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A town of 4,948.
Blue River Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $161K for a typical one, or 2 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades B− overall, ranked 354th of 585 in Indiana. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 96% of U.S. towns, with 1 place on the National Register. 16% of the land in Blue River Township is conserved, against 1.9% in Indiana’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Only 76 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score higher on history. The biggest park or preserve is Irwin Park, at 24 acres.
Where Blue River Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Blue River Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 4 maps from 1948 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Blue River 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 Blue River Township.
Blue River Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and trades workers with Indianapolis and other neighbors, but it trails Nineveh Township and its other neighbors on schools.
Trails run 4.3 miles in 1 park or preserve. Blue River Township’s trail density comes in at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Irwin Park | 0.1 mi | 24 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Each of its 4 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its C, Nineveh Township highest at A−.
Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. Its public schools are run by Edinburgh Community School Corp.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Side Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 382 | C |
| Edinburgh Community High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 232 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 21°, with about 17 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 9,503 U.S. towns with household incomes like Blue River Township’s, it is healthier than 51%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in Blue River Township, 17% smoke cigarettes. The town tracks Indiana closely on all 32 CDC measures. In Blue River Township, two in five adults have high blood pressure, close to Indiana’s towns (39%) and above U.S. towns (35%).
| Blue River Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Blue River Township has about as many jobs (1,799) as working residents, but only 306 people both live and work here.
In Blue River Township, 15% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Indianapolis (23%), Edinburgh (16%) and Franklin (12%). Employers in Blue River Township added 116 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,799. For Blue River Township, the middle household income is $62,000.
| Blue River Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA puts 49% of Blue River Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 20% to tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 36 claims here since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Blue River Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
27 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
32 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium
12 mi MuseumMiller House and Garden
27 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
32 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle FieldhouseLucas 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 · Memorial Stadium: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Miller House and Garden: Nyttend, Public domain · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Blue River Township
About 3 of every 100 Blue River Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Blue River Township is one of nine townships in Johnson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,936 and it contained 2,096 housing units.
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5 towns share a border with Blue River Township.
Needham Township next door grades higher for schools (B to Blue River Township’s C) and lower for cost of living (C+ to A).
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue River Township | #354 | B− | A | — | C | C |
| Nineveh Township | #105 | A− | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C− |
| Needham Township | #391 | B− | C+ | — | B | B− |
| German Township | #359 | B− | A | — | B− | C |
| Amity | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Jackson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Blue River Township, Nineveh Township, Jackson Township, Needham Township and German Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Amity isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Blue River Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Blue River Township grades B− overall, better than 51% of U.S. towns and #354 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and C for schools.
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.
