Clearspring TownshipIN
A town of 4,713. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Clearspring Township a good place to live?
Clearspring Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $294K, 3.5 years of the county’s $84K median household income. It grades A− overall, 158th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 83% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, its public schools beat 92% of Indiana towns on state tests and graduation. 41% of residents are under 18 in Clearspring Township, above both the Indiana town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). On civic life, just 51 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns do worse. Dallas Lake Park, at 131 acres with 2.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
What makes Clearspring Township stand out
Where Clearspring Township beats most towns.
Clearspring Township has grown 14% since 2010
4,181 counted in 2010 and 4,662 in 2020; an estimated 4,713 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Clearspring Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Clearspring Township is from typical.
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Moving to Clearspring Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clearspring Township, and how to reach them.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Clearspring Township.
Clearspring Township pairs an A for schools with modest home prices and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
Clearspring Township earns an A for schools
Its A for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $294K.
Its public schools are run by Westview School Corporation. One of its 4 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topeka Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 248 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Indiana and the rest of the country, more of Clearspring Township’s adults feel lonely
38% of Clearspring Township adults feel lonely. Clearspring Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 21% of Clearspring Township adults report frequent mental distress.
| Clearspring Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Clearspring Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 12.6% | 8.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.1% | 15.4% |
| More smokers | 20.2% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Clearspring Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Clearspring Township’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 466 in 2013 to 680.
Most working residents leave Clearspring Township for work: only 7% work in town. Clearspring Township’s average trip to work is 19 minutes. Jobs based in Clearspring Township grew to 680 in 2023, 214 more than in 2013.
| Clearspring Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 14% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $88,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Clearspring Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 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. Dallas Lake Park | 2.1 mi | 131 |
| 2. Delt Church Park | 1.9 mi | 104 |
| 3. David Rogers Memorial Park | — | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Clearspring Township
Clearspring Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Clearspring Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Clearspring Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Clearspring Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
93% of working residents leave Clearspring Township for work
Where Clearspring Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Clearspring Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Clearspring Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,662, up from 4,181 at the previous census. According to the 2020 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 38.9% of the township's population spoke only English, while 60.2 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language" (basically Pennsylvania German/German). Clearspring Township was founded in 1837.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 925 ft
Clearspring Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Clearspring Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearspring Township | #158 | A− | B+ | — | A | C− |
| Eden Township | #150 | A− | B | — | A | C− |
| Johnson Township | #314 | B | A | — | B− | C− |
| Elkhart Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C− |
| Clay Township | #30 | A+ | A | — | A− | C− |
Elkhart Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Clearspring Township, Eden Township, Johnson Township, Elkhart Township and Clay Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Clearspring Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Clearspring Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clearspring Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Clearspring Township grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #158 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and A for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Clearspring 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+.