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A city of 56,145.
Concord Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $155K for a typical one, or 2.3 years of the Elkhart metro’s $69K median household income. It grades C overall, 484th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 88% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 94% of U.S. towns, with 1 place on the National Register. 25% of working residents work locally in Concord Township, above both the Indiana town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Only 106 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score higher on history. The biggest place to walk is Ox Bow County Park, 258 acres with 6.6 miles of trail.
Where Concord Township beats most towns.
Joseph and Sarah Puterbaugh FarmEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Concord Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A for history (1 place on the National Register), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C comes from the livability subjects above.
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The archive holds 3 maps from 1961 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Concord 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Concord Township.
The share of adults in Concord Township who smoke cigarettes: 18%. This Indiana town does better than the Indiana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 17. Just over a fifth of adults in Concord Township worry about having enough food; 20% report frequent mental distress.
| Concord Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 39% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 8.3% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Concord Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.1% | 8.3% |
| More uninsured adults | 14.8% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Two of the 21 schools are below, and why each made the list. The Concord Community Schools runs its public schools. 6 public schools serve Concord Township, with 2,926 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord Junior High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 855 | C |
| Concord Community High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,727 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Across 19 parks and preserves: 11 miles of trail. The trail network density in Concord Township is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Concord Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ox Bow County Park | 6.6 mi | 258 |
| 2. ROCC Park | 0.7 mi | 29 |
| 3. Lundquist Bicentennial Park | 0.3 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Since 1978, Concord Township has seen 160 flood insurance claims paid out. On expected storm and flood damage, Concord Township sits below 85% of U.S. communities. 49% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 22%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 17°; snowfall runs to about 37 inches a winter. Concord Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Concord Township has about as many jobs (28,450) as working residents, but only 6,005 people both live and work here.
Concord Township: 4.6% of workers work from home. The top destinations are Elkhart (37%), Goshen (12%) and South Bend (5%). For Concord Township, the typical journey to work is 19 minutes. The median commute is under 7 miles.
| Concord Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 4.6% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Concord Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaNotre Dame Stadium
16 mi CaveGrotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame
20 mi Ancient siteFort St. Joseph
17 mi MuseumStudebaker National Museum
38 mi State parkWarren Dunes State Park14 mi Zoo & aquariumPotawatomi ZooNotre Dame Stadium: Tysto, Public domain · Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame: Know1one1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort St. Joseph: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Studebaker National Museum: Unknown, Public domain · Warren Dunes State Park: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0
4 within 15 miles of the center of Concord Township
About 3 of every 100 Concord Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Concord Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 54,167.
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8 towns share a border with Concord Township.
Jefferson Township next door grades higher for schools (B+ to Concord Township’s C) and lower for cost of living (C+ to B+).
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord Township | #484 | C | B+ | — | C | D |
| Jefferson Township | #292 | B | C+ | — | B+ | C |
| Osolo Township | #539 | C− | B− | — | C− | C− |
| Goshen | #508 | C | B− | C | C+ | C |
| Baugo Township | #319 | B | B | — | A− | D |
| Elkhart Township | #434 | C+ | B− | — | C+ | C |
| Elkhart | #514 | C | B+ | — | C− | D |
| Cleveland Township | #502 | C | B− | — | C− | C |
Concord Township, Jefferson Township, Osolo Township, Baugo Township, Elkhart Township, Elkhart and Cleveland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Concord Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Concord Township grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #484 of 585 in Indiana. It grades D for health and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
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+.
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