Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,132.
Scipio Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $228K, 3.2 years of the Michigan City metro’s $71K median household income. It grades B− overall, 374th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 26% of residents are 65 or older in Scipio Township, above both the Indiana town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). James and Lavinia Forrester Farmstead is on the National Register of Historic Places. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 72% of U.S. towns.
Where Scipio Township beats most towns.
4,570 counted in 2010 and 5,218 in 2020; an estimated 5,132 in 2025.
Growth has leveled off: within 1% of 2020, after 14.2% 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 Scipio Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds a map from 1961 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Scipio Township. Close and well known come first.
5 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaNotre Dame Stadium
38 mi MuseumMascot Hall of Fame
29 mi CaveGrotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame
26 mi State parkWarren Dunes State Park
31 mi Ancient siteFort St. JosephIndiana 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Scipio 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 Scipio Township.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 89% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by La Porte Community School Corp. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaPorte Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 862 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
6.6 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Luhr County Park, 98 acres with 2.2 miles of trail.
| Scipio Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Luhr County Park | 2.2 mi | 98 |
| 2. Kesling Park | 1.2 mi | 93 |
| 3. Scipio Township Park | 0.4 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Scipio Township for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work in Scipio Township is 30 minutes. Since 2013, Scipio Township has added 203 jobs, to 1,139 in 2023.
| Scipio Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 11% | 8% |
| Work from home | 6.6% | 7.8% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Scipio Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 36% of Scipio Township adults feel lonely.
| Scipio Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Scipio Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| More adults with arthritis | 32% | 28.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.1% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
People 65 and older are 26% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide). Scipio Township’s median age is 46.2 years. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Scipio Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.2 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 22% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 23% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Scipio Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.1% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.4% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.4% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.7% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.7% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.5% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.6% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.4% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.4% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.7% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.8% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The Laporte weather station records that 65 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, the highest of 1,972 Indiana places with climate records.
Scipio Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83° and January nights drop to 16°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
None within 15 miles of Scipio Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Scipio Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Where Scipio Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Indiana, United States
Scipio Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,218 (up from 4,570 at 2010) and it contained 2,115 housing units.
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5 towns share a border with Scipio Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B−; New Durham Township (B−) is closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scipio Township | #374 | B− | B+ | — | B− | C |
| New Durham Township | #344 | B− | B | — | B | C− |
| Center Township | #320 | B | A− | — | B− | C |
| Washington Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| Noble Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Pleasant Township | #219 | B+ | A | — | B− | C |
Washington Township and Noble Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Scipio Township, New Durham Township, Center Township, Washington Township, Noble Township and Pleasant Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Scipio Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Scipio Township grades B− overall, better than 49% of U.S. towns and #374 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and B− for schools.
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 B+.
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