Brown TownshipHendricks County, IN
A town of 15,523. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
What should you know before moving to Brown Township?
Brown Township's standout: its public schools are among the best in Indiana. Overall it grades A, ranked 64th of 585 in Indiana. The median household earns $140K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 83% of the country. 56% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Brown Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 29%. On cost of living, just 49 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns.
What makes Brown Township stand out
Where Brown Township beats most towns.
Brown Township has grown 34% since 2010
11,593 counted in 2010 and 14,316 in 2020; an estimated 15,523 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 8.2% since 2020, after 23.5% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Brown Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Brown Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Lucas Oil Stadium and 33 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brown Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
15 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
11 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
14 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
11 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a year
13 mi MuseumThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis1.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Lucas 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 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0 · The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: HstryQT, CC BY 3.0
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.
Brown Township has schools in the top 5% of Indiana and has less food insecurity than most of Indiana, but it has little public open land.
Brown Township’s public schools rank among the best in Indiana
Its A+ ranks #1 of the 592 Indiana towns we grade for schools.
Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Malachy Parish School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 513 | – |
| Bethesda Christian Schools PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 563 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Brown Township stands out in Indiana and nationally: a smaller share of its adults feel lonely
Its widest gap with Indiana is food insecurity: 8.6% of its 27,726 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.7% statewide. Against the 3,562 U.S. towns with household incomes like Brown Township’s, it is less healthy than 57%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
28% of Brown Township adults feel lonely. Brown Township beats the Indiana average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 11% of Brown Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Brown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Brown Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.6% | 14.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.8% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median household income in Brown Township is higher than in most of Indiana or the rest of the country
Jobs based here grew from 2,164 in 2013 to 2,945.
2.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Brown Township. Only 5 of the 593 Indiana towns we compare have a higher median household income than Brown Township. Since 2013, Brown Township has added 781 jobs, to 2,945 in 2023.
| Brown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $140,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 17% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Brown Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Brown Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Brown Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Brown Township since 2003.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Brown Township has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
Just 0 of its 16,120 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Brown Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.6 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Highland Springs Park | 0.4 mi | 7 |
| 2. Green Street Village Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Windridge Park Pergola | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Brown Township
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Brown Township
About 3 of every 100 Brown Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
97% 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
About Brown Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Brown Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,593.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 25 sq mi
- Elevation
- 909 ft
Brown Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Brown Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | #64 | A | C+ | — | A+ | A− |
| Pike Township | #390 | B− | B | — | C− | B |
| Indianapolis | — | — | C | D | — | — |
| Middle Township | #16 | A+ | B+ | — | A | A− |
| Lincoln Township | #62 | A | C+ | — | A+ | A− |
| Brownsburg | #32 | A | C+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Zionsville | #18 | A+ | C− | A+ | A+ | A |
Brown Township, Pike Township, Middle Township and Lincoln Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Indianapolis isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). 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 90% of U.S. towns and #64 of 585 in Indiana. It grades A− for health and A+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Brown Township, IN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.