Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Bearcreek Township’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Bearcreek Township’s median age is 22.4 years, where Indiana’s towns sit at 39.4 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Only 64 of Indiana’s 1,097 towns score lower on walkability. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 86% of the country. The biggest park or preserve is Limberlost Swamp Wetlands Preserve, at 240 acres. Bearcreek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Bearcreek Township beats most towns.
Where Bearcreek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Bearcreek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,297 in 1940, 1,587 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2011 and 2 maps from 1962 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bearcreek 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Bearcreek Township.
For adults in Bearcreek Township, the share who have diabetes is 14%. Bearcreek Township: a fifth of adults smoke cigarettes, above both the Indiana town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 20% of adults in Bearcreek Township report frequent mental distress; 42% have obesity.
| Bearcreek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bearcreek Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.6% | 15.4% |
| More smokers | 19.8% | 15.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools: Jay School Corporation. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. 279 students attend Bearcreek Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 279 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Commuting out is the norm in Bearcreek Township: 1% of working residents work locally. Jobs here fell by 70 from 2013 to 2023, to 58. Also worth knowing: in Bearcreek Township, the typical journey to work is 22 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 19 miles.
| Bearcreek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bearcreek Township’s risk rating from FEMA comes in at 26 of 100. 6 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 2003. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 51% come from inland flooding and 26% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A winter brings about 28 inches of snow, with January nights at 19° and July afternoons at 84°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Walkers can cover 0.4 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Limberlost Swamp Wetlands Preserve | — | 240 |
| 2. Limberlost Bird Sanctuary | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Bearcreek Township; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Bearcreek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Bearcreek Township is one of twelve townships in Jay County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,587 (up from 1,578 at 2010) and it contained 465 housing units.
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4 towns share a border with Bearcreek Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearcreek Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | D |
| Wabash Township · Wabash Township | #313 | B | A | — | B+ | D− |
| Jackson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wayne Township | #419 | C+ | A− | — | B− | D |
Bearcreek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Bearcreek Township, Wabash Township and Wayne Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Jackson Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Wabash Township and Wabash Township are one community, graded once. Compare Bearcreek Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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−.