Brown TownshipHancock County, IN
A town of 2,567.
Is Brown Township a good place to live?
Brown Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $217K for a typical one, or 2.7 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades A− overall, 180th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. On the plus side, its schools outperform 82% of the state's. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. 95% of households live in a home they own in Brown Township, above both the Indiana town median (76%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%).
99% of working residents leave Brown Township for work
Where Brown Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Brown Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Brown Township is from typical.
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Moving to Brown Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Brown 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 Brown Township.
About one in three of Brown Township’s working residents commute to Indianapolis
Brown Township has 198 jobs for its 1,168 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
For Brown Township, the typical journey to work is 28 minutes. Most working residents leave Brown Township for work: only 1% work in town. This Indiana town had 198 jobs in 2023, up 102 from 2013. The top destinations are Indianapolis (30%), Greenfield (16%) and Carmel (5%).
| Brown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $83,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Brown Township is less healthy than two in three U.S. towns
In Brown Township, 41% of adults have obesity. Among adults here, 31% feel lonely.
| Brown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Brown Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.1% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Brown Township
Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 20°; snowfall runs to about 29 inches a winter. The seasons in Brown Township: chilly winters, warm summers.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Brown Township has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Brown Township sits below 61% of U.S. communities. The town has had 2 paid flood insurance claims since 2010. Three fifths of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 18%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Brown Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Brown Township
About 2 of every 100 Brown Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Brown Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Brown Township is one of nine townships in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,571 and it contained 1,067 housing units.
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- Area
- 31 sq mi
- Elevation
- 971 ft
Brown Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Brown Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | #180 | A− | A | — | A− | C |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A | — | A− | B− |
| Wayne Township | #497 | C | B | — | B | D |
| Adams Township | #178 | A− | A− | — | B+ | B− |
| Green Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | B |
| Greensboro Township | — | — | A− | — | B | C− |
Jackson Township, Green Township and Greensboro Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Brown Township, Jackson Township, Wayne Township, Adams Township, Green Township and Greensboro Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Brown Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Brown Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Brown Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Brown Township grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #180 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Brown 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.