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%

Plain Township$1,360/mo

Typical home $238K (Census) · tax rate 0.56% · or rent about $1,152/mo · Housing →

Cumberland$1,760/mo

Typical home $293K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.94% · or rent about $1,157/mo · Housing →

The difference: $410 a month, about $4,900 a year, between Cumberland and Plain 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.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

–Plain TownshipNot graded C−CumberlandSafer than 19% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−Plain TownshipBetter than 84% of districts in the state –CumberlandNot graded

Health

CPlain TownshipHealthier than 33% of U.S. towns BCumberlandHealthier than 56% of U.S. towns

8Plain Township

8Cumberland

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most activeHealth · 607 towns #400#79 Shortest commuteGetting around · 611 towns #33#308 Most walkableOutdoors · 611 towns #327#87 Lowest property taxCost of living · 610 towns #310#522 Fewest smokersHealth · 607 towns #250#67 Highest incomeIncome · 611 towns #310#143 HealthiestHealth · 607 towns #295#131 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 607 towns #331#175

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

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

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

Plain TownshipCumberland

Snow a year32″27″

January low—20°F

July high—85°F

Growing season (days)—190d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th 53rd

Outdoors & history

Plain TownshipCumberland

Trails—1 mi

Conserved land—0.8%

Settled—1831

National Register places1 1

Archive photos—3

Community

Plain TownshipCumberland

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.

Where they are

105 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Plain TownshipKosciusko County CumberlandIN

Plain Township ↔ Cumberland105 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

Plain TownshipCumberland

People

Population 8,868Highest 6,267Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +14.6%Lowest IN: +4.7% +15.2%Highest IN: +4.7%

Median age 35.8±5.1Highest 6% below IN 34.5±6.1Lowest 9% below IN

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

Kids under 18 28.6%±4.6Highest IN: 23.3% 28.5%±6.3Lowest IN: 23.3%

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

Age 65+ 18.2%±2.7Highest IN: 16.8% 15%±3.5Lowest IN: 16.8%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 26.2%Lowest IN: 29.5% 28.1%Highest IN: 29.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.7%±1.4Highest IN: 5.8% 2.6%±1.8Lowest IN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $70,511±$14kLowest about the IN average $87,364±$19kHighest 21% above IN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $237,900±$29kLowest 9% above IN $239,200±$27kHighest 10% above IN

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,152±$193Lowest 8% above IN $1,157±$107Highest 9% above IN

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,332Lowest 17% below IN $2,255Highest 40% above IN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.3%±16.2Lowest IN: 48.1% 56.1%±21.3Highest IN: 48.1%

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

Below poverty line 12.5%Highest IN: 12.3% 6.4%Lowest IN: 12.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 67.4%Lowest IN: 70.6% 71.3%Highest IN: 70.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Highest 19 yrs newer than IN 1984Lowest 8 yrs newer than IN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 27% below IN 24 minHighest about the IN average

Work from home 11.5%±4.6Highest IN: 10.7% 10%±4.9Lowest IN: 10.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 13.4%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.3 miLowest 11.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.70Highest 0.37Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Warsaw (35%)Indianapolis (52%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CumberlandFew work in Plain Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.1%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 12.1Lowest 71.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #147 of 350 in IN—

School district Warsaw Community Schools—

High school in town None in town—

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.

Plain Township vs Cumberland

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $410 more a month in Cumberland

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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