Adams TownshipMadison County, IN
A town of 4,097. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Adams Township a good place to live?
Adams Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $231K, 2.9 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 178th of 585 in Indiana. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. 22% of residents are 65 or older in Adams Township, above both Indiana’s towns (18%) and U.S. towns (18%).
What makes Adams Township stand out
Where Adams Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Adams Township for work
Where Adams Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Adams Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Adams Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Adams Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Adams Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Adams Township.
Adams Township looks healthier within Indiana than nationally and has added half again as many jobs in ten years, but it has little public open land.
Adams Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs based here grew from 532 in 2013 to 907.
Most working residents leave Adams Township for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Adams Township grew to 907 in 2023, 375 more than in 2013. 5.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Adams Township.
| Adams Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 13% | 7.8% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adams Township’s public schools outperform 73% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by South Madison Com School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 687 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Adams Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Adams Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Indiana overall
People 65 and older are 22% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). The median age in Adams Township is 44.5 years. Adams Township has grown 3.2% since 2020, to 4,097 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Adams Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.5 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.7 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Adams Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.8% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.6% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.6% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.3% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.2% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.4% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.5% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37.5% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.3% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.1% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.1% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,100, single groups can be off by several points
Moderate risk in Adams Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1993, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Adams Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Adams Township are less healthy than 51% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 71% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Adams Township beats the Indiana average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 27% of Adams Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Adams Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Adams Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.2% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.9% | 14.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.1% of Adams Township is conserved land
Just 15 of its 22,999 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Adams Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Markleville Park | — | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lucas Oil Stadium and 34 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Adams Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
32 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
30 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
32 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
21 mi MuseumConner Prairie
16 mi TheatreRuoff Music CenterPhoto credits
Lucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0
Everything we know about Adams Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Adams Township
About 3 of every 100 Adams Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Adams Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Adams Township is one of fourteen townships in Madison County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,892 and it contained 1,614 housing units. It was named for Abraham Adams, a pioneer settler.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 938 ft
Adams Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Adams Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Township | #178 | A− | A− | — | B+ | B− |
| Fall Creek Township | #131 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Brown Township | #180 | A− | A | — | A− | C |
| Anderson | #563 | D | A | C− | C− | D |
| Fall Creek Township | #100 | A | A− | — | A− | C+ |
| Harrison Township | — | — | B | — | A− | C− |
| Union Township | #360 | B− | A+ | — | C− | C+ |
Harrison Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Adams Township, Fall Creek Township, Brown Township, Fall Creek Township, Harrison Township and Union Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Adams Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Adams Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Adams Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Adams Township grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #178 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Adams Township, IN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.