StanfordIN
With 472 residents, this town was settled in 1839.
Is Stanford a good place to live?
Stanford’s middle household income is $131,000, above both the Indiana town median ($71,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). No town among the 594 in Indiana we compare has a higher home-ownership rate than Stanford. Stanford has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
472 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Stanford.
Most of Stanford’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Stanford had 23 jobs in 2023, down 96 from 2013. For Stanford, the typical journey to work is 19 minutes. Half commute less than 9 miles. The top destinations are Bloomington (40%), Richland Township (7%) and Indianapolis (6%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Stanford, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 20° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 18 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Stanford is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
Of the losses FEMA expects in Stanford, 66% come from inland flooding and 11% from tornadoes. Compared with 57% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is lower.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Stanford
Memorial Stadium and 3 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stanford. Close and well known come first.
10 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaSimon Skjodt Assembly Hall
10 mi MuseumEskenazi Museum of Art
10 mi TheatreIndiana University AuditoriumPhoto credits
Memorial Stadium: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall: Sean Benham from Chicago, CC BY 2.0 · Eskenazi Museum of Art: Kzollman (Kevin J.S. Zollman)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indiana University Auditorium: Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, Public domain
Moving to Stanford: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stanford, 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.
100% of working residents leave Stanford for work
Where Stanford’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Stanford
About 0 of every 100 Stanford residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Stanford
Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Stanford is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Van Buren Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Elevation
- 761 ft
- ZIP code
- 47463
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