Clay TownshipLaGrange County, IN
A town of 3,835.
Is Clay Township a good place to live?
Few places in the country grade higher. Clay Township earns an A+, 30th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. Homes are within reach, about $232K for a typical one, or 2.7 years of the county’s $84K median household income, the median household earns $101K, and its public schools beat 76% of Indiana towns on state tests and graduation. The exception is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 81% of the country. On walkability, just 76 of Indiana’s 1,097 towns do better.
What makes Clay Township stand out
Where Clay Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Buck Creek School | 1–8 | 41 |
| Valley Line | 1–7 | 28 |
| Westview Elementary School | 5–6 | 348 |
Clay Township has grown 14% since 2010
3,424 counted in 2010 and 3,823 in 2020; an estimated 3,835 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
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 pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and has commutes shorter than most of Indiana, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Clay Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Clay Township’s grade for schools is an A−
Its A− for schools comes with an A for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $232K.
Its public schools are run by Westview School Corporation. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Westview Jr-Sr High School, with 654 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westview Elementary SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–6 | Grades 5–6 | 348 | A− |
| Westview Jr-Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 654 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Clay Township stands out in Indiana and nationally: a smaller share of its adults had a checkup this year
Against the 8,499 U.S. towns with household incomes like Clay Township’s, it is less healthy than 97%, so it trails even them.
77% of Clay Township adults had a checkup this year, against 80% in Indiana’s towns and 79% across U.S. towns. 12% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Clay Township. Clay Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
| Clay Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Clay Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 11.9% | 8.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.3% | 15.4% |
| More smokers | 19% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Clay Township
Clay Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Clay Township’s July high is 83°F, near the Indiana town median (84°F) and below the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Indiana and the rest of the country, the average trip to work in Clay Township is shorter
The average commute for its 1,518 working residents takes 15.9 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
The average trip to work in Clay Township is 16 minutes. Since 2013, Clay Township has added 262 jobs, to 1,178 in 2023. 4% of Clay Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Clay Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.5% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Clay Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Clay Township; the nearest are
About 1 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 eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,823, up from 3,424 at the previous census. According to the 2020 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 24.4% of the township's population spoke only English, while 70.6 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language" (basically Pennsylvania German/German).
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 919 ft
Clay Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Clay Township.
At #30 in IN, it grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Newbury Township (A+) comes closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | #30 | A+ | A | — | A− | C− |
| Newbury Township | #31 | A+ | A− | — | A | C− |
| Van Buren Township | #94 | A | B+ | — | A | C− |
| Bloomfield Township | #340 | B− | A+ | — | B− | C− |
| Lima Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Clearspring Township | #158 | A− | B+ | — | A | C− |
Lima Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Clay Township, Newbury Township, Van Buren Township, Bloomfield Township, Lima Township and Clearspring 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?
Yes, by almost any measure. Clay Township grades A+ overall, better than 95% of U.S. towns and #30 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and A− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
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.