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Public schools that outperform most of Indiana. 13,514 people live in this town in Indiana.
Schools are its strong suit — its schools outperform 88% of the state's. Cedar Creek Township’s overall grade of A puts it better than 89% of U.S. towns, 73rd of 585 in Indiana. The trade-off is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. At about $288K, a typical home costs 3.2 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Buckley Homestead is on the National Register of Historic Places. Its average commute is 34 minutes, where Indiana’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The biggest place to walk is Buckley Homestead County Park, 445 acres with 2.1 miles of trail.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
Where Cedar Creek Township beats most towns.
Where Cedar Creek 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 Cedar Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,691 in 1890, 12,725 in 2020. The archive holds 4 maps from 1953 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →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.
Ordered by what stands out in Cedar Creek Township.
Cedar Creek Township pairs an A for schools with modest home prices and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally, but it has commutes longer than most of Indiana.
That grade comes with an A− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $288K.
Its public schools are run by Tri-Creek School Corporation. The largest public high school is Lowell Senior High School, with 981 students. 3 public schools serve Cedar Creek Township, with 1,940 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 487 | A |
| Lowell Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 981 | A− |
| Three Creeks Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 472 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 6,091 working residents takes 34.2 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
Since 2013, Cedar Creek Township has added 111 jobs, to 2,254 in 2023. Only a tenth of working residents stay in Cedar Creek Township for work; the rest commute out. The top destinations are Crown Point (9%), Lowell (8%) and Chicago (8%). For Cedar Creek Township, the typical household income is $87,000.
| Cedar Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On expected storm and flood damage, Cedar Creek Township sits below nearly three quarters of U.S. communities. 56 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1978. FEMA puts 43% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 27% to cold waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 17°, and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
There are 4.8 miles of trail across 7 parks and preserves. The trail density in Cedar Creek Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Cedar Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 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. Buckley Homestead County Park | 2.1 mi | 445 |
| 2. Freedom Park | 0.9 mi | 101 |
| 3. Grand Kankakee Marsh | — | 50 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Within Indiana it is healthier than 82% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Cedar Creek Township: 11% of adults worry about having enough food. Of 32 CDC measures, Cedar Creek Township beats the Indiana average on 11 and trails it on 1. In Cedar Creek Township, two in five adults sleep under 7 hours, and 30% feel lonely. Only 8 of the 589 Indiana towns we compare have a higher share of adults who binge drink than Cedar Creek Township.
| Cedar Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Cedar Creek Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.7% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.3% | 14.7% |
| More binge drinkers | 19.9% | 16.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. Population is up 6.2% in Cedar Creek Township since 2020, to 13,514 by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. College graduates make up 25% of adults 25 and older, against 30% across Indiana.
| Cedar Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.1 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 22% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.4 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Cedar Creek Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.3% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.1% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.7% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.6% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.1% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.6% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cedar Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
17 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
38 mi MuseumKenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry1.5M visitors a year
37 mi Park & preserveJackson Park
37 mi LandmarkOak Woods Cemetery
29 mi MuseumMascot Hall of FameBarack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: zooey from Chicago, Illinois USA, CC BY 2.0 · Jackson Park: J. Crocker, Public domain · Oak Woods Cemetery: Unknown, Attribution · Mascot Hall of Fame: No machine-readable author provided. JGlover assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 2.5
None within 15 miles of Cedar Creek Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Cedar Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Cedar Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Lake County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,725, containing 4,710 housing units, up from 12,097 as of 2010.
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9 towns share a border with Cedar Creek Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek Township | #73 | A | A− | — | A | B |
| West Creek Township | #141 | A− | B | — | A | B |
| Lincoln Township | #316 | B | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Shelby | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eagle Creek Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | C+ |
| Center Township | #19 | A+ | B | — | A | B+ |
| Cedar Lake | #24 | A+ | B | A | A | B |
| Lake Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | D |
Eagle Creek Township and Lake Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cedar Creek Township, West Creek Township, Lincoln Township, Eagle Creek Township, Center Township and Lake Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Shelby isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cedar Creek Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Cedar Creek Township grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #73 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B for health and A for schools.
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−.
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