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A town of 2,977.
Grissom AFB gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $79K, 1.4 years of the Logansport area’s $56K median household income. It grades C− overall, 547th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $55K, and 14% of residents live below the poverty line, and CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 84% of the country. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Among 593 Indiana towns, just one has a lower share of homes lived in by their owners than Grissom AFB.
Where Grissom AFB beats most towns.
5,537 counted in 2010 and 3,009 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Grissom AFB is from typical.
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Census counts: 4,963 in 1970, 3,009 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1942 and 3 maps from 1951 on.
Explore the history →Grissom AFB is unincorporated, so Cass County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Grissom AFB.
Grissom AFB trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and is mostly renters, but it has little public open land.
77% of adults had a checkup this year in Grissom AFB, where Indiana’s towns sit at 80% and U.S. towns at 79%. The share of adults in Grissom AFB who feel lonely: 37%. Of 32 CDC measures, Grissom AFB beats the Indiana average on 3 and trails it on 12.
| Grissom AFB | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Grissom AFB | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.2% | 8.3% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 6% | 6.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.8% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Grissom AFB’s FEMA risk score is 12 of 100, below both the Indiana town median (38 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). A quarter of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 25%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
4.7% of working residents work locally in Grissom AFB. The town had 429 jobs in 2023, down 91 from 2013. The top destinations are Kokomo (13%), Indianapolis (7%) and Peru (6%).
| Grissom AFB | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $55,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 19°; snowfall runs to about 21 inches a winter. Grissom AFB has chilly winters and pleasant summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes are within reach (A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 34 miles. At 1.4 years of the Logansport area’s $56K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 99% of Indiana towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
The midpoint rent for Grissom AFB comes to $878 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Just 0 of its 2,543 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Grissom AFB itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. North Lincoln Park | — | 1 |
| 2. Shaw Street Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Grissom AFB. Close and well known come first.
38 mi State parkProphetstown State Park34 mi Theme parkIndiana Beach
9 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of Fame
13 mi MuseumElwood Haynes MuseumProphetstown State Park: Flickr user: Dan https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwmizell/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · International Circus Hall of Fame: Nyttend, Public domain · Elwood Haynes Museum: Nyttend, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Grissom AFB
About 8 of every 100 Grissom AFB residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Where Grissom AFB’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Military base in Indiana, USA
Grissom Air Reserve Base is an active United States Air Force base, located about 12 miles (19 km) north of Kokomo in Cass and Miami counties in Indiana. The facility was established as a U.S. Navy installation, Naval Air Station Bunker Hill, in 1942 and was an active Air Force installation, Bunker Hill Air Force Base from 1954 to 1968, and Grissom Air Force Base from 1968 to 1994. Pursuant to a BRAC 1991 decision, the installation was downsized to an Air Force Reserve installation and renamed Grissom Air Reserve Base. Since then it has been a joint-use civil airport/military base. Approximately 1700 acres plus the runway and taxiways comprise the current military installation, with the Gri…
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Grissom AFB grades C− overall, better than 20% of U.S. towns and #547 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and C for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $79,000, 69% below the Indiana typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
