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Noblesville is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, 38th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. Its schools rank ahead of 96% of Indiana towns, the median household earns $104K, and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 88% of the country. Its lowest mark, a C, is in cost of living. 52% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Noblesville, above both the Indiana town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Only 33 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns score lower on cost of living. Its National Register listings include Hamilton County Courthouse Square and Judge Earl S. Stone House.
Where Noblesville beats most towns.
Hamilton County Courthouse Square| Widest gap | Noblesville | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 14.7% |
Census counts: 664 in 1850, 69,604 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1840 and 4 maps from 1953 on.
13 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Noblesville is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Noblesville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
21 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
4 mi MuseumConner Prairie
in town TheatreRuoff Music Center
16 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
20 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' MonumentLucas 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 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Noblesville, 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 Noblesville.
Noblesville costs less than Fishers or any other town next door and has less food insecurity than most of Indiana, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
The biggest park or preserve is Forest Park, at 127 acres. There are 30 miles of trail across 10 parks and preserves. The concentration of trails for Noblesville comes to 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Noblesville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.5% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hague Road Nature Haven | 1.1 mi | 111 |
| 2. Forest Park | 0.7 mi | 127 |
| 3. Morse Park | 0.4 mi | 30 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its typical home is the least expensive on its borders; Fishers is next at $445K. The median property tax bill is $3,112, against $1,614 across Indiana, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Noblesville’s typical rent comes in at $1,389 a month. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 2%. Homes sold in Noblesville spent a median 19 days on the market.
| Noblesville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,389 a month | $946 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 76% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its widest gap with Indiana is food insecurity: 8.8% of its 50,454 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.7% statewide.
For adults in Noblesville, the share who have diabetes is 9.5%. Among adults locally, 10% report frequent physical distress.
| Noblesville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 26% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 21% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Noblesville | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 14.7% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.6% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Reported crimes fell from 524 to 387 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 52 reported in 2025, 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
In Noblesville, the rate of reported violence is 0.7 per 1,000 residents. The town’s property crime rate stands at 4.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Noblesville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.4 per 1,000 residents | 8.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Jobs based here grew from 19,235 in 2013 to 26,741. 18.9% of workers work from home, against 10.7% across Indiana.
The median commute is under 12 miles. Jobs in Noblesville grew by 7,506 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 26,741. Most working residents leave Noblesville for work: only 15% work in town. In Noblesville, 19% of workers do their job from home.
| Noblesville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A winter brings about 20 inches of snow, with January nights at 20° and July afternoons at 84°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
129 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 12 properties have flooded more than once.
Noblesville has had 129 paid flood insurance claims since 1979. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in 52% of U.S. communities. 56% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 23%. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 9 declared disasters, most recently in 2026.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Noblesville
About 4 of every 100 Noblesville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
51,969 counted in 2010 and 69,604 in 2020; an estimated 76,111 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 8.9% since 2020, after 33.9% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
13 places in Noblesville on the National Register of Historic Places.
19 notable people were born in Noblesville.
City in Indiana, United States
Noblesville is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Indiana, United States, a part of the north Indianapolis suburbs along the White River. The population was 69,604 at the 2020 census, making it the state's 10th most populous city, up from 14th in 2010. The city is part of Delaware, Fall Creek, Noblesville, and Wayne townships. Noblesville is home to Ruoff Music Center (formerly Klipsch Music Center and Deer Creek Music Center), the Indianapolis metro area's primary outdoor music venue. Since its opening in 1989, the nearly 25,000-seat amphitheater has been a popular stop for many touring musicians, consistently ranking first (or in the top three) among outdoor music venues in…
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8 towns share a border with Noblesville.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noblesville · Noblesville Township | #38 | A | C | A− | A+ | A |
| Fishers | #23 | A+ | C− | A− | A+ | A |
| Wayne Township | #122 | A− | C+ | — | A+ | A− |
| Clay Township | #35 | A | C− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Westfield | #42 | A | C− | A− | A+ | A |
| Fall Creek Township | #56 | A | C− | — | A+ | A |
| Carmel | #28 | A+ | C− | A− | A+ | A+ |
| Delaware Township | #22 | A+ | C | — | A+ | A |
Wayne Township, Clay Township, Fall Creek Township and Delaware Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Noblesville Township and Noblesville are one community, graded once. Compare Noblesville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Noblesville grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #38 of 585 in Indiana. It grades A for health, A− for safety and A+ for schools.
That is 4.9 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 C.
19 notable people were born here, including Rex Stout and Conor Daly.
