Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Wallace’s average trip to work is 46 minutes, above both Indiana’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Wallace Covered Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places. Wallace has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Wallace beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 116 in 1910, a peak of 136 in 1970, 79 in 2020. The archive holds 2 maps from 1948 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wallace, 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 Wallace.
Wallace has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 19° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Wallace beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 20% of adults report frequent mental distress in Wallace, against 18% in Indiana’s towns and 17% across U.S. towns. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Wallace.
| Wallace | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Wallace | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.2% | 15.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 54.6% | 61.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wallace. Close and well known come first.
33 mi Stadium & arenaRoss–Ade Stadium
8 mi State parkTurkey Run State Park
39 mi State parkProphetstown State Park
19 mi MuseumRopkey Armor Museum
14 mi MuseumGeneral Lew Wallace Study
34 mi MuseumSamaraRoss–Ade Stadium: Tstuddud at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Turkey Run State Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Prophetstown State Park: Flickr user: Dan https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwmizell/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ropkey Armor Museum: John Schanlaub, CC BY 3.0 · General Lew Wallace Study: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Samara: Tim Musson, CC BY-SA 2.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wallace
About 6 of every 100 Wallace residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
Town in Indiana, United States
Wallace, originally named Jacksonville, is a town located in Jackson Township, Fountain County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wallace had a population of 79.
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Wallace has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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