Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,149.
Boone Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $230K for a typical one, or 2.5 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. It grades A− overall, 125th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. On the plus side, its public schools beat 77% of Indiana towns on state tests and graduation. Boone Township’s average trip to work is 36 minutes, where Indiana’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. Clinton D. Gilson Barn is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Boone Township beats most towns.
Where Boone 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 Boone Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,357 in 1890, 6,104 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2022 and 3 maps from 1953 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Boone 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 Boone Township.
Boone Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally, but it has little public open land.
Its A− for schools comes with an A for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $231K.
Its public schools are run by the MSD Boone Township school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Hebron High School, with 307 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebron Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 462 | A− |
| Hebron High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 307 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 2,545 working residents takes 36.4 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
Most working residents leave Boone Township for work: only 5% work in town. 5.9% of Boone Township residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Boone Township has added 47 jobs, to 809 in 2023.
| Boone Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities. Since 1983, 11 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Boone Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Boone Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within Indiana it is healthier than 60% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Boone Township beats the Indiana average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 40% of adults have obesity in Boone Township.
| Boone Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Boone Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.8% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12% | 14.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Just 427 of its 23,044 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Boone Township itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Louis Alyea Memorial Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Boone Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
16 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
40 mi MuseumKenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry1.5M visitors a year
39 mi Park & preserveJackson Park
39 mi LandmarkOak Woods Cemetery
31 mi MuseumMascot Hall of FameBarack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: zooey from Chicago, Illinois USA, CC BY 2.0 · Jackson Park: J. Crocker, Public domain · Oak Woods Cemetery: Unknown, Attribution · Mascot Hall of Fame: No machine-readable author provided. JGlover assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 2.5
1 within 15 miles of the center of Boone Township
About 1 of every 100 Boone Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Boone Township is one of twelve townships in Porter County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,160.
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6 towns share a border with Boone Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Township | #125 | A− | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Eagle Creek Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | C+ |
| Pleasant Township | #11 | A+ | A | — | A | B− |
| Porter Township | #181 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Winfield Township | #68 | A | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Keener Township | #121 | A− | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Morgan Township | #9 | A+ | A | — | A | B− |
Eagle Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Boone Township, Eagle Creek Township, Pleasant Township, Porter Township, Winfield Township, Keener Township and Morgan Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Boone Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Boone Township grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #125 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C+ for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
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.
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