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%

Jasper$1,600/mo

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

Coolspring Township$1,160/mo

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

JasperCoolspring Township

Snow a year14″65″

January low23°F 17°F

July high88°F 82°F

Growing season (days)189d 191d

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

Outdoors & history

JasperCoolspring Township

Trails4 mi 6 mi

Conserved land4.5%2.9%

Settled1818 —

National Register places8 —

Archive photos9 —

Famous people born here14 —

Community

JasperCoolspring Township

Library hours a week65 hrs 57 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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

16Jasper

3Coolspring Township

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

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

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

Where they are

225 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

JasperIN Coolspring TownshipLaPorte County

Jasper ↔ Coolspring Township225 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

JasperCoolspring Township

People

Population 15,991Highest 15,637Lowest

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

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

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

Kids under 18 25.9%±3.3Highest IN: 23.3% 21.6%±3.2Lowest 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+ 19.5%±2Lowest IN: 16.8% 23.1%±2.8Highest 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+ 29.4%Highest IN: 29.5% 22.7%Lowest IN: 29.5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $68,817±$3kHighest 4% below IN $61,875±$7kLowest 14% 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 $235,100±$27kHighest 8% above IN $199,000±$13kLowest 9% below 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 $810±$57Lowest 24% below IN $943±$39Highest 11% below IN

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

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

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

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 7.8%±2.3Highest IN: 10.7% 7.4%±2.8Lowest 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 49.6%Highest 13.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 3.8 miLowest 11.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Coolspring TownshipFew work in Jasper

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.5%Highest 2.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.9 miLowest 6.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 14Highest 10Lowest

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

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

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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.

Jasper vs Coolspring Township

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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