14 mi GardenFoellinger-Freimann Botanical ConservatoryPhoto credits
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Museum of Art: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United States Vice Presidential Museum: Pilcrow, Public domain · Forks of the Wabash: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Coesse
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Coesse
About 5 of every 100 Coesse residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
Every workday, about 134 people come to Coesse for work
Where Coesse’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Coesse
Unincorporated town and Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Coesse ( koh-ES-ee) is an unincorporated town in Union Township, Whitley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
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- Elevation
- 876 ft
Questions about Coesse
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Coesse, IN a good place to live?
Coesse has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.