Cedar Creek TownshipAllen County, IN
A town of 14,290.
Is Cedar Creek Township a good place to live?
Cedar Creek Township grades B+ overall, 246th among Indiana's 585 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $112K. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 73% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $367K, 5.2 years of the Fort Wayne metro’s $71K median household income. On cost of living, just 80 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do worse. The biggest place to walk is Metea Park, 226 acres with 7.6 miles of trail. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 74% of U.S. towns.
What makes Cedar Creek Township stand out
Where Cedar Creek Township beats most towns.
92% of working residents leave Cedar Creek Township for work
Where Cedar Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Cedar Creek Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Cedar Creek Township is from typical.
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Moving to Cedar Creek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cedar 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cedar Creek Township.
Cedar Creek Township owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has household incomes well above the Indiana norm.
In Cedar Creek Township, 2.6% of the land is conserved
Across 5 parks and preserves: 11 miles of trail. For Cedar Creek Township, the density of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Cedar Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Metea Park | 7.6 mi | 226 |
| 2. Meno-aki Nature Preserve | 1.6 mi | 63 |
| 3. Jack R Harris Park | 0.5 mi | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Cedar Creek Township beat 54% of Indiana districts
The East Allen County Schools runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Leo Junior/Senior High School, with 1,328 students. Three of its 6 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 764 | A+ |
| Leo Junior/Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 1,328 | A |
| Leo Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades 4–6 | Grades 4–6 | 653 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
About half of Cedar Creek Township’s working residents commute to Fort Wayne
For most workers, Cedar Creek Township is a place to come home to: only 8% work in town. 4% of Cedar Creek Township residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Cedar Creek Township has added 432 jobs, to 2,509 in 2023. Also worth knowing: the town’s mean commuting time stands at 23 minutes, close to Indiana’s towns (24 minutes) and below U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Cedar Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $112,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 11% | 7.8% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For health, Cedar Creek Township earns a B+
Against the 6,822 U.S. towns with household incomes like Cedar Creek Township’s, it is less healthy than 51%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
16% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Cedar Creek Township. Cedar Creek Township: nearly a fifth of adults get no exercise outside work, below both the Indiana town median (26%) and the median of U.S. towns (25%). In Cedar Creek Township, 19% of adults binge drink, and 12% report frequent physical distress.
| Cedar Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 26% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Cedar Creek Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.9% | 11.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Cedar Creek Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 18°, and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Cedar Creek Township is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in Cedar Creek Township since 1978: 7. Nearly two thirds of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 19%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cedar Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
9 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
11 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo31 mi Theme parkFun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo
12 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of Art
12 mi GardenFoellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory
34 mi MuseumUnited States Vice Presidential MuseumPhoto credits
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Museum of Art: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United States Vice Presidential Museum: Pilcrow, Public domain
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Everything we know about Cedar Creek Township
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Cedar Creek Township
About 2 of every 100 Cedar Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Cedar Creek Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Cedar Creek Township is one of twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 13,684.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 791 ft
Cedar Creek Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Cedar Creek Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek Township | #246 | B+ | C+ | — | B− | B+ |
| St. Joseph Township | #338 | B− | B | — | C | B |
| Perry Township | #55 | A | C+ | — | A | A |
| Springfield Township | #227 | B+ | B | — | B− | B− |
| Jackson Township | #255 | B+ | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
Cedar Creek Township, St. Joseph Township, Perry Township, Springfield Township and Jackson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cedar Creek Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Cedar Creek Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cedar Creek Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Cedar Creek Township grades B+ overall, better than 67% of U.S. towns and #246 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B+ for health and B− for schools.
Is Cedar Creek 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+.