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Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Buck Creek Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, ranked 136th of 585 in Indiana, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $111K. It also does better than most on schools: its schools outperform 81% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $275K, 3.4 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. Buck Creek Township’s median rent is $1,955 a month, where Indiana’s towns sit at $946 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. On health, just 99 of Indiana’s 1,086 towns do better. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns.
Where Buck Creek Township beats most towns.
8,430 counted in 2010 and 9,304 in 2020; an estimated 10,674 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 14.8% since 2020, after 10.4% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Buck Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 3 maps from 1952 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Buck Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
15 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
15 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
15 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
14 mi MuseumConner Prairie
16 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a yearLucas 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 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Buck Creek 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 Buck Creek Township.
Buck Creek Township trades workers with Indianapolis and other neighbors and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally, but it has little public open land.
Its public schools are run by Mt Vernon Community School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Comfort Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 714 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Within Indiana it is healthier than 87% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures. Against the 6,974 U.S. towns with household incomes like Buck Creek Township’s, it is less healthy than 63%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Buck Creek Township beats the Indiana average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 29% of adults feel lonely in Buck Creek Township.
| Buck Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 26% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Buck Creek Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 14.7% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.3% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Buck Creek Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median household earns $111,224, against $71,957 across Indiana, one input to its A for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (37% statewide). 28% of Buck Creek Township residents are under 18. Buck Creek Township has grown 15% since 2020, to 10,674 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Buck Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 28% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 22% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.3 years | 39.5 years | 40.5 years |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 39.6, men 35.9.
| Buck Creek Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.8% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.1% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.2% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.2% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.3% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.7% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.6% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.3% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.1% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Buck Creek Township has about as many jobs (4,888) as working residents, but only 150 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 2,367 in 2013 to 4,888.
Most working residents leave Buck Creek Township for work: only 3% work in town. Buck Creek Township’s average trip to work is 29 minutes. Since 2013, Buck Creek Township has added 2,521 jobs, to 4,888 in 2023.
| Buck Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $111,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Just 8 of its 22,889 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Buck Creek Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lions Park | 0.1 mi | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
4 within 15 miles of the center of Buck Creek Township
About 4 of every 100 Buck Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Buck Creek Township is one of nine townships in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 8,430 and it contained 3,158 housing units.
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9 towns share a border with Buck Creek Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Creek Township | #136 | A− | B− | — | A− | B+ |
| Sugar Creek Township | #29 | A+ | B | — | A | B+ |
| Lawrence Township | #413 | C+ | B− | — | C | B |
| Vernon Township | #5 | A+ | B | — | A− | A− |
| Lawrence | #459 | C+ | B | C | C | B− |
| Philadelphia | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cumberland | #421 | C+ | B+ | C− | C+ | B |
| Center Township | #107 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B |
Buck Creek Township, Sugar Creek Township, Lawrence Township, Vernon Township and Center Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Philadelphia isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Buck Creek Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Buck Creek Township grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #136 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
The typical home is worth about $275,000, 7% above the Indiana typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
