Gilmer ParkIN
A town of 1,055.
Is Gilmer Park a good place to live?
The best of Gilmer Park’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a C− for schools. Gilmer Park has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Gilmer Park stand out
Where Gilmer Park beats most towns.
1,055 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Gilmer Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Gilmer Park is from typical.
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Moving to Gilmer Park: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Gilmer Park, 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 Gilmer Park.
Gilmer Park stands out in Indiana and nationally, with the FEMA risk score lower than most
FEMA puts 41% of Gilmer Park’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 28% to cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 97% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Indiana and the rest of the country, fewer of Gilmer Park’s working residents work locally
For half of commuters, work is under 7 miles away. The mean commuting time for Gilmer Park comes to 21 minutes, below both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are South Bend (38%), Mishawaka (11%) and Elkhart (10%).
| Gilmer Park | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in Gilmer Park
A winter brings about 50 inches of snow, with January nights at 17° and July afternoons at 83°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Indiana overall
College graduates make up a third of adults 25 and older, against 30% across Indiana. People 65 and older are nearly a quarter of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). For Gilmer Park, the midpoint age is 37.3 years.
| Gilmer Park | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 22% | 29% |
| Median age | 37.3 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.8 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Gilmer Park | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.3% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.3% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.1% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 6.5% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.9% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.5% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.2% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.2% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,100, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Forest Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Notre Dame Stadium and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gilmer Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaNotre Dame Stadium
30 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
6 mi CaveGrotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame
4 mi MuseumStudebaker National Museum4 mi Zoo & aquariumPotawatomi Zoo
14 mi Ancient siteFort St. JosephPhoto credits
Notre Dame Stadium: Tysto, Public domain · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame: Know1one1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Studebaker National Museum: Unknown, Public domain · Fort St. Joseph: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Gilmer Park
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Gilmer Park
About 3 of every 100 Gilmer Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
100% of working residents leave Gilmer Park for work
Where Gilmer Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Gilmer Park
Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States
Gilmer Park is an unincorporated community in Centre Township, St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The community is a subdivision of the nearby CDP of Gulivoire Park, and is part of the South Bend–Mishawaka IN-MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Elevation
- 820 ft
Questions about Gilmer Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Gilmer Park, IN expensive?
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+.