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A town of 2,769, settled in 1844.
Lagrange gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $294K, 3.5 years of the county’s $84K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 231st among Indiana's 585 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household income is $54K, and 13% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, it reports less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns. Only 45 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score higher on hazard risk. La Grange County Courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. Lagrange is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns.
Where Lagrange beats most towns.
Where Lagrange’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Lagrange is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for cost of living (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for health (better than 11%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 650 in 1860, 2,715 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 1922 and 4 maps from 1947 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lagrange, 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 Lagrange.
Lagrange draws workers from Bloomfield Township and beyond, sees little violent crime and has property taxes about half the Indiana norm.
2,278 jobs are based in Lagrange, 2.1 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 17.5 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
Most working residents leave Lagrange for work: only 17% work in town. Lagrange’s average trip to work is 18 minutes, below both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). 5.9% of Lagrange workers work from home.
| Lagrange | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 5.9% | 7.8% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Lagrange, against 15% in Indiana’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 32% of adults get no exercise outside work in Lagrange. Lagrange beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10.
| Lagrange | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 26% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 21% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lagrange | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 13% | 8.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.8% | 8.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.7% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2025, 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Lagrange is 4.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Lagrange | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.7 per 1,000 residents | 8.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. Since 2006, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lagrange.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lagrange has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median property tax bill is $775, against $1,614 across Indiana, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Typical home values rose 7% in the year to September 2026. Lagrange’s median rent is $807 a month.
| Lagrange | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 61% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $807 a month | $947 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0.3 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Lagrange | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bruce Brown Memorial Park | 0.3 mi | 5 |
| 2. LaGrange Town Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Lagrange; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Lagrange residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Town in Indiana, United States
LaGrange is a town in and the county seat of LaGrange County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,625 at the 2010 census.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Lagrange grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #231 of 585 in Indiana. It grades D for health, A for safety and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
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+.