California TownshipIN
A town of 2,156.
Is California Township a good place to live?
California Township’s best subject grades are a B for cost of living and civic life; its weakest is a D− for walkability. 13% of residents are under 18 in California Township, against 23% in Indiana’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Only 60 of Indiana’s 1,086 towns score lower on health. California Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes California Township stand out
Where California Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
97% of working residents leave California Township for work
Where California Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How California Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far California Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to California Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in California 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 California Township.
Health in California Township trails 92% of U.S. towns
California Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 21% of adults smoke cigarettes in California Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 14%. 16% of adults have diabetes in California Township.
| California Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | California Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.5% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.7% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 21% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in California Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of California Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave California Township for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, California Township has added 57 jobs, to 224 in 2023. The average trip to work in California Township is 28 minutes.
| California Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in California Township
California Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about California Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of California Township
About 2 of every 100 California Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About California Township
Township in Indiana, United States
California Township is one of nine townships in Starke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,165 (up from 2,011 at 2010) and it contained 1,440 housing units.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 709 ft
California Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with California Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | D |
| North Bend Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | D |
| Wayne Township | #394 | B− | A+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Franklin Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Center Township | #468 | C+ | A | — | C+ | D |
| Rich Grove Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
California Township and North Bend Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. California Township, North Bend Township, Wayne Township and Center Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Franklin Township and Rich Grove Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare California Township with a neighbor →
Questions about California Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is California 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 B.