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A town of 1,746. 75% more nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Brown Township’s best subject grade is an A+ for civic life; its weakest is a C− for hazard risk. Brown Township’s median age is 55 years, where Indiana’s towns sit at 39.4 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Only 38 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on hazard risk. Brown Township's schools rank ahead of 71% of Indiana towns. On civic life, just 59 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns do better. Brown Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them John Linsey Rand House and Friendship Stone Arch Bridge. Only 107 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on the outdoors. Brown Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Brown Township beats most towns.
Where Brown 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 Brown Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,850 in 1890, 1,700 in 2020. The archive holds 2 maps from 1959 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →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.
Ordered by what stands out in Brown Township.
Adults 35 to 64 are 56% of residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 9% of residents (23% statewide). 33% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Brown Township, against 22% in Indiana’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. 21% of residents are 65 or older in Brown Township.
| Brown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 22% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 18% | 18% |
56% women, 44% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.5 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Brown Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 3.6% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.5% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.4% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 2.6% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 19.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 29.7% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.8% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 11% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.7% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.9% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
0.6% of Brown Township working residents work locally. The top destinations are Versailles (8%), Lawrenceburg (7%) and Batesville (6%). Brown Township’s median household income is $105,000.
| Brown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $105,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Brown Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Brown Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Brown Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 8.3% |
| More adults with arthritis | 32.1% | 28.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Brown Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Brown Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Brown Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Brown Township is one of eleven townships in Ripley County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,700 (up from 1,597 at 2010) and it contained 715 housing units.
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8 towns share a border with Brown Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C |
| Johnson Township | #210 | B+ | A | — | B+ | C |
| Washington Township | — | — | B | — | B | C+ |
| Caesar Creek Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pleasant Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C− |
| Shelby Township · Shelby Township | — | — | B | — | B− | C |
| Pike Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clay Township | #369 | B− | A | — | C+ | C |
Brown Township, Washington Township, Pleasant Township and Shelby Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Brown Township, Johnson Township, Washington Township, Pleasant Township, Shelby Township and Clay Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Caesar Creek Township and Pike Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Shelby Township and Shelby Township are one community, graded once. Compare Brown Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
75% more nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
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 B+.