Beaver TownshipIN
A town of 1,537. 4.5 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Is Beaver Township a good place to live?
Beaver Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A for civic life and history; its weakest is a C for walkability. On cost of living, just 26 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do better. 21% of the land in Beaver Township is conserved, against 1.9% in Indiana’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Area, at 5,465 acres with 6.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Beaver Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Beaver Township stand out
Where Beaver Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
94% of working residents leave Beaver Township for work
Where Beaver Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Beaver Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Beaver Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Beaver Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Beaver 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 Beaver Township.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Beaver Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Beaver Township’s public schools trail 58% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by North Newton School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 116 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Beaver Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Beaver Township for work: only 6% work in town. At 29 minutes, Beaver Township’s average trip to work is where Indiana’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Beaver Township has lost 265 jobs, to 344 in 2023.
| Beaver Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.6% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Area | 6.7 mi | 5,465 |
| 2. Sam Rice Park | 0.5 mi | 10 |
| 3. Wetlands Reserve Program | — | 88 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Residents of Beaver Township are less healthy than 67% of U.S. towns
Beaver Township beats the Indiana average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 42% of adults have obesity in Beaver Township.
| Beaver Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Beaver Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.6% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.8% | 14.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Beaver Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Beaver Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Beaver Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Beaver Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Beaver Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Beaver Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Beaver Township is one of ten townships in Newton County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,534 and it contained 681 housing units.
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- Area
- 42 sq mi
- Elevation
- 669 ft
Beaver Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Beaver Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | C |
| McClellan Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jackson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Colfax Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Beaver Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Beaver Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. McClellan Township, Washington Township, Jackson Township and Colfax Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Beaver Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Beaver Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Beaver Township, IN a good place to live?
4.5 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Is Beaver 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+.