MaxwellIN
With 413 residents, this town was settled in 1882.
Is Maxwell a good place to live?
Maxwell’s average trip to work is 36 minutes, against 24 minutes in Indiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Maxwell has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
413 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Maxwell.
Natural hazards: low risk in Maxwell, mostly inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Maxwell, 56% come from inland flooding and 21% from tornadoes. On expected storm and flood damage, Maxwell sits below nearly four fifths of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Maxwell’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.4 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Indianapolis (35%), Greenfield (18%) and Carmel (5%). Since 2013, Maxwell has added 43 jobs, to 68 in 2023. For Maxwell, the middle household income is $76,000.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Maxwell: four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 20°, and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Maxwell
Lucas Oil Stadium and 33 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maxwell. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
22 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
21 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
22 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
17 mi MuseumConner Prairie
22 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Lucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0
Moving to Maxwell: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Maxwell, 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 Maxwell for work
Where Maxwell’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Maxwell
About 2 of every 100 Maxwell residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Maxwell
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Maxwell is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Hancock County, Indiana.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Elevation
- 912 ft
- ZIP code
- 46154
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