Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Converse’s subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A− for schools and civic life; the weakest is a C− for incomes. Only 62 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns score higher on cost of living. On the outdoors, just 50 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Converse has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Converse Depot and Converse-Jackson Township Public Library. Converse has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Converse beats most towns.
Converse DepotIn a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Converse is from typical.
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Census counts: 732 in 1880, 1,161 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1906 and 2 maps from 1962 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Converse, 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 Converse.
Most working residents leave Converse for work: only 5% work in town. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Converse, above both Indiana’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The average trip to work in Converse is 30 minutes.
| Converse | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Converse’s median rent is $569 a month, where Indiana’s towns sit at $947 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. The typical Converse home is worth about $177,000, up 3.9% in a year, 31% below the Indiana typical home.
| Converse | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $569 a month | $947 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 79% | 76% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Converse beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 41% of Converse adults have obesity.
| Converse | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 13% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Converse | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Converse has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Converse. Close and well known come first.
40 mi TheatreRuoff Music Center15 mi MuseumGrissom Air Museum
14 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of Fame
37 mi MuseumIndiana Transportation Museum
16 mi MuseumElwood Haynes Museum
36 mi GardenMinnetristaRuoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · International Circus Hall of Fame: Nyttend, Public domain · Indiana Transportation Museum: Jeremy C. Schultz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Elwood Haynes Museum: Nyttend, Public domain · Minnetrista: XWHJ2004, CC BY 2.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Converse
About 14 of every 100 Converse residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Where Converse’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Converse on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Indiana, United States
Converse is a town in Jackson Township, Miami County, and Richland Township, Grant County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,161 at the 2020 census.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.
