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A town of 5,797, platted in 1808.
Brookville Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $221K for a typical one, or 2.7 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. It grades B− overall, 331st among Indiana's 585 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 74% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top, and the median household income is $64K, and 11% of residents live below the poverty line. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 93% of U.S. towns, with 1 place on the National Register. 11% of the land in Brookville Township is conserved, above both Indiana’s towns (1.9%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Brookville Lake, 4,225 acres with 12.8 miles of trail. Brookville Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Where Brookville Township beats most towns.
Little Cedar Grove Baptist ChurchWhere Brookville 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 Brookville Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Its founding year, 1808, comes before those of 94% of the Indiana towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 1,177 in 1850, 2,622 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1894 and 2 maps from 1956 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Brookville 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 Brookville Township.
Brookville Township sends many workers across the state line to Cincinnati, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Indiana (mostly inland flooding).
14 miles of trail wind through 3 parks and preserves. The concentration of trails for Brookville Township comes to 0.2 miles per square mile, near both the Indiana town median (0.2) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Parks and preserves locally: 3, covering 4,469 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brookville Lake | 12.8 mi | 4,225 |
| 2. Franklin County Park and Fairgrounds | 0.3 mi | 198 |
| 3. Brookville Town Park | 0.2 mi | 46 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The public schools here belong to Franklin County Community School Corp. The largest public high school is Franklin County High, with 614 students. Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 487 | B |
| Franklin County HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 614 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
25% of working residents cross a state line to work, Cincinnati among the top destinations. The average commute for its 2,605 working residents takes 32.9 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
Brookville Township: 17% of working residents work locally. Half commute less than 24 miles. Its average commute stands at 33 minutes. The top destinations are Brookville (12%), Batesville (9%) and Cincinnati (6%).
| Brookville Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Among adults in Brookville Township, 26% have been diagnosed with depression. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Brookville Township is ahead of Indiana on 1 and behind on 4. Two figures for adults locally: 41% have obesity, 18% smoke cigarettes.
| Brookville Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Brookville Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 8.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of Indiana towns, with expected losses of about $874 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
The national flood insurance program has paid 5 claims in Brookville Township since 1980. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 69% come from inland flooding and 15% from tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The range runs from 21° on a January night to 86° on a July afternoon, with about 18 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
None within 15 miles of Brookville Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Brookville Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Town in Indiana, United States
Brookville is a town in Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana, United States. The town is the county seat of and the largest community entirely within Franklin County. The population was 2,622 at the 2020 census.
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7 towns share a border with Brookville Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville Township | #331 | B− | A | — | B+ | C |
| Highland Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Springfield Township | — | — | A+ | — | B+ | C |
| Fairfield Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Metamora Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blooming Grove Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Butler Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C+ |
| Whitewater Township | #235 | B+ | A− | — | B+ | B |
Highland Township, Springfield Township, Blooming Grove Township and Butler Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Brookville Township, Highland Township, Springfield Township, Blooming Grove Township, Butler Township and Whitewater Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Fairfield Township and Metamora Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Brookville Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Brookville Township grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #331 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
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.