Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Winfield Township grades A overall, ranked 68th of 585 in Indiana, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its public schools beat 94% of Indiana towns on state tests and graduation and the median household earns $133K. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 65% of the country. A typical home there costs about $352K, 3.9 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Winfield Township’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, against 24 minutes in Indiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. On cost of living, just 103 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do worse. John Ross Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Winfield Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Winfield Elementary School | PK–5 | 658 |
| Jerry Ross Elementary School | K–5 | 650 |
| Northwest Adventist Christian School | K–8 | 11 |
John Ross Farm10,054 counted in 2010 and 12,927 in 2020; an estimated 14,879 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 15% since 2020, after 28.6% 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 Winfield Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 637 in 1990, 7,181 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2012 and 2 maps from 1984 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Winfield Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw33 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
9 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
Big draw39 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a year
38 mi MuseumField Museum of Natural History1.4M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0 · Field Museum of Natural History: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Winfield 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 Winfield Township.
Winfield Township looks healthier within Indiana than nationally, sends most of its workers to Crown Point and beyond and has household incomes well above the Indiana norm.
11 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Stoney Run County Park, at 318 acres with 6.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Winfield Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Stoney Run County Park | 6.8 mi | 318 |
| 2. Randolph Street Park | 0.6 mi | 14 |
| 3. Windy Hill Park | 0.3 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Crown Point Community School Corp. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 658 | – |
| Jerry Ross Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 650 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Winfield Township has 1,570 jobs for its 6,124 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 35.3 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
4.7% of Winfield Township residents live below the poverty line. Among 593 Indiana towns, just 8 have a higher median household income than Winfield Township. Jobs based in Winfield Township grew to 1,570 in 2023, 366 more than in 2013.
| Winfield Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $133,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Winfield Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within Indiana it is healthier than 86% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures. Against the 4,211 U.S. towns with household incomes like Winfield Township’s, it is less healthy than 82%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
19% of adults binge drink in Winfield Township. Winfield Township beats the Indiana average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 22% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Winfield Township.
| Winfield Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Winfield Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.9% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.4% | 14.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Winfield Township
About 4 of every 100 Winfield Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Where Winfield Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in Indiana, United States
Winfield ( WIN-feeld) is a town in Winfield Township, Lake County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, Winfield had a population of 7,181. The town was incorporated in 1993 in order to keep the residents from being annexed by other neighboring communities. Prior to that time it had been part of Winfield Township as an unincorporated town. Winfield is named for General Winfield Scott. The town is served by the Crown Point post office and addresses in Winfield share the Crown Point ZIP code. In 2014 Winfield formed a Marshal department for public safety and law enforcement duties, prior to that time police protection services were provided by the Lake County Sheriff's Department. Notable people f…
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7 towns share a border with Winfield Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield Township | #68 | A | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Center Township | #19 | A+ | B | — | A | B+ |
| Porter Township | #181 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Winfield | #48 | A | B− | — | A | A− |
| Eagle Creek Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | C+ |
| Boone Township | #125 | A− | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Merrillville | #481 | C | B | — | C+ | C− |
| Ross Township | #467 | C+ | B | — | C+ | C |
Eagle Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Winfield Township, Center Township, Porter Township, Winfield, Eagle Creek Township, Boone Township, Merrillville and Ross Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Winfield Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Winfield Township grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #68 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B+ for health and A for schools.
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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