FountaintownIN
Today 119 people live in this town, first settled in 1869.
Is Fountaintown a good place to live?
30% of residents live below the poverty line in Fountaintown, where Indiana’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Of the 594 Indiana towns we compare, none has a higher midpoint age than Fountaintown. Fountaintown has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fountaintown.
46% of residents are 65 or older
22% never finished high school.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 13% and 56% women
The Census survey reached too few of Fountaintown’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±21.5 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Fountaintown | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 0% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 16% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.9% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 0% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 0% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 26.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 30.3% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 16% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 22% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 20% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 0% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 0% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 100, single groups can be off by several points
Fountaintown has 0.3 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
The top destinations are Indianapolis (26%), Shelbyville (17%) and Morristown (11%). Half of commuters travel less than 16 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical Fountaintown home is worth about $322K
In Fountaintown, 51% of households own their home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fountaintown: four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 20 inches of snow, with January nights at 21° and July afternoons at 85°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Fountaintown is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Fountaintown after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2008. Compared with two thirds of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is lower. FEMA puts 48% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 29% to tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Fountaintown
Moving to Fountaintown: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fountaintown, 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 Fountaintown for work
Where Fountaintown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Fountaintown; the nearest are
About 8 of every 100 Fountaintown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Questions about Fountaintown
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fountaintown, IN a good place to live?
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