Clay TownshipIN
A town of 2,422. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Clay Township a good place to live?
The best of Clay Township’s subject grades are an A for incomes and schools and an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. Only 89 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns score higher on incomes. Clay Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, where Indiana’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. On the outdoors, just 88 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Clay Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 84% of U.S. towns. Clay Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Clay Township stand out
Where Clay Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek West Elementary | K–5 | 344 |
Library visits per resident
97% of working residents leave Clay Township for work
Where Clay Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Clay Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Clay Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Clay Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clay 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 Clay Township.
Clay Township’s public schools outperform 85% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Mill Creek Community School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek West ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 344 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Most of Clay Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Clay Township for work: only 3% work in town. 4.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Clay Township, below both the Indiana town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Clay Township has added 30 jobs, to 175 in 2023.
| Clay Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $100,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Clay Township
Clay 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
More middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (23% statewide). 15% of Clay Township residents are 65 or older. Clay Township has grown 3.2% since 2020, to 2,422 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Clay Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 21% | 22% | 29% |
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 ±6.2 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Clay Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.2% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.6% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.1% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.1% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.7% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12.3% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.5% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.5% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.9% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Clay Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 2015, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clay Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Clay Township are healthier than 52% of U.S. towns
Clay Township beats the Indiana average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of adults feel lonely in Clay Township.
| Clay Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Clay Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 14.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.6% | 8.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Clay Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Clay Township
About 2 of every 100 Clay Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Clay Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Clay Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,256.
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- Area
- 27 sq mi
- Elevation
- 863 ft
Clay Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Clay Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | — | — | A− | — | A | B− |
| Marion Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | B+ |
| Franklin Township | — | — | A | — | A | B− |
| Liberty Township | #80 | A | B+ | — | A | B |
| Center Township | #40 | A | B | — | A | B+ |
Clay Township, Marion Township and Franklin Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Clay Township, Marion Township, Franklin Township, Liberty Township and Center Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Clay Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Clay Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clay Township, IN a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Clay 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−.