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New Durham Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $217K, 3.1 years of the Michigan City metro’s $71K median household income. It grades B− overall, ranked 344th of 585 in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 85% of the country. On the plus side, the median household earns $89K. 11% of residents are under 18 in New Durham Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 23% and U.S. towns at 22%. On hazard risk, just 31 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do better. New Durham Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Pinhook Methodist Church and Cemetery.
Where New Durham Township beats most towns.
Where New Durham Township’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 New Durham Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and a map from 1961 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Durham Township. Close and well known come first.
4 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
Big draw40 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaNotre Dame Stadium
40 mi MuseumKenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry1.5M visitors a year
40 mi Park & preserveJackson Park
33 mi MuseumMascot Hall of FameIndiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Notre Dame Stadium: Tysto, Public domain · Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: zooey from Chicago, Illinois USA, CC BY 2.0 · Jackson Park: J. Crocker, Public domain · Mascot Hall of Fame: No machine-readable author provided. JGlover assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in New Durham Township, 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 New Durham Township.
New Durham Township carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Indiana (mostly cold waves) and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 96% of Indiana towns, with expected losses of about $253 per resident a year; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in New Durham Township is 7 of 100. Since 2005, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in New Durham Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the MSD of New Durham Township school district. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Westville High School, with 409 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 499 | C+ |
| Westville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 409 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
21% of adults smoke cigarettes in New Durham Township. New Durham Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 37% of adults feel lonely in New Durham Township.
| New Durham Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 32% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | New Durham Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 12.3% | 8.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 20.4% | 14.7% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 10.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based here grew from 1,316 in 2013 to 1,913.
Most working residents leave New Durham Township for work: only 7% work in town. Since 2013, New Durham Township has added 597 jobs, to 1,913 in 2023. 5.9% of New Durham Township residents live below the poverty line.
| New Durham Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.1% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
4.8 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Red Mill County Park, 145 acres with 3 miles of trail.
| New Durham Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Red Mill County Park | 3 mi | 145 |
| 2. Bluhm County Park | 1 mi | 104 |
| 3. Hildebrand Lake Nature Preserve | — | 43 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
New Durham Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. New Durham Township’s July high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1 within 15 miles of the center of New Durham Township
About 3 of every 100 New Durham Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
New Durham Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,105 (down from 8,664 at 2010) and it contained 2,351 housing units.
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4 towns share a border with New Durham Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Durham Township | #344 | B− | B | — | B | C− |
| Scipio Township | #374 | B− | B+ | — | B− | C |
| Coolspring Township | #528 | C− | B+ | — | C | C− |
| Jackson Township | #98 | A | B+ | — | A | C |
| Clinton Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | D |
Clinton Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. New Durham Township, Scipio Township, Coolspring Township, Jackson Township and Clinton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare New Durham Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
New Durham Township grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns and #344 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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