Hidden ValleyIN
A town of 5,706.
Why does Hidden Valley grade so well?
Hidden Valley is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 20th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. The median household earns $121K, a typical home costs about $369K, 4.6 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income, and its schools rank ahead of 75% of Indiana towns. Its lowest mark, a B+, is in health. Only 78 of Indiana’s 1,086 towns score higher on health. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. On history, just 10 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse.
What makes Hidden Valley stand out
Where Hidden Valley beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Hidden Valley for work
Where Hidden Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Hidden Valley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Hidden Valley is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 11%), so the A+ overall blends very different results.
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Creation Museum and 49 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hidden Valley. Close and well known come first.
7 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a year
Big draw33 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
18 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
19 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
18 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
18 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumPhoto credits
Creation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Hidden Valley: who provides what
Hidden Valley is unincorporated, so Dearborn 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hidden Valley.
Hidden Valley sends many workers across the state line to Harrison and has less tooth loss than most of Indiana, but it has little public open land.
Conserved land covers 0% of Hidden Valley
Just 0 of its 2,828 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Hidden Valley itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
1.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Hidden Valley Sports Complex, at 27 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hidden Valley Sports Complex | 0.9 mi | 27 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Hidden Valley stands out in Indiana and nationally, with more of its households who own their home
98% of Hidden Valley households own their home, above both the Indiana town median (76%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). The typical Hidden Valley home is worth about $369,000, up 4.1% in a year, 44% above the Indiana typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Compared with most of Indiana and the rest of the country, fewer of Hidden Valley’s residents live below the poverty line
65% of working residents cross a state line to work, Harrison among the top destinations. Hidden Valley has 198 jobs for its 2,462 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
1.9% of Hidden Valley residents live below the poverty line, below both Indiana’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Hidden Valley’s average trip to work is 30 minutes. Since 2013, Hidden Valley has added 115 jobs, to 198 in 2023.
| Hidden Valley | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $121,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
The median household earns $121,208, against $71,957 across Indiana, one input to its A+ for jobs and income.
Adults 35 to 64 are 49% of residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide). 12% of Hidden Valley residents are 65 or older. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Hidden Valley | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 29% | 22% | 29% |
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 ±3.8 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Hidden Valley | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.6% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.4% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.4% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.4% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.6% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.7% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.5% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.2% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.1% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Hidden Valley faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Hidden Valley since 2018.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Hidden Valley are healthier than 70% of U.S. towns
Its widest gap with Indiana is tooth loss: 7.5% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.4% statewide. Its B+ for health tops all 3 graded neighbors; Miller Township (B) comes closest.
Hidden Valley beats the Indiana average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of adults feel lonely in Hidden Valley.
| Hidden Valley | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 26% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Hidden Valley | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.5% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.2% | 14.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hidden Valley has four seasons and pleasant summers
Hidden Valley has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Hidden Valley
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hidden Valley
About 4 of every 100 Hidden Valley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Hidden Valley
Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Hidden Valley is a private residential community in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. For statistical purposes it is a census-designated place (CDP). As of the 2020 census, Hidden Valley had a population of 5,529.
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- Area
- 4.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 548 ft
- Area code
- 812
Hidden Valley’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Hidden Valley.
At #20 in IN, it grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Miller Township (A+) comes closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden Valley | #20 | A+ | A− | — | A− | B+ |
| Greendale | #92 | A | A | — | B+ | B− |
| Miller Township | #21 | A+ | A | — | A− | B |
| Lawrenceburg Township | #27 | A+ | A | — | B+ | B |
Hidden Valley, Greendale, Miller Township and Lawrenceburg Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hidden Valley with a neighbor →
Questions about Hidden Valley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hidden Valley, IN a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Hidden Valley grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #20 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Hidden Valley, 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−.