Trail CreekIN
A town of 1,987.
Is Trail Creek a good place to live?
Trail Creek’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for health. On hazard risk, just 97 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do better. Trail Creek's schools rank behind 71% of the state's. Only 6 of the 594 Indiana towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Trail Creek. Trail Creek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Trail Creek stand out
Where Trail Creek beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Trail Creek for work
Where Trail Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Trail Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Trail Creek is from typical.
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Barack Obama Presidential Center and 40 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Trail Creek. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
4 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaNotre Dame Stadium
38 mi MuseumKenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry1.5M visitors a year
38 mi Park & preserveJackson Park
39 mi LandmarkOak Woods CemeteryPhoto credits
Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · 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 · Oak Woods Cemetery: Unknown, Attribution
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Moving to Trail Creek: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Trail Creek, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Trail Creek.
Very low risk in Trail Creek, with cold waves at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A larger share of adults in Trail Creek have high blood pressure than in the typical Indiana or U.S. town
45% of adults have high blood pressure in Trail Creek, where Indiana’s towns sit at 39% and U.S. towns at 35%. 16% of adults have diabetes in Trail Creek. Trail Creek beats the Indiana average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10.
| Trail Creek | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Trail Creek | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.8% | 16.6% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.5% | 77.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Trail Creek’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Trail Creek for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Trail Creek has added 36 jobs, to 189 in 2023. 6.6% of residents live below the poverty line in Trail Creek, below both Indiana’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Trail Creek | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.6% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Trail Creek
Trail Creek has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Trail Creek’s July high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
An age mix much like Indiana’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. The median age in Trail Creek is 36.4 years. Trail Creek has lost 3.4% of its people since 2020, down to 1,987 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Trail Creek | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36.4 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.1 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Trail Creek | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 17.2% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.4% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.3% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.7% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.9% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.7% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.7% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.8% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.6% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nelson Park | — | 4 |
| 2. Congdon Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Trail Creek are worth about $250K, by Zillow’s estimate
92% of Trail Creek households own their home. Typical home values rose 5.3% in the year to September 2026.
| Trail Creek | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $947 a month | $947 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Trail Creek
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Trail Creek; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Trail Creek residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
About Trail Creek
Town in Indiana, United States
Trail Creek is a town in Coolspring and Michigan townships, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,060 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Michigan City, Indiana-La Porte, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 627 ft
- Area code
- 219
Trail Creek’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Trail Creek.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trail Creek | — | — | A | — | C | C− |
| Michigan City | #558 | C− | B+ | C | C | D |
Trail Creek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Trail Creek reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Trail Creek with a neighbor →
Questions about Trail Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Trail Creek, 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.