Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Mount Carmel’s typical journey to work is 32 minutes, against 24 minutes in Indiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Mount Carmel has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Mount Carmel beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 182 in 1880, 76 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1911 and 2 maps from 1955 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount Carmel, 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 Mount Carmel.
The seasons in Mount Carmel: chilly winters, warm summers. Summer afternoons peak near 85° in July, and January nights bottom out around 21°; snowfall runs to about 18 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For Mount Carmel, the risk rating from FEMA is 64 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 62% come from inland flooding and 17% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mount Carmel: 18% of adults binge drink, above both Indiana’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (16%). For adults locally, the share who worry about having enough food is 9.8%. In Mount Carmel, 13% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 22% get no exercise outside work.
| Mount Carmel | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Mount Carmel | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.8% | 14.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Carmel. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
29 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
29 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
23 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a year
27 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
28 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumKings 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 · Creation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Carmel
About 2 of every 100 Mount Carmel residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Town in Indiana, United States
Mount Carmel is a town in Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mount Carmel had a population of 76.
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Mount Carmel has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
2 notable people were born here, including Gaius Glenn Atkins and Perry W. Jenkins.
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