Center TownshipHancock County, IN
A town of 31,974. 37% more nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Is Center Township a good place to live?
Center Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $224K, 2.8 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades A− overall, 107th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $79K. 22% of working residents work locally in Center Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 8%. The biggest park or preserve is Riley Memorial Park, at 52 acres.
What makes Center Township stand out
Where Center Township beats most towns.
Center Township has grown 24% since 2010
25,819 counted in 2010 and 28,724 in 2020; an estimated 31,974 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 11.4% since 2020, after 11.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Center Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Center Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Center Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Center 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 Center Township.
Center Township trades workers with Indianapolis and other neighbors and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally, but it trails Sugar Creek Township and its other neighbors on schools.
| Center Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 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. Thornwood Preserve | 2.1 mi | 42 |
| 2. Riley Memorial Park | 0.7 mi | 52 |
| 3. Brandywine Park | — | 50 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On state tests, Center Township’s schools beat 66% of Indiana districts
Each of its 5 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its B+, Sugar Creek Township highest at A.
Its public schools are run by the Greenfield-Central Com Schools. Three of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield Central Junior High SchLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 690 | B− |
| Greenfield-Central High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,413 | A− |
| JB Stephens Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 587 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Center Township
Center Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Center Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 19 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Center Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About one in three of Center Township’s working residents commute to Indianapolis
Center Township has about as many jobs (14,428) as working residents, but only 3,315 people both live and work here.
About one in 5 of Center Township’s working residents works in town. Jobs based in Center Township grew to 14,428 in 2023, 2,742 more than in 2013. 5.1% of Center Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Center Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.1% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Center Township is healthier than 56% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 79% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Center Township beats the Indiana average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 29% of adults feel lonely in Center Township.
| Center Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Center Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.9% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.1% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
An age mix much like Indiana’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. Center Township has grown 11% since 2020, to 31,974 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Center Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 22% | 29% |
| Median age | 38.9 years | 39.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 18% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.4 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 41.3, men 35.9.
| Center Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.7% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.8% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.5% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.7% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.6% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.7% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.3% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.4% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.8% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.4% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.9% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Lucas Oil Stadium and 35 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Center Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
21 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
21 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
21 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
18 mi MuseumConner Prairie
22 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Lucas 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
Everything we know about Center Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Center Township
About 4 of every 100 Center Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Center Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Center Township is one of nine townships in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 25,819 and it contained 10,909 housing units.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 53 sq mi
- Elevation
- 909 ft
Center Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Center Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center Township | #107 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B |
| Sugar Creek Township | #29 | A+ | B | — | A | B+ |
| Brandywine Township | — | — | A− | — | A | B− |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A | — | A− | B− |
| Philadelphia | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Buck Creek Township | #136 | A− | B− | — | A− | B+ |
| Blue River Township | — | — | B | — | A− | B− |
Brandywine Township, Jackson Township and Blue River Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Center Township, Sugar Creek Township, Brandywine Township, Jackson Township, Buck Creek Township and Blue River Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Philadelphia isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Center Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Center Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Center Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Center Township grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #107 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B for health and B+ for schools.
Is Center Township, IN expensive?
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+.