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Noble TownshipIN

A town of 1,591. 60% more nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.

Is Noble Township a good place to live?

The best of Noble Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and civic life; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Noble Township’s average trip to work is 39 minutes, above both Indiana’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On walkability, just 107 of Indiana’s 1,097 towns do worse. Noble Township's schools rank ahead of 74% of Indiana towns. The biggest park or preserve is Mill Pond Park, at 25 acres. Noble Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

What makes Noble Township stand out

Where Noble Township beats most towns.

A commuter town

99% of working residents leave Noble Township for work

Where Noble Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

16% → Valparaiso Valparaiso 16% 14% → La Porte La Porte 14% 5% → Michigan City Michigan City 5% 4% → Gary Gary 4% 3% → Clinton Township Clinton Township 3% 3% → Indianapolis Indianapolis 3% Noble Township · 1% stay
132jobs based in Noble Township
1%of working residents work in town
17 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Noble Township grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Noble Township is from typical.

How grading works

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Noble Township: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Noble Township, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerNIPSCO22.1¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
Internet6 providers94% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Noble Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsSouth Central Community School CorporationWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Indiana you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereLa Porte County Circuit Court ClerkLaPorte County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jul 2021
ZIP codes46382, 4635046382 96% · 46350 3%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Noble Township.

Work & commuteJobs & income grade B+

Noble Township stands out in Indiana and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally

0.7% of working residents work locally in Noble Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 8%. Jobs based in Noble Township fell to 132 in 2023, 62 fewer than in 2013. 4.1% of Noble Township residents live below the poverty line.

1%work in town
Noble TownshipIndiana townsU.S. towns
Below the poverty line4.1%10%9.6%
Working residents who work in town0.7%11%8%
Median household income$96,000$71,000$80,000

Where working residents work

In Noble Township1%
Valparaiso16%
La Porte14%
Michigan City5%
Gary4%
17 mi
median commute distance
132
jobs based in Noble Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
D−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade A−

Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Noble Township

Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities.

28risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
28Low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

HealthC

Noble Township is less healthy than 67% of U.S. towns

Noble Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 35% of adults feel lonely in Noble Township.

33%healthier than U.S. townsCHealth Grade
Noble TownshipIndiana townsU.S. towns
Feel lonely (CDC PLACES)35%32%33%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)41%39%35%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)14%13%12%
Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES)18%17%14%
32 measures vs. Indiana
0 better30 too close to call2 worse
What stands outNoble TownshipIN
More adults with arthritis32.2%28.3%
More adults who have had cancer9.4%8.3%
Northwest Health-La Porte
9.6 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Climate

Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Noble Township

Noble Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.

42″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter20–35°
Spring38–59°
Summer60–81°
Fall42–62°
Oct 13
typical first frost
Apr 29
typical last frost
+1.1°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

OutdoorsC

Conserved land covers 0.7% of Noble Township

4.8 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.

0.7%conserved
Noble TownshipIndiana townsU.S. towns
Conserved land0.7%1.9%4.3%
Miles of trail per square mile0.2 miles per square mile0.20.4
0.7%
conserved · 143 of 19,926 acres
4.8 mi
of trails · 0.2 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Mill Pond Park0.9 mi25

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Nearby attractions

Indiana Dunes National Park and 18 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Noble Township. Close and well known come first.

All 135 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Notre Dame Stadium: Tysto, Public domain · Mascot Hall of Fame: No machine-readable author provided. JGlover assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame: Know1one1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Warren Dunes State Park: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort St. Joseph: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Noble Township

17pages on Noble Township
After high school

Colleges nearby

1 within 15 miles of the center of Noble Township

About Noble Township

Township in Indiana, United States

Noble Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,599 (down from 1,625 at 2010) and it contained 634 housing units. Noble Township was established in 1836.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
31 sq mi
Elevation
712 ft

Noble Township’s neighbors

4 towns share a border with Noble Township.

Explore the map →
How the neighbors grade
TownIN rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Noble Township——A—B+C
Union Township——A—B−C−
Clinton Township——B+—B+D
Scipio Township#374B−B+—B−C
Hanna Township——————

Noble Township, Union Township and Clinton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Noble Township, Union Township, Clinton Township and Scipio Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Hanna Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Noble Township with a neighbor →

Questions about Noble Township

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Noble Township, IN a good place to live?

60% more nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.

Is Noble Township, IN expensive?

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.