Coal Creek TownshipIN
A town of 1,489.
Is Coal Creek Township a good place to live?
The best of Coal Creek Township’s subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A− for schools; the weakest is a D for walkability. Coal Creek Township’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, above both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 26 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score higher on hazard risk. Coal Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Coal Creek Township stand out
Where Coal Creek Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School | PK–5 | 287 |
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
1,489 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Coal Creek Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Coal Creek Township is from typical.
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Moving to Coal Creek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Coal Creek 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 Coal Creek Township.
Very low risk in Coal Creek Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Coal Creek Township since 2002.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Coal Creek Township’s schools beat 82% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by North Montgomery Com School Corp. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 287 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Most of Coal Creek Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Coal Creek Township for work: only 2% work in town. 4.4% of Coal Creek Township residents live below the poverty line, below both Indiana’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Jobs based in Coal Creek Township grew to 152 in 2023, 36 more than in 2013.
| Coal Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Coal Creek Township are less healthy than 70% of U.S. towns
Coal Creek Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 40% of Coal Creek Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Coal Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Coal Creek Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| More adults with arthritis | 32.4% | 28.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Coal Creek Township
Coal Creek Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Coal Creek Township has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
1.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. New Richmond Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Ross–Ade Stadium and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Coal Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Stadium & arenaRoss–Ade Stadium
25 mi State parkProphetstown State Park34 mi LandmarkWabash and Erie Canal
22 mi State parkTurkey Run State Park
19 mi MuseumSamara
14 mi MuseumRopkey Armor MuseumPhoto credits
Ross–Ade Stadium: Tstuddud at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Prophetstown State Park: Flickr user: Dan https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwmizell/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Turkey Run State Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Samara: Tim Musson, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ropkey Armor Museum: John Schanlaub, CC BY 3.0
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Everything we know about Coal Creek Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Coal Creek Township
About 3 of every 100 Coal Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
98% of working residents leave Coal Creek Township for work
Where Coal Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Coal Creek Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Coal Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,455 (down from 1,544 at 2010) and it contained 655 housing units. Coal Creek Township took its name from Coal Creek, which was so named from the deposits of coal in its hillsides.
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- Area
- 54 sq mi
- Elevation
- 801 ft
Questions about Coal Creek Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Coal Creek 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+.