Neighborhood Report

The Commons, Lafayette

Schools, drive times and the closest everyday places, measured from the middle of The Commons. Then check one address for its flood zone and full report.

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The Commons is a Lafayette neighborhood in the Tippecanoe School Corporation district. From the middle of it, Purdue campus is about 15 minutes by car, and Armstrong Park is 7.

The homes that sold here in the two years to October 2026 were built between 2002 and 2011, and the typical one is about 2,378 square feet.

Public school district

Tippecanoe School Corporation

The district whose boundary takes in the middle of The Commons, from the U.S. Census Bureau. Schools are assigned by address, so confirm a specific house with the district at www.tsc.k12.in.us.

Drive times

Purdue campus15 min · 7.4 mi
Lilly Lebanon (LEAP)46 min · 31.6 mi
Downtown Indianapolis79 min · 62.0 mi
Lilly headquarters81 min · 64.4 mi
Indianapolis airport87 min · 67.1 mi

From the middle of the neighborhood, no traffic. Rush hour runs longer.

Closest everyday places

Parks

Armstrong Park7 min · 2.6 mi
Kennedy Park7 min · 2.6 mi
Triangle Park10 min · 5.0 mi

Grocery

Supermercado La Plaza2 min · 0.6 mi
Pay Less9 min · 3.4 mi

Coffee

The Country Cafe7 min · 3.4 mi
J.L. Hufford Coffee & Tea Co.11 min · 4.8 mi

Golf

Lafayette Municipal Golf Course15 min · 6.5 mi
Ackerman-Allen Course17 min · 8.8 mi

Library

Tippecanoe County Public Library Wea Prairie Branch2 min · 0.7 mi

Hospital with an ER

Franciscan Health Lafayette East11 min · 4.2 mi

Measured by road from the middle of The Commons. Open map data, refreshed October 2026; it can lag a new opening or a closing.

Lafayette as a whole, September 2026

$225,000Median sale price
+0.0%Price, year over year
25Median days on market
97.1%Sale to list price

Source: Indiana Association of REALTORS, MLS data for Fairfield Township. September 2026, updated monthly. These describe the whole area, not this neighborhood or any one house.

One Address

Check a house in The Commons

Type the street address. You get its flood zone, school district and drive times right away, and the closest places and market numbers from that front door when you unlock the full report.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau geocoder (school district), OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap (drive times, no traffic), Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap contributors (places, 2026-09-23 release), the Lafayette price map (October 2024 to October 2026, homes that sold), and the Indiana Association of REALTORS (town figures). Facts about The Commons itself link to where they were read. Measured October 2026.

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