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A town of 13,094, settled in 1855.
Few places in the country grade higher. McCordsville earns an A+, 26th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. The median household earns $111K, residents are healthier than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and its public schools beat 81% of Indiana towns on state tests and graduation. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in cost of living. 58% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in McCordsville, above both the Indiana town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Only 5 of the 593 Indiana towns we compare have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than McCordsville. The biggest park or preserve is McCordsville Sports Park, at 24 acres.
Where McCordsville beats most towns.
| Widest gap | McCordsville | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.8% | 15.4% |
4,797 counted in 2010 and 8,503 in 2020; an estimated 13,094 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 48.5% since 2020, after 77.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far McCordsville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 168 in 1870, 8,503 in 2020. The archive holds 13 old photos and papers going back to 2016 and 4 maps from 1952 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around McCordsville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
14 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
9 mi MuseumConner Prairie
16 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
15 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a yearLucas 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 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in McCordsville, 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 McCordsville.
McCordsville has less tooth loss than most of Indiana and sends most of its workers to Indianapolis and beyond, but it has little public open land.
The median property tax bill is $2,548, against $1,614 across Indiana, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical McCordsville home is worth about $381,000, about the same as a year ago, 48% above the Indiana typical home. 85% of households own their home in McCordsville.
| McCordsville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,283 a month | $946 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its widest gap with Indiana is tooth loss: 6.8% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.4% statewide.
10% of McCordsville adults report frequent physical distress. Only 9 of the 589 Indiana towns we compare have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than McCordsville. 28% of McCordsville adults feel lonely.
| McCordsville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 26% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | McCordsville | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.8% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 73.5% | 77.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
McCordsville has 1,219 jobs for its 5,200 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 31.9 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
Among 593 Indiana towns, just 8 have a higher share of workers working from home than McCordsville. McCordsville’s average trip to work is 32 minutes. Jobs based in McCordsville grew to 1,219 in 2023, 710 more than in 2013.
| McCordsville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $111,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
McCordsville has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Reported crimes fell from 110 to 96 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 14 reported in 2025, 1.1 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Just 0 of its 5,517 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in McCordsville itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. McCordsville Sports Park | — | 24 |
| 2. McCordsville Play Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
7 within 15 miles of the center of McCordsville
About 2 of every 100 McCordsville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Where McCordsville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in Indiana, United States
McCordsville is a town in Vernon Township, Hancock County, Indiana, United States. The town is a fast-growing suburb of Indianapolis with an estimated population of 8,592 in 2020.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
5 towns share a border with McCordsville.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCordsville | #26 | A+ | B− | B | A− | A |
| Vernon Township | #5 | A+ | B | — | A− | A− |
| Lawrence Township | #413 | C+ | B− | — | C | B |
| Indianapolis | — | — | C | D | — | — |
| Fall Creek Township | #56 | A | C− | — | A+ | A |
| Fishers | #23 | A+ | C− | A− | A+ | A |
Vernon Township, Lawrence Township and Fall Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Indianapolis isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare McCordsville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. McCordsville grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #26 of 585 in Indiana. It grades A for health, B for safety and A− for schools.
That is 4.8 years of the area's median household income ($79,852 across the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
