Clark TownshipIN
A town of 1,895. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Clark Township a good place to live?
Clark Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living, schools, and civic life; its weakest is a D for walkability. 93% of households own their home in Clark Township, against 76% in Indiana’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Only 68 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on the outdoors. Clark Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Clark Township stand out
Where Clark Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Ladoga Elementary School | PK–5 | 182 |
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
96% of working residents leave Clark Township for work
Where Clark Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Clark Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Clark Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Clark Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clark 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 Clark Township.
On state tests, Clark Township’s schools beat 90% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by South Montgomery Com School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladoga Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 182 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Clark Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Clark Township for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Clark Township fell to 162 in 2023, 39 fewer than in 2013. Clark Township’s average trip to work is 27 minutes, where Indiana’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
| Clark Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Clark Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Clark Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Clark Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 2008, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clark Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
An age mix much like Indiana’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. 26% of residents are under 18 in Clark Township. Clark Township has grown 2.8% since 2020, to 1,895 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Clark Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 37.2 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 20% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.2 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Clark Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.3% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.3% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.7% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.3% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.7% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.8% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.3% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Residents of Clark Township are less healthy than 57% of U.S. towns
Clark Township beats the Indiana average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 26% of Clark Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Clark Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Clark Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.9% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.1% | 14.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lucas Oil Stadium and 37 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Clark Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
33 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
37 mi Stadium & arenaRoss–Ade Stadium
31 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
33 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
31 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 · Ross–Ade Stadium: Tstuddud at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0
Everything we know about Clark Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Clark Township
About 4 of every 100 Clark Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Clark Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Clark Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,841 (representing no change from 2010) and it contained 766 housing units. Clark Township was founded in 1830.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 876 ft
Clark Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Clark Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Township | — | — | A | — | A | C+ |
| Eel River Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | B− |
| Walnut Township | — | — | A | — | A | C |
| Franklin Township | — | — | A | — | A− | C |
| Scott Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jackson Township · Jackson Township | #57 | A | A− | — | A | B |
Clark Township, Eel River Township, Walnut Township and Franklin Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Clark Township, Eel River Township, Walnut Township, Franklin Township and Jackson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Scott Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Jackson Township and Jackson Township are one community, graded once. Compare Clark Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Clark Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clark Township, IN a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Clark 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 A.