Neighborhood Report

New Chauncey, West Lafayette

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

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New Chauncey is a West Lafayette neighborhood in the West Lafayette Community School Corporation district. From the middle of it, Purdue campus is about 3 minutes by car, and Lincoln Park is 1.

The homes that sold here in the two years to October 2026 were built between 1919 and 1954, and the typical one is about 1,739 square feet.

Its edges mostly follow the old Kingston and Chauncey villages, founded in the 1860s. It went on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Source

Public school district

West Lafayette Community School Corporation

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

Drive times

Purdue campus3 min · 0.9 mi
Lilly Lebanon (LEAP)51 min · 34.9 mi
Downtown Indianapolis85 min · 65.2 mi
Lilly headquarters86 min · 67.7 mi
Indianapolis airport92 min · 70.4 mi

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

Closest everyday places

Parks

Lincoln Park1 min · 0.3 mi
Happy Hollow Park4 min · 0.9 mi
Lyboult Sports Park6 min · 1.7 mi

Grocery

Fresh City Market3 min · 0.8 mi
Indian and International Grocery3 min · 0.8 mi

Coffee

Java House (vine Street)2 min · 0.7 mi
Cafe Royale3 min · 0.9 mi

Golf

Lafayette Municipal Golf Course7 min · 2.6 mi
Ackerman-Allen Course8 min · 3.0 mi

Library

West Lafayette Public Library2 min · 0.8 mi

Hospital with an ER

Franciscan Health Lafayette East15 min · 6.3 mi

Measured by road from the middle of New Chauncey. 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 New Chauncey

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 New Chauncey itself link to where they were read. Measured October 2026.

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