Brown TownshipMorgan County, IN
A town of 14,348. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Brown Township a good place to live?
Brown Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $213K for a typical one, or 2.7 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades B+ overall, ranked 203rd of 585 in Indiana. The biggest place to walk is Pioneer Park, 147 acres with 2.3 miles of trail. Brown Township’s average trip to work is 28 minutes, above both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
What makes Brown Township stand out
Where Brown Township beats most towns.
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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Lucas Oil Stadium and 40 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brown Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
17 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
30 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium
17 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
21 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
19 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K 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 · Memorial Stadium: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, 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 trades workers with Indianapolis and other neighbors and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally.
On state tests, Brown Township’s schools beat 71% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Mooresville Con School Corp. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Mooresville High School, with 1,372 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hadley Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 668 | C+ |
| Mooresville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,372 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
| Brown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pioneer Park | 2.3 mi | 147 |
| 2. Rooker Run Park | — | 15 |
| 3. Old Town Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Brown Township
Brown Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About two in five of Brown Township’s working residents commute to Indianapolis
Brown Township has about as many jobs (6,859) as working residents, but only 865 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Brown Township for work: only 13% work in town. Jobs based in Brown Township grew to 6,859 in 2023, 559 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Indianapolis (41%), Mooresville (13%) and Plainfield (8%).
| Brown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 11% | 8% |
| Work from home | 12% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Older than Indiana overall
People 65 and older are 22% of residents (17% statewide). Brown Township has grown 6.9% since 2020, to 14,348 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. The median age in Brown Township is 43 years.
| Brown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 43 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 20% | 22% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 23% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.2 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Brown Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.7% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.2% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.7% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.7% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.5% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.3% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.3% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39.8% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.1% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.3% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Brown Township is less healthy than 57% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 63% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Brown Township beats the Indiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 39% of Brown Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Brown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 13% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 37% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Brown Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.8% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12% | 14.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Brown Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1993, 34 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Brown Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Brown Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Brown Township; the nearest are
About 4 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 fourteen townships in Morgan County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 12,973 and it contained 5,384 housing units.
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- Area
- 23 sq mi
- Elevation
- 659 ft
Brown Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Brown Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | #203 | B+ | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Madison Township | #113 | A− | A− | — | B+ | B− |
| Clay Township | #401 | B− | A− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Monroe Township | #244 | B+ | A− | — | B− | C+ |
| Guilford Township | #152 | A− | C+ | — | A | B |
| Mooresville | #229 | B+ | B+ | — | B+ | C |
| Brooklyn | #365 | B− | A+ | — | C+ | C+ |
Brown Township, Madison Township, Clay Township, Monroe Township, Guilford Township, Mooresville and Brooklyn 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 B+ overall, better than 74% of U.S. towns and #203 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C+ for health and B+ for schools.
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−.