A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Coolspring Township$1,160/mo

Typical home $199K (Census) · tax rate 0.72% · or rent about $943/mo · Housing →

Jasper$1,600/mo

Typical home $272K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $810/mo · Housing →

The difference: $440 a month, about $5,200 a year, between Jasper and Coolspring Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

Coolspring Township gets 52 more inches of snow a year

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Coolspring TownshipJasper

Snow a year65″14″

January low17°F 23°F

July high82°F 88°F

Growing season (days)191d 189d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)11th 43rd

Outdoors & history

Coolspring TownshipJasper

Trails6 mi 4 mi

Conserved land2.9%4.5%

Settled1836 1818

National Register places—8

Archive photos—9

Famous people born here—14

Community

Coolspring TownshipJasper

Library hours a week57 hrs 65 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Report cards

Jasper places higher on 16 of 20 IN lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Indiana ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–Coolspring TownshipNot graded B+JasperSafer than 72% of U.S. towns

Schools

CCoolspring TownshipBetter than 29% of districts in the state –JasperNot graded

Health

C−Coolspring TownshipHealthier than 17% of U.S. towns C+JasperHealthier than 41% of U.S. towns

3Coolspring Township

16Jasper

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 611 towns #591#4 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 171 towns #139#4 Fewest smokersHealth · 607 towns #435#111 Most activeHealth · 607 towns #507#210 HealthiestHealth · 607 towns #463#234 Highest graduation rateSchools · 563 towns #419#209 Shortest commuteGetting around · 611 towns #225#6 Cheapest rentCost of living · 587 towns #295#118

Left end = #1 in Indiana. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Coolspring Township’s rankings →

Where they are

225 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Coolspring TownshipLaPorte County JasperIN

Coolspring Township ↔ Jasper225 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Indiana average

Coolspring TownshipJasper

People

Population 15,637Lowest 15,991Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.6%Lowest IN: +4.7% +11.1%Highest IN: +4.7%

Median age 39.5±3.6Highest 4% above IN 37.7±3Lowest about the IN average

Coolspring Township and Jasper are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 21.6%±3.2Lowest IN: 23.3% 25.9%±3.3Highest IN: 23.3%

Jasper and Coolspring Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 23.1%±2.8Highest IN: 16.8% 19.5%±2Lowest IN: 16.8%

Coolspring Township and Jasper are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.7%Lowest IN: 29.5% 29.4%Highest IN: 29.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.9%±1.4Highest IN: 5.8% 1.9%±0.8Lowest IN: 5.8%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,875±$7kLowest 14% below IN $68,817±$3kHighest 4% below IN

Jasper and Coolspring Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $199,000±$13kLowest 9% below IN $235,100±$27kHighest 8% above IN

Jasper and Coolspring Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $943±$39Highest 11% below IN $810±$57Lowest 24% below IN

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,439Lowest 11% below IN $1,802Highest 12% above IN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.8%±9.6Highest IN: 48.1% 28.5%±8.4Lowest IN: 48.1%

Below poverty line 17%Highest IN: 12.3% 14.4%Lowest IN: 12.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 63.9%Highest IN: 70.6% 61.2%Lowest IN: 70.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Lowest same as IN 1982Highest 6 yrs newer than IN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 8% below IN 15 minLowest 37% below IN

Work from home 7.4%±2.8Lowest IN: 10.7% 7.8%±2.3Highest IN: 10.7%

Jasper and Coolspring Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 13.2%Lowest 49.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miHighest 3.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.12Lowest 1.81Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Michigan City (29%)Huntingburg (6%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in JasperFew work in Coolspring Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.9%Lowest 4.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 6.4 miHighest 3.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 10Lowest 14Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 13.3Lowest 55.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #319 of 350 in IN—

School district Michigan City Area Schools—

High school in town Michigan City High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 15.9 —

Indiana average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Coolspring Township vs Jasper

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $440 more a month in Jasper

Coolspring Township gets 52 more inches of snow a year

Jasper places higher on 16 of 20 IN lists

225 miles apart

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