Bowling. Clinton, Indiana, 1940
Clinton Township’s story
Clinton Township in pictures
The archive holds 20 old photos and papers going back to 1940 and a map from 1959 on.
Explore the history →Clinton TownshipElkhart County, IN
A town of 4,890.
Population
4,890
2025 Census estimate · +1% since 2020
Median home value
$336K
Census ACS
Household income
$92K
median
Median age
23.9
years
Jobs based here
865
A commuter town
TownGrade
B
#265 of 585 in IN
Is Clinton Township a good place to live?
Clinton Township grades B overall, 265th of 585 graded towns in Indiana, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools outperform 83% of the state's and the median household earns $92K. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 70% of the country. A typical home there costs about $336K, 4.9 years of the Elkhart metro’s $69K median household income. 40% of residents are under 18 in Clinton Township, against 23% in Indiana’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 38 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Cook Station, at 33 acres.
What makes Clinton Township stand out
Where Clinton Township beats most towns.
Natural hazardsA
Lower risk than 93% of U.S. communities
Very low risk of storm and flood damage
FEMA National Risk Index.
Fairfield Community Schools
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Millersburg Elementary- Middle Sch | K–8 | 296 |
| Clinton Center Amish | 1–8 | 39 |
| Powerline School | 1–8 | 39 |
SchoolsA−
On state tests and graduation
NCES · EDFacts.
0historic places
History
0 historic places
A long history
Listed for their history, architecture or both.
A commuter town
89% of working residents leave Clinton Township for work
Where Clinton Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
865jobs based in Clinton Township
11%of working residents work in town
10 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
How Clinton Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Clinton Township is from typical.
Hazard riskinland flooding tops the listAOpen →SchoolsA−Open →Jobs & incomeA−Open →HealthGoshen Hospital 5.6 miles awayCOpen →Cost of livingC+Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 4.2 of 20; 47% of households have no car; 12.8% of workers walk, bike or ride transitBOpen →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors1 mile of trail; 0% conserved landDOpen →HistoryB−Open →Civic life2.3 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsCOpen →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Clinton Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clinton Township, and how to reach them.
PowerNIPSCO22.1¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterMillersburg Water CompanyNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Clinton Township’s trash rules yet
Register to voteOnlineIn Indiana you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereElkhart County Circuit Court ClerkElkhart County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2025
ZIP codes46528, 46543, 4654046528 64% · 46543 31% · 46540 4%Census 2020
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 Clinton Township.
Clinton Township carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Indiana (mostly inland flooding), but it has little public open land and trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade A
Clinton Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 96% of Indiana towns, with expected losses of about $159 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
For Clinton Township, the FEMA hazard score is 7 of 100. 46% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 21%.
7risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
SchoolsA−
Clinton Township earns an A− for schools
Two of its 7 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. Its public schools are run by the Fairfield Community Schools. Clinton Township’s only public school teaches 296 students.
83%of IN districts it outscoresA−School Grade
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millersburg Elementary- Middle SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 296 | A− |
| Clinton Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 230 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Work & commuteJobs & income grade A−
The average trip to work in Clinton Township is shorter than in the typical Indiana or U.S. town
The average commute for its 2,146 working residents takes 15.9 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana. Jobs based here grew from 377 in 2013 to 865.
Half commute less than 10 miles. Clinton Township had 865 jobs in 2023, up 488 from 2013. Among residents locally, 3.7% live below the poverty line. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 11% of working residents work locally.
11%work in town
| Clinton Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
In Clinton Township11%
Elkhart15%
Goshen13%
Middlebury9%
York Township6%
10 mi
median commute distance
865
jobs based in Clinton Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B
Walkability grade: more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
HealthC
Clinton Township earns a C for health
Against the 9,675 U.S. towns with household incomes like Clinton Township’s, it is less healthy than 88%, so it trails even them.
Clinton Township beats the Indiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 42% of Clinton Township adults have obesity.
30%healthier than U.S. townsCHealth Grade
| Clinton Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 8.3% | 8.1% |
32 measures vs. Indiana
5 better20 too close to call7 worse
| What stands out | Clinton Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7% | 8.3% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.1% | 3.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 12.2% | 8.9% |
Goshen Hospital
5.6 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
45th
percentile among IN towns
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Climate
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in Clinton Township
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 17°, with about 45 inches of snow a winter.
45″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter20–34°
Spring38–59°
Summer60–81°
Fall42–62°
Oct 19
typical first frost
Apr 28
typical last frost
+1.5°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
OutdoorsD
Open space protected for good: 0.1% of Clinton Township
Just 23 of its 22,758 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Clinton Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
Trails total 0.5 miles in 1 park or preserve.
0.1%conserved
0.1%
conserved · 23 of 22,758 acres
0.5 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cook Station | 0.4 mi | 33 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Clinton Township
18pages on Clinton Township
The big questions
Out and about
The story
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Clinton Township
Goshen CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Goshen5.4 mi$38,890 tuitionAnabaptist Mennonite Biblical SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Elkhart14.5 mi
About 0 of every 100 Clinton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Clinton Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Clinton Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,870, up from 4,624 at the previous census. According to the 2020 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 41.4% of the township's population spoke only English, while 57.2 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language" (basically Pennsylvania German/German).
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 915 ft
Clinton Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Clinton Township.
Benton TownshipElkhart TownshipMiddlebury TownshipEden TownshipClinton Township
How the neighbors grade
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Township | #265 | B | C+ | — | A− | C |
| Benton Township | #211 | B+ | B+ | — | A− | C− |
| Elkhart Township | #434 | C+ | B− | — | C+ | C |
| Middlebury Township | #353 | B− | C | — | B+ | C |
| Eden Township | #150 | A− | B | — | A | C− |
Clinton Township, Benton Township, Elkhart Township, Middlebury Township and Eden Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Clinton Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Clinton Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clinton Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Clinton Township grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #265 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and A− for schools.
Is Clinton Township, IN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.