Neighborhood Report

Capilano by the Lake, West Lafayette

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

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Capilano by the Lake is a West Lafayette neighborhood in the Tippecanoe School Corporation district. From the middle of it, Purdue campus is about 13 minutes by car, and Trailhead Park is 6.

The homes that sold here in the two years to October 2026 were built between 1992 and 2004, and the typical one is about 4,488 square feet. Only a handful have sold lately, so read that as a sketch.

Public school district

Tippecanoe School Corporation

The district whose boundary takes in the middle of Capilano by the Lake, 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 campus13 min · 5.8 mi
Lilly Lebanon (LEAP)57 min · 40.6 mi
Downtown Indianapolis90 min · 71.0 mi
Lilly headquarters92 min · 73.4 mi
Indianapolis airport98 min · 76.1 mi

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

Closest everyday places

Parks

Trailhead Park6 min · 2.9 mi
Peck-Trachtman Park10 min · 4.2 mi
George E. Lommel Park10 min · 4.3 mi

Grocery

Oasis Mexican Grocery4 min · 1.9 mi
Meijer6 min · 1.7 mi

Coffee

Cafe Literato8 min · 4.1 mi
JL Hufford Coffee and Tea Co.13 min · 5.6 mi

Golf

Purdue Golf Course10 min · 4.7 mi
Ackerman-Allen Course10 min · 4.7 mi

Library

Tippecanoe County Public Library6 min · 3.0 mi

Hospital with an ER

Franciscan Health Lafayette East22 min · 11.7 mi

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

West Lafayette as a whole, September 2026

$400,000Median sale price
+8.4%Price, year over year
48Median days on market
95.0%Sale to list price

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

One Address

Check a house in Capilano by the Lake

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 West Lafayette price map (October 2024 to October 2026, homes that sold), and the Indiana Association of REALTORS (town figures). Facts about Capilano by the Lake itself link to where they were read. Measured October 2026.

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